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January 03, 2009

Q&A: "Like Moths to a Flame"

Julia Jayes asks:

"What attracts moths to lights?"

I found this interesting discussion of the phenomenon on NPR's "All Things Considered; Science Out of the Box".  This is an audio clip offering possible explanations from Dr. May Berenbaum of the University of Illinois at Champagne Urbana and Dr. Henry Schau at the University of North Carolina.  After listening to both of these theories, I'm not sure I buy either of them.  But I have to admit, at least these guys have studied the critters and I haven't.

Posted at 02:27 PM in Natural History |

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Emily

Question- At what temperature does chapstick melt? So important in Texas

Posted by: Emily | January 10, 2009 at 04:30 PM

Emily

Kind of nasty, but I need to know. How can a 4 year old girl have huge man sized poops and not pass out?

Posted by: Emily | January 10, 2009 at 04:31 PM

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