NEW PAPER: Ever wondered why insects fly in all sorts of crazy patterns around lights at night? So did we! We set about recording flying insects to work out what's going on. I'll summarise what we found in this ๐งต. Spoiler: We don't think they confuse lights with the moon.
What have we done this year to catalog, better understand and conserve the #biodiversity of @GreatSmokyNPS ? So far we've...
โ Added 204 species to the #SmokiesATBI include 16 new-to-science
โ Helped 2,000 community scientists add >27K Smokies species observations to @inaturalist
@concerts_yay@GreatSmokyNPS Those might be kudzu bugs, an invasive insect that loves to eat invasive kudzu, but that also likes to overwinter in homes and other structures like stink bugs and ladybugs do. More info and photos here: https://t.co/bknvxxdWMO
The news is out! The @NANOGrav pulsar timing array collaboration has detected a background of cosmic gravitational waves rippling through our Universe! Letโs talk about it!
(Full press conference tomorrow, https://t.co/7hsBd7IWdO)
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I know a lot of you wanted a technical breakdown of this meme so here it is!
I don't think you will find this level of detail anywhere else so keep reading if you don't want to miss out.