{"id":3435,"date":"2010-05-17T13:07:19","date_gmt":"2010-05-17T17:07:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/esa.org\/esablog\/?p=3435"},"modified":"2010-05-17T13:07:19","modified_gmt":"2010-05-17T17:07:19","slug":"from-the-community-ecology-in-uncommon-roles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/esa.org\/esablog\/2010\/05\/17\/from-the-community-ecology-in-uncommon-roles\/","title":{"rendered":"From the Community: Ecology in uncommon roles"},"content":{"rendered":"

Based on news articles and studies from last week, ecology can be involved in serenading your mother, inspiring fashion, describing the fundamentals of politics and guiding robots in nano-scale terrain. Here are a few examples of ecology in uncommon roles from the second week in May.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Serenading mom:<\/strong> In the above video, a biology student expresses gratitude to his mom with a Mother\u2019s Day song featuring the very specific ways in which she nurtured him. <\/span>View<\/span><\/a> the original video on YouTube.<\/span><\/p>\n

Inspiring fashion:<\/strong> There are many ways that science can influence art and inspire artists (see below link to science-infused tattoo art for an example), but perhaps the most unlikely place for a biology diorama is in the fashion industry, which is exactly where designer Helen Storey is explaining biological processes. <\/span>Read more<\/span><\/a> about biological fashion and Darwin-inspired interior design at \u201cArt meets science: Catch up with the state of the art\u201d or <\/span>view<\/span><\/a> Storey\u2019s complete fashion line.<\/span><\/p>\n

Debunking mythology: <\/strong>The tales of giant squid are as old as they come\u2014think of explorers drawing maps of the ocean\u2019s danger zones and authors penning stories of colossal sea beasts speeding along side ships and attacking at will. But as researchers explain in a Wired<\/em> article, the larger the squid, the slower their metabolism (and speed). <\/span>Read more<\/span><\/a> at \u201cColossal Squid Is Far From Fearsome Predator.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Enhancing humor: <\/strong>The Onion<\/em>, a spoof news publication intended for adults, poke fun at dolphin intelligence with a fake study on the mammals\u2019 reactions to celebrity gossip. It claims, for example, \u201ctest subjects confounded researchers by acting as if they didn\u2019t even know who Miley Cyrus is<\/em>.\u201d <\/span>Read more<\/span><\/a> at \u201cStudy Reveals Dolphins Lack Capacity To Mock Celebrity Culture.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Explaining politics:<\/strong> New Scientist<\/em> uses studies on animal interactions, communication and competition to create a politician\u2019s guide to cooperation. It suggested joining forces to attain a common goal and referenced a study in which pairs of rooks worked together for the reward of a meal. <\/span>Read more<\/span><\/a> at \u201cBirds do it, bees do it \u2013 can the UK\u2019s leaders do it?\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Also, ecology inspiring <\/span>tattoo art<\/span><\/a>, creating an environment for <\/span>nanorobots<\/span><\/a>, unraveling <\/span>history<\/span><\/a> and describing cultural <\/span>differences<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Based on news articles and studies from last week, ecology can be involved in serenading your mother, inspiring fashion, describing the fundamentals of politics and guiding robots in nano-scale terrain. Here are a few examples of ecology in uncommon roles from the second week in May.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":50,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,48],"tags":[457,100,767,768,769,538,770,771,772,773,630,116,774,775],"class_list":["post-3435","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-research","category-ecology-and-society","tag-art","tag-biology","tag-culture","tag-design","tag-dolphins","tag-ecology","tag-fashion","tag-history","tag-mothers-day","tag-mythology","tag-nanotechnology","tag-ecology-in-policy","tag-squid","tag-tattoo"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/esa.org\/esablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3435","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/esa.org\/esablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/esa.org\/esablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/esa.org\/esablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/50"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/esa.org\/esablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3435"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/esa.org\/esablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3435\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/esa.org\/esablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3435"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/esa.org\/esablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3435"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/esa.org\/esablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3435"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}