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Nannothemis
bella
Denise D. Greaves, Ph.D.
On the afternoon of 11 June of
this year, I ventured over to Browning Mill Pond
in the Arcadia Management Area here in Rhode Island.
Just east of the pond is a fish hatchery, which
has a lot of boggy areas that attract bog-loving
dragonflies such as Nannothemis bella
(elfin skimmer)
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This
Week at Hilton Pond
Bill Hilton Jr.
Executive Director
Hilton Pond Center for Piedmont Natural
History
York, South Carolina 29745 USA
Little did we know when we upgraded the
old farmhouse at Hilton Pond by installing
vinyl siding that we would create a paradise
for web-spinning spiders of all sorts
and sizes.
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Remembering
Steve Irwin
The
scientific community has suffered a
great loss with the passing of Steve
Irwin, and I have lost a kindred
spirit. In many ways Steve was
to wildlife what Isaac Asimov was to
science. Although trained as a biochemist,
Asimov is best remembered for popularizing
science by his many excellent fiction
and non-fiction books and articles.
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SPECIAL
STATEMENT
Wrapping Up the Pianka Controversy
Shawn Carlson, Ph.D.
Executive Director, Society for Amateur
Scientists
In a special feature published in The
Citizen Scientist on 31 March 2006, editor
Forrest M. Mims III reported on a controversial
speech given by University of Texas ecologist
Eric Pianka at the annual meeting of the
Texas Academy of Science.
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How
to do Theory as an Amateur
George E. Hrabovsky, President MAST
The following was presented at the Poster
Session of the 2006 meeting of the Society
for Amateur Scientists. Editor.
What Does A Theorist Do?
A theorist attempts to find patterns
in data, then assuming such a pattern
to be real, creates mathematical or computational
models to predict outcomes that can be
tested experimentally or observationally.
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Chris Smolinski of Black
Cat Systems has an interesting web
page devoted to detecting nuclear radiation
with Black Cat Systems GM-10
and GM-45 geiger counter radiation detectors.
He has kindly allowed The Citizen
Scientist to publish this article adapted
from his web page and based on some of his experiments.
Editor.
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