Links for you. Science:
Warmer Winter Brings Forest-Threatening Beetles North
In death, a crow’s big brain fires up memory, learning
The secret lives of jellyfish: Long regarded as minor players in ocean ecology, jellyfish are actually important parts of the marine food web.
A little alcohol may not be good for you after all
Op-Ed: How to recover from a war, ant style — Cooperate
Other:
The Mideast Came to Idaho State. It Wasn’t the Best Fit.
Bravest man in Politics: Bernie Sanders harshly criticizes Israeli Occupation: ‘Absurd’ Settlements, 44% Unemployment
The National Debt Doesn’t Need Fixing
Sanders is the king of credibility in 2016
The cheapest patient is a dead one
There Were Five-Hour Lines to Vote in Arizona Because the Supreme Court Gutted the Voting Rights Act
Do The Majority of Americans Oppose Nuclear Energy? Maybe Not.
The Sharing Economy’s Dirty Laundry
Why We Support Bernie Sanders Over Hillary Clinton for President
Magical Thinking: Sanders, Clinton, and the Federal Reserve Board
AIPAC’s apology for Trump speech is unprecedented
When the Feminist Establishment Candidate is Further Right than Trump
City schools chief ponders radical revamp of calendar
True Story: Buying Transit Passes Is Cheaper Than Building Garages
March Madness Sucks If You Don’t Have a Bracket
Mocked and forgotten: who will speak for the American white working class?
The Deadly Consequences of Solitary With a Cellmate
Donald Trump Hates Women: It’s the one position he’s never changed.
I am unwilling to relocate again (and it will probably cost me my academic “career”)
I’m slightly sceptical about the crow story, where we’re told that a flock of crows follows him around for 12 miles. I also feed crows, daily, in Portland Oregon on my four mile daily walks. I have rarely seen a “flock” of crows following me for more than three city blocks. Sometimes they do gather in large numbers, a “murder” as it were, and in some seasons they are more social than in other seasons. For example, when they have vulnerable young they are less social and very aggressive toward other crows (in the Spring and early Summer). Once the kids grow up, the parents lighten up, and they will mix more with other neighbouring crows.
Perhaps Darryl Dyer is walking around 12 miles in a tight circle, or perhaps he’s going where large groups of crows gather. Crows are very territorial, yet social, just like humans. We each want our own space, tiny as it is, and we encounter our fellows every day.
Anyway, I’ve rarely seen a crow follow me for more than three city blocks (about 0.6 square miles) Or close enough.