Odd Stuff (Part 1)

FGD135 · March 29, 2019, 5:14pm

jeff-goldblum-thank-you

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anon59592690 · March 29, 2019, 5:19pm

Feels lazy to say “In Russia, Drone shoots down YOU.” And yet…

Jim_Campbell · March 29, 2019, 6:37pm

so… I dont have a twitter account… but i can click on links and read stuff. Weird thing just now… when i go there, all the default text is in Russian (I think). Im not saying its a conspiracy, but… ha.

FGD135 · March 30, 2019, 11:05am

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http://www.15kop.ru/en/

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sosumi · April 1, 2019, 2:15pm

And, this was published on March 25th, so I’m leaning towards not an April Fools’ joke.

ncbi.nlm.nih.gov

The electronic song "Scary Monsters and Nice Sprites" reduces host attack and mating success in the dengue vector Aedes aegypti.

H Dieng, TC Chuin, T Satho, F Miake, E Wydiamala, NFA Kassim, NA Hashim, RE Morales Vargas and NP Morales, Acta tropica, Mar 25 2019

Sound and its reception are crucial for reproduction, survival, and population maintenance of many animals. In insects, low-frequency vibrations facilitate sexual interactions, whereas noise disrupts the perception of signals from conspecifics and hosts. Despite evidence that mosquitoes respond to sound frequencies beyond fundamental ranges, including songs, and that males and females need to struggle to harmonize their flight tones, the behavioral impacts of music as control targets remain unexplored. In this study, we examined the effects of electronic music (Scary Monsters and Nice Sprites by Skrillex) on foraging, host attack, and sexual activities of the dengue vector Aedes aegypti. Adults were presented with two sound environments (music-off or music-on). Discrepancies in visitation, blood feeding, and copulation patterns were compared between environments with and without music. Ae. aegypti females maintained in the music-off environment initiated host visits earlier than those in the music-on environment. They visited the host significantly less often in the music-on than the music-off condition. Females exposed to music attacked hosts much later than their non-exposed peers. The occurrence of blood feeding activity was lower when music was being played. Adults exposed to music copulated far less often than their counterparts kept in an environment where there was no music. In addition to providing insight into the auditory sensitivity of Ae. aegypti to sound, our results indicated the vulnerability of its key vectorial capacity traits to electronic music. The observation that such music can delay host attack, reduce blood feeding, and disrupt mating provides new avenues for the development of music-based personal protective and control measures against Aedes-borne diseases.

anon67050589 · April 1, 2019, 2:35pm

I have the same reaction to Skrillex: get me as far away from here as possible!

(I am an old.)

tuhu · April 1, 2019, 2:48pm

But won’t the mosquitos just eventually adapt to Skrillex beats and cuts?

You know, the same way Tasmanian Devils changed-up their face-eating habits?

RickMycroft · April 1, 2019, 2:53pm

There’s something familiar … ah, yes.

FGD135 · April 1, 2019, 3:07pm

Figures.

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tuhu · April 1, 2019, 4:08pm

FGD135 · April 1, 2019, 4:26pm

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