Science-related links [science]
Apr. 29th, 2025 08:54 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
rebeccmeisterI really need to clear out some browser tabs. So, have some science-related links!
Via the NYT: Four Ecologically-Crucial Things to do in your Garden. In sum, add more native plants, reduce nonnative ones. Apparently it's good to aim for a garden that is around 70% native plants, to support beneficial animals. Note that there's a bunch of language about "invasive" species in this article, but that's outdated language. Reduce the size of your lawn. And, identify keystone species for the area where you live and incorporate them in your garden in particular.
There was also a recent fun NYT article about the physics of the perfect pour-over. I'm slightly less interested in that article, and more interested in learning about a publication that resulted from "kitchen science" carried out during the pandemic. I'm not well-versed in fluid dynamics, but here's the publication based on a range of flow studies carried out in kitchens: https://pubs.aip.org/collection/1541/Kitchen-Flows
An ant biologist that I greatly respect has been writing and sharing stories on substack; here's what he had to say about the world's greatest shovel. I just...I know a lot of the people who dig up ant colonies. It's backbreaking work. It is so helpful to learn more about the tools that work best for this type of work. Especially when the writer is so talented.
Last but not least, I really enjoyed this article about a caterpillar species that disguises itself with dead insect body parts, learned about viaysabetwordsmith. I love insects, most especially the weird and interesting ones!
Via the NYT: Four Ecologically-Crucial Things to do in your Garden. In sum, add more native plants, reduce nonnative ones. Apparently it's good to aim for a garden that is around 70% native plants, to support beneficial animals. Note that there's a bunch of language about "invasive" species in this article, but that's outdated language. Reduce the size of your lawn. And, identify keystone species for the area where you live and incorporate them in your garden in particular.
There was also a recent fun NYT article about the physics of the perfect pour-over. I'm slightly less interested in that article, and more interested in learning about a publication that resulted from "kitchen science" carried out during the pandemic. I'm not well-versed in fluid dynamics, but here's the publication based on a range of flow studies carried out in kitchens: https://pubs.aip.org/collection/1541/Kitchen-Flows
An ant biologist that I greatly respect has been writing and sharing stories on substack; here's what he had to say about the world's greatest shovel. I just...I know a lot of the people who dig up ant colonies. It's backbreaking work. It is so helpful to learn more about the tools that work best for this type of work. Especially when the writer is so talented.
Last but not least, I really enjoyed this article about a caterpillar species that disguises itself with dead insect body parts, learned about via
ysabetwordsmith. I love insects, most especially the weird and interesting ones!
