Did you know there are only eight genera of bees that are nocturnal? One of these is the central American sweat bee. Along with some deep sea fish, it’s optical and nervous systems are being studied in order to develop better low-light camera technology. Listen to this week’s All in the Mind to find out [...]
Dnosauria
Writing it down before it gets sketchy
Monthly Archives: February 2009
Feb 11
Quote of the Night
“Ah, the Paper of Destiny! It will show us the numbers!” Why let bill time be boring when you eat out?
Feb 11
Farewell Fraser Court
After sitting derelict for years, demolition work commenced over at Fraser Court in Kingston this week. The whole site has been surrounded by a second layer of fencing, complete with razor wire while (de)construction equipment rolls through the complex ripping up trees and smashing brick and glass to rubble and dust. Best known to anyone [...]
Feb 10
Self-Reliance Key To Resilience
Andrew Boyd (aka @facibus on Twitter) has established the Resilient Nation Australia group as a place for Australians to start discussing ways & means of coping with bushfires and floods, our unwelcome twin seasonal visitors. I think it’s a great idea. Hopefully in time community efforts like this will be able to engage with EMA [...]
Feb 09
Conroy’s media on autopilot as his electorate burns
Senator Conroy’s office has form when it comes to timing its press releases to be completely subsumed by other news. First he buried the announcement of the government’s intent to force a filtered internet on to the Australian public by releasing it on New Years Eve 2007. Now The Inqisitr reports that Conroy’s Safer Internet [...]
