Landing gear failure
Last night our cat failed to live up to the reputation of his species for executing four-footed landings when he lept off a perch in hot pursuit of a piece of string, landed on his front paws with too...
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How fast to shake to get dry? Science answers…
It’s a difficult subject, this. And probably too punworthy for me to be able to help myself (although I shall try). Some enterprising scientists have discovered the optimal oscillation needed by a...
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What the cat brought in
One of these: (This photo taken from the internet* is slightly larger than what Aimee is bringing, but other than that it’s very similar. The species I’m seeing has a leaner body, but longer antennae...
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Cat-astrophy in search of solutions
Gareth Morgan’s call for the gradual reduction in cat numbers and ownership, especially from parts of New Zealand near places where our nation’s biodiversity live is a welcome ‘public face’ to a...
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Do domestic cats really kill native wildlife?
The commentary of the last few days following Dr. Gareth Morgan’s media release has focussed too much on the messenger and how the message was delivered rather than understanding the problem and...
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When the cats away… … people do the killing
– why getting rid of domestic cats will not result in more rats killing more wildlife. One of the leading cautions after Dr. Gareth Morgan’s call for controls on cat numbers and ownership was the...
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Monday Micro – mind manipulating microbes revisited
One of my favourite microbes is Toxoplasma gondii, the little protozoa famous for making mice less afraid of cats. T. gondii also causes toxoplasmosis which can be serious, especially for those with a...
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Science Tank | Schrodinger’s cat & the double slit experiment
In 1935, an Austrian physicist named Erwin Schrödinger published his “Schrödinger’s Cat” thought experiment to explain superposition (a quantum mechanics principle stating that something exists in all...
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