Curtain Drops After Ants’ Final Act
Filed Under Curtain Rods | Posted on September 29, 2008
A Brazilian ant colony leaves some members out in the cold each night literally. Tasked with closing the nest door from the outside, these ants complete their final mission and wander off, never to be seen again, researchers report in the November American Naturalist.
Self-sacrifice for the sake of the colony isn’t unusual in social insects [...]
Bigfoot Remains a Myth
Filed Under Curt Flood | Posted on August 15, 2008
Results from tests on genetic material from alleged remains of Bigfoot, made public at a news conference in Palo Alto held after the claimed discovery swept the Internet, failed to prove the existence of the mythical half-ape and half-human creature. The story was fueled by a photograph of a hairy heap, bearing a close resemblance [...]