Category Archives: Weirdscifacts

ATTACK OF THE ANOTHER WEEK OF TWITTER #WEIRDSCIFACTS!!! 690. Feb 01: Atolla wyvillei, the deep-sea jelly that use bioluminescence to “scream” for help when attacked!  Bioluminescence is used in many different ways in the ocean, but the most unusual is … Continue reading →

Time for another week of Twitter #weirdscifacts!  This week I wrapped up some facts about the North Carolina Museum for Natural Sciences and started some facts gleaned from Discovery Place’s “Mummies of the World” exhibit!  We also have a bonus … Continue reading →

Been a quiet week on the blog, thanks to my participating in Science Online 2012, which was one of the most fun and interesting events ever!!! We’re back with Twitter #weirdscifacts, however, and this week includes a number of facts … Continue reading →

Still going strong on Twitter #weirdscifacts! This will likely be the last significant post of the week, due to my attending ScienceOnline 2012! (I posted my facts one day late this week, in solidarity with those in opposition to the … Continue reading →

Time again for another week’s roundup of Twitter #weirdscifacts!  This week we reached the dubious milestone of fact #666!  To celebrate, we provide a bonus fact, and two of the facts this week are my own posts on WEIIIIIIRD OPTIIIIIIICS!!! … Continue reading →

Happy New Year! A new year, another week of new Twitter #weirdscifacts! 655. Dec 28: Beware the “ball-cutter fish“!  What’s the worst interpretation of the term “ball-cutter fish” you can imagine?  Yep, that’s what it is! (via @kzelnio & @deepseanews) … Continue reading →

Time for a holiday edition of Twitter #weirdscifacts!  Alas, there’s nothing particularly holiday-themed about this collection of facts, but they are weird! 648. Dec 21: Scientific paper retraction by reason of insanity?  In 1951, an entomologist published a paper about … Continue reading →

Whew! It’s gotten quite tricky to turn up unused #weirdscifacts, even though I’m sure I’m hardly scratching the surface.  Nevertheless, I’m still going strong! 641. Dec 14: Dolphins playing with humpbacked whales??!!  We’ve seen interspecies cooperation in previous weird science … Continue reading →

Here we are again, with a week’s worth of #weirdscifacts! 634. Dec 07: Think your appetite is big? The black swallower can eat fish up to 3x its size! (h/t @sfriedscientist)  A picture of this nightmarish fish, with a full … Continue reading →

Another week of non-stop Twitter #weirdscifacts!  How much more can I go on??!!  I hope for another few months, at least! 627. Nov 30: Bertholdia trigona, the tiger moth that can jam a bat’s echolocation with ultrasound!  Bats seek their … Continue reading →