The pets are not always which you expect

You’ve always been kind to your pet. You buy it food. Good food, that is, with a lot of proteins. Food you’d almost be eating yourself, if it wasn’t for your pet.
You’re not alone… If you were living in Brazil for example, you may be surprise to discover a very cute little pest pet inside [...]

By Alpha Blondy.

Out, break!

Oops… Sorry. Interviews, paper writing, baby teething, family events, student exams, maybe fieldwork if I ever can. Don’t expect much in here for some time. Maybe I resume mid June, maybe later.

Mellittophagous

No later than two weeks ago, I’ve met with a very nice insect. Trichodes apiarius, that’s for a name. I like this beetle, and the latest time I saw one was something like 11 years ago. Quite a long time. Well, I’ve been in & out and it is infeodated to Europe so I’ve lost [...]

Exciting season’s back!

So…
This looks like time to go to the fields. Earth is warming up slowly, rains are awaking late spring plants and flowers eventually blossom.
Now you have to guess. These are pictures from a calcareous slope, fortunately exposed deeply in Southern sun. What are you going to expect there that makes Seeds Aside running all around [...]

Interview ‘instant killer’

Before I share with you what’s probably my most unpleasant experience this year, let’s have some background setting info. This was during a (yearly) national application campaign to fill up full-time research positions. Basically you come up with your own research plan and a lab willing to defend your application. You have 10 minutes to [...]

Who does climate change hurt?

Interesting, don’t you think? More here (and follow the link to the pdf file).
(HT Uncommon Ground)

Polling a coming post.

Sorry people I wasn’t really here in the internet recently. And posts were quite less about science bits but sock odds (at least there were sock options). I have a temporarily paper reading block. It does not help, you guess. I think this might have to do with being somewhat tired making up new projects [...]

Roses.

Your reading if not already done.
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Not enough time lately.
Grand dad may not make it through, this time.
So maybe in his honour, and to commemorate a sad anniversary, let’s have this today: