there's a fungus among us

and it's killing the bees!

i had just finished writing up a great article about it, but then the new york times published theirs first, so i thought, why bother?  at any rate, the synopsis is:
     *  bees were disappearing
     *  scientists asked, "how come?"
     *  rich people gave scientists money to figure it out, because we like honey
     *  it was hard to figure out because dying bees fly away
     ---meanwhile---
     *  the army was studying immune systems
     *  the brother of a bee scientist met an army immune scientist
     *  the bee scientist talked to the army scientist
     *  the army scientist smashed dead bees to find out what was inside
     *  they found viruses and funguses (or viri and fungi)
     *  (virus + fungus) = colony collapse
                      OR
          colony collapse = (virus + fungus)

now what are all those researchers going to do with their time?  

yeah.

this guy knows something

you can tell by his voice.

one of the good ones

so, as i'm sitting in class today, i realized that there are two kinds of conspiracy researchers: good ones and bad ones. 

good ones find out the truth.  and they share it with you. and the truth makes everyone happy, because now you know something true that you didn't know before. good ones also are very good looking, and smell good, and have soft, smooth skin.

 bad ones just say crazy things.  and mostly crazy things they didn't even think of by themselves! they say things to make themselves feel important, not to help the world, even if they say that's why they're doing it. they won't listen to people who tell them the real truth, because crazy-truth is always more "interesting". they always look like this, even if it is on the inside, and not the outside:

anyways, i just wanted you to know i'm one of the good ones. duh.

pigeons: friend or foe?

this is a question i've been investigating for a loooong, loooong time. the problem is, you can't ever tell.  one day, they're your friends. and then the next day, they aren't. 

for example, look at this picture: 

is the pigeon on the left giving the other pigeon a kiss on the cheek?  or is he trying to attack the pigeon's jugular? it's hard to tell, right? 


                         just like a pigeon.




yesterday, i saw a pigeon. it was sitting on a ledge right above bp's head. of course bp didn't see it because he doesn't notice things like that (he's not a SPECIAL RESEARCHER like me). i almost didn't see it either, but i snuck out a little to look (don't tell bp) and saw the pigeon. then i pretended i had to pee so bp would move and he did, just in time.  but not before i took a picture of the pigeon:

see what i mean? 

breaking news: stink bugs stink

one of my newest research projects is uncovering the truth about stink bugs:
     -  where did they come from?
     -  what do they want?
     -  why do they look so weird? 
     -  what makes them stink? 

the first time i saw one: 

i had no idea what it was. it looked like a space invader.

but! i am a researcher, and researchers find out the truth: stink bug.

they are everywhere.  even the new york times says so (and the new york times almost never lies, so you know it's probably the truth).

anyways, i don't know where they came from, but i now they are here.  how long are they staying?  there are lots more truths to uncover.