Hemerobius
Ephemeral thoughts and fleeting ideas.
Welcome
Welcome to Hemerobius! Where I say whatever I may well please about anything that doesn’t fit into any other category. In practice, this will mostly be biology.
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Savagery Among the Seagrass
Mosquitoes are annoying and ticks are unpleasant, but no group of freeloaders are so horrifyingly ingenious as the parasitic Crustacea.
Orthogenesis Refuted
We like to think that evolution is a march towards splendid sophistication. But one group of organisms among all others shatters this worldview to pieces.
Two Species, One Mother
Surprising absolutely no one, the world of insects produces another freak of nature: an ant which gives birth to children of two different species. How is this possible? Let’s find out!
A Cosmic Phoenix
Clusters are places where galaxies go to die. But could they also be places where galaxies are reborn?
Our Spineless Cousins
A look into one of the most fascinating groups of marine animals out there, as well as some not-so-flattering implications for our own past.
Unusual Goings-On in the Triassic
New paper just dropped. Is it a big, meat-eating Triassic dinosaur at last? Not so fast.
TRAPPIST-1 Revisited, Again
New study just dropped! But we might need to wait a bit longer to say anything definitive.
Bless the Maker and His… Clams??
Worm-riders are apparently not restricted to the realm of fiction… but they look a little different than what you might imagine.
What is a Dinosaur, Really?
This is not a dinosaur. But why? What really makes something a dinosaur?
The Myth of Prehistoric Oxygen
Did high oxygen levels supersize the animals of the distant past? Probably not. But how do we know?
TRAPPIST-1 Revisited
There’s a new study about the famous TRAPPIST-1 system. The results are… interesting.
Intergalactic Wanderers
Not every star has a home. Find out about the ones who go it alone.
Five Weird Obscure Galaxies
There’s a lot of galaxies out there. But which of these ‘island universes’ deserve our attention? Here are five which I think could use a bit more interest.
A Minor Issue of Palaeontological Pedantry
Will I rant a few hundred words about two errors in a Wikipedia article about an obscure prehistoric animal? You bet I will!
The DESI Dark Energy Survey - An Intriguing Controversy
Some cool new results regarding the everlasting mystery of dark energy.