The harlequin ladybug gets a leg up on the natives with the aid of a parasitic fungus.
Blogus scientificus by Alex Reshanov
Blogus scientificus: Blinding you with science approximately once a week. As a child, EarthSky blogger Alex Reshanov was told by grown-ups that she should consider becoming a lawyer (tendency to argue) or a comedian (frequent joking), so naturally she opted for science writing. In 2010 she started Blogus scientificus as an outlet for her diverse scientific interests, random pop culture trivia and various phobias. Her Blogus scientificus article “Shakes on a Plane: Can Turbulence Kill You?” was included in the 2012 Open Lab anthology of outstanding online science writing. She currently lives in Austin, Texas, with her boyfriend and several tragically neglected plants, and spends more time than is probably good for her reading about strange animals, neurological oddities, food additives and scary diseases.
Posts by Alex Reshanov
Blogs | May 07, 2013
Brewer’s yeast and beyond; meet your microbial bartenders.
Blogs | Apr 17, 2013
A new program helps patients decide whether to accept a kidney from a infectious disease risk donor or keep waiting.
Blogs | Apr 03, 2013
Changes in gut microbes may contribute to the dramatic weight loss seen in gastric bypass patients. Does the future hold a surgery-free bypass? Are we sure we want one?
Blogs | Mar 22, 2013
Decreased wingspan in cliff swallows may be an adaptation to the threat of motor vehicles.
Blogs | Mar 14, 2013
Caffeine-infused plant nectar helps honeybees find the right flower.
Blogs | Mar 05, 2013
Bats supplement echolocation with mental maps of their surroundings.
Blogs | Feb 18, 2013
Microbes might have helped melamine to poison milk in China in 2008, causing some 300,000 children and infants to become sick, and six deaths.
Blogs | Feb 13, 2013
When it comes to hosting viruses, bats may have an edge.
Blogs | Feb 05, 2013
270 million-year-old shark dropping yields an exciting surprise – tapeworm eggs!
