Science Comedian » species http://www.sciencecomedian.com Brian Malow Wed, 26 Oct 2011 00:38:26 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Science Comedian – the Heat in Arizona http://www.sciencecomedian.com/blog/2010/09/science-comedian-heat-in-arizona/ http://www.sciencecomedian.com/blog/2010/09/science-comedian-heat-in-arizona/#comments Mon, 27 Sep 2010 18:09:14 +0000 Brian http://www.sciencecomedian.com/?p=1476 I had a fantastic time performing at the Sacramento Comedy Spot this past Friday.  We had a packed house in an intimate room – and they were just the perfect science-loving crowd.  Or, I should say, science-comedy-loving crowd.

The…

]]> I had a fantastic time performing at the Sacramento Comedy Spot this past Friday.  We had a packed house in an intimate room – and they were just the perfect science-loving crowd.  Or, I should say, science-comedy-loving crowd.

The opening act was the hilariously geeky Nick Pettigrew (link is to a previous set of his), and I did a whopping hour and forty minutes, including some Q&A.  I’ll be putting more clips online soon.  Here’s the first.

My fever-dream inspired by the unbearable heat of an Arizona summer.  Some might fantasize of bikinis and water sports; I can only imagine global devastation, mutation, human extinction…

Link:  Science Comedian Brian Malow – 125 Degrees

]]> http://www.sciencecomedian.com/blog/2010/09/science-comedian-heat-in-arizona/feed/ 1 New species of insect identified in eBay purchase http://www.sciencecomedian.com/blog/2008/08/new-species-of-insect-identified-in-ebay-purchase/ http://www.sciencecomedian.com/blog/2008/08/new-species-of-insect-identified-in-ebay-purchase/#comments Wed, 20 Aug 2008 18:25:24 +0000 Brian http://www.sciencecomedian.com/blog/?p=318 Dr. Richard Harrington, vice-president of the UK’s Royal Entomological Society, bought a fossilized insect on eBay and it turned out to be a previously unknown species of aphid.

He bought the insect, which was encased in a 40-50 million-year-old piece…

]]> Dr. Richard Harrington, vice-president of the UK’s Royal Entomological Society, bought a fossilized insect on eBay and it turned out to be a previously unknown species of aphid.

He bought the insect, which was encased in a 40-50 million-year-old piece of amber, for £20 (about $37).

“It’s a rather unusual route to come by (a new species),” Harrington explained.

I guess eBay hasn’t identified all the bugs in their system.

Read the full story on BBC News

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