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Stuck at home, scientists discover new insect species

91 点作者 exanimo_sai将近 5 年前

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war1025将近 5 年前
I read the book &quot;Never Home Alone&quot; [1] last year. It&#x27;s about all the tiny critters that are around us all the time without us noticing them.<p>One of the things the author mentioned that stuck with me is never to assume that something you find has been documented and studied before. There is a whole lot of world out there, and only so many scientists.<p>I believe one of the anecdotes he shared during that part was some high school kid that decided they were going to find a new species of insect. They went literally out into their yard and managed to find a novel species of butterfly or something like that.<p>A very interesting book if anyone was looking for a recommendation.<p>[1] <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.goodreads.com&#x2F;book&#x2F;show&#x2F;39088985-never-home-alone" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.goodreads.com&#x2F;book&#x2F;show&#x2F;39088985-never-home-alon...</a>
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JoeAltmaier将近 5 年前
Fascinating how many opportunities there are in entomology, to make a discovery.<p>I only wish we had a picture of the entomologist. She is the nominal subject of the article, but we get only a picture of Dr. Brown her boss.
vmception将近 5 年前
What if mutations happens with much more frequency than people imagine, such that it is almost analogous to spontaneous creation sometimes - or actually is spontaneous creation. Like, natural selection and inherited mutations are just one process, and there actually is a level of spontaneity occurring.<p>Science has a way to factor that in and update its assumptions, but not when everyone dismisses the idea because so much energy has been put into a polar opposite process.