Category Archives: Science

MOSQUITOS AND EVIDENCE (COMMENT). Nick commented here on my post of a couple days ago about a dead mosquito which was found in a stolen car that “I’d have to think a defense attorney would have a field day with … Continue reading →

OTHER APPLICATIONS OF FORENSIC ENTOMOLOGY. Wikipedia has quite a lot about forensic entomology, much which is devoted to somewhat gruesome determinations of the victim’s time of death based on the species of the insects that are infesting the corpse (the … Continue reading →

A MOSQUITO AND DNA. I have posted previously about the intricacies of DNA evidence. This post tells about the search for the “Phantom Without a Face” and about the solution—months later—to the mystery. Annalisa just sent me this link to … Continue reading →

THERE’S A LOT OF SPACE DUST ON EARTH. The scope of the problem that Larson took on is shown by numbers. About 4000 tons of of dust land on earth each year—more than 10 tons a day. What Larsen was … Continue reading →

THE KEY TO FINDING SPACE DUST IS TO FIND OUT WHICH PARTICLES NOT TO PAY ATTENTION TO. I posted here at the beginning of this year about how a nonscientist, John Larsen, had collected about 500 micrometeorites from gutter sediment … Continue reading →

BOATY MCBOATFACE’S FIRST ANTARCTIC MISSION. Annalisa sent me this article from the Guardian by Nicola Slawson about the further career of Boaty McBoatface. Boaty McBoatface got its name as the result of a competition sponsored by the British Natural Environment … Continue reading →