@sciencemug
48 episodes - English - Latest episode: almost 2 years ago -the podcast of sciencemug.com, a blog about science which thinks to be the ‘79 world champ of cheese-rolling. Each episode tells you a research science paper in a clear, accurate and (hopefully) funny way.
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Comin' semi-soon or so!
October 08, 2022 02:18 - 1 minute - 1.28 MBLet's see if PiPs and the gang make it this time...
Coming (semi)soon: of wounded chimps, self-medication via smashed and spread insects, & empathy!
February 18, 2022 15:01 - 1 minute - 1.31 MBHellooo, dear listener! Now that my gang and I are finally done with the utterly urgent aaaand totally useless things (i.e. finishing a one billion one hundred and eighteen million thirty-five thousand five hundred ninety-two pixels heck of a digital puzzle PiPs you won last summer at a quite shady raffle), weeeell, we can go back and tell intriguing and gripping science stories! The coming (semi)soon episode is about chimps, self-medication via smashed and spread insects, & empathy! Ciao!...
News 2: of mammoths' bones' circles, fluffy exoplanets, cats' music & more!
August 07, 2021 17:52 - 16 minutes - 18.4 MBHello dear listener! I read a lot of science stuff in the past months, and now I’m gonna tell you 9 science stories that I’ve already translated into mini-posts and related cartoons for the blog side of my silly self (you can find the links below). Sooo, dear listener, here we go! 1(of woodpeckers’ super skull)- https://www.sciencemug.com/2020/02/the-true-reason-why-woodpeckers-dont.html 2(of rats’ genome & New York)- https://www.sciencemug.com/2020/03/the-true-reason-why-brown-rats-geno...
Of plastics & human placenta: meet the plasticenta! Pt 4/4 - Plastic pollution -
June 15, 2021 18:11 - 35 minutes - 45.1 MBHellooo, dear listener! In this fourth and last part of the episode, I finish telling you the story of a group of Italian researchers who, for the first time ever, find plastics in human placentas of healthy women. Listening to this episode, you'll find out how bad is global plastic pollution, and how dangerous plastics are to living things in general, and to humans and human fetuses in particular. And there's also a brief interview to Dr. Ragusa, the leading investigator of this research...
Of plastics & human placenta: meet the "plasticenta" (Pt3/4 - The way in)
April 21, 2021 20:39 - 19 minutes - 22.6 MBHellooo, dear listener! In the third (of four) part of this episode, I keep telling you the story of a bunch of Italian researchers who are the first to find pieces of plastics smaller than 0.5 cm in human placentas of healthy women. Here you'll discover how the darn microplastics manage to sneak into the human body. Aaand there's also a GPS for bugs and antigens story... Ciao! Find the script (plus all the references & credits) here: https://www.sciencemug.com/2021/04/of-plastics-human...
Of food production in urban areas: meet the urban horticulture! (Pt 1/2)
March 21, 2021 21:19 - 23 minutes - 28.4 MBHellooo, dear listener! In this episode I'll tell you a story about urban horticulture, more precisely the story of how a bunch or researchers proved that a city (specifically Sheffield, England, UK) could potentially feed a big chunk of its own people with veggies and fruits grown in the city itself (on green spaces and even roofs)! And there's a very funny fake commercial about the green thumb too. Ciao! Find the script (plus all the references & credits) here: https://www.sciencemug.c...
Of food production in urban areas: meet the urban horticulure! (Pt 1/2)
March 21, 2021 21:19 - 23 minutes - 28.4 MBHellooo, dear listener! In this episode I'll tell you a story about urban horticulture, more precisely the story of how a bunch or researchers proved that a city (specifically Sheffield, England, UK) could potentially feed a big chunk of its own people with veggies and fruits grown in the city itself (on green spaces and even roofs)! And there's a very funny fake commercial about the green thumb too. Ciao! Find the script (plus all the references & credits) here: https://www.sciencemug.c...
Of plastics & human placenta: meet the "plasticenta" (Pt2/4 - Guess the plastics)
February 23, 2021 22:02 - 17 minutes - 22.6 MBHellooo, dear listener! In this second part of this multi-part episode, I go on telling you the story of a group of smarty smart Italian researchers who, for the first time ever, finds man-made stuff, specifically microplastics, in human placentas. In this episode you'll find how the scientists understand that what they found is actually plastics, what kind of plastics this things are precisely, and, above other things, how much plastic has been made - I mean ever - and how much plastic ga...
Of plastics & human placenta: meet the "plasticenta" (Pt2)
February 23, 2021 22:02 - 17 minutes - 22.6 MBHellooo, dear listener! In this second part of this multi-part episode, I go on telling you the story of a group of smarty smart Italian researchers who, for the first time ever, finds man-made stuff, specifically microplastics, in human placentas. In this episode you'll find how the scientists understand that what they found is actually plastics, what kind of plastics this things are precisely, and, above other things, how much plastic has been made - I mean ever - and how much plastic ga...
Of plastics & human placenta: meet the "plasticenta" (Pt2/4)
February 23, 2021 22:02 - 17 minutes - 22.6 MBHellooo, dear listener! In this second part of this multi-part episode, I go on telling you the story of a group of smarty smart Italian researchers who, for the first time ever, finds man-made stuff, specifically microplastics, in human placentas. In this episode you'll find how the scientists understand that what they found is actually plastics, what kind of plastics this things are precisely, and, above other things, how much plastic has been made - I mean ever - and how much plastic ga...
Of plastics & human placenta: meet the "plasticenta" (Pt1/4)
January 18, 2021 21:25 - 19 minutes - 23.8 MBHellooo, dear listener. In this multi-part episode I tell you the story of a bunch of Italian researchers who, for the first time ever, find pieces of plastic in human placentas (those of four healthy women who had smooth pregnancies and deliveries). In this very part 1 you'll hear how the resourceful scientists from the boot-shaped country collect the samples they need for their study, and what technique they use to analyze them. Aaand there's also a joke about a horse, a gamma ray burst ...
Of plastics & human placenta: meet the "plasticenta" (Pt1)
January 18, 2021 21:25 - 19 minutes - 23.8 MBHellooo, dear listener. In this multi-part episode I tell you the story of a bunch of Italian researchers who, for the first time ever, find pieces of plastic in human placentas (those of four healthy women who had smooth pregnancies and deliveries). In this very part 1 you'll hear how the resourceful scientists from the boot-shaped country collect the samples they need for their study, and what technique they use to analyze them. Aaand there's also a joke about a horse, a gamma ray burst ...
Of Santa Claus, children naughtiness, and virus: a Christmas tale
December 21, 2020 23:50 - 19 minutes - 26.8 MBHo-ho-hoooo... Hello, dear listener, welcome to this Xmas episode! I'll tell you two stories this time. One is about how the popular belief according to which Santa doesn't visit naughty children may be or may be not (listen and find out) actually true. The other story, given the year is 2020, is about what would be the consequences of Santa Claus doing his worldwide tour on Christmas Eve while infected by a highly contagious virus. Here's the script (with the bibliography): https://tin...
É arrivato il nuovo podcast in italiano: @sciencemug ITALIA!
April 23, 2020 19:28 - 1 minute - 1.44 MBOoooooh, caro auscultatore e cara auscultatrice, sono lieto di dirti che è arrivato @sciencemug ITALIA, il podcast dove potrai ascoltare tuuuti i nuovi episodi (e un po’ alla volta anche quelli vecchi) in italiano! @sciencemug ITALIA è già su iTunes, Spotify, Anchor, Castbox, e presto sarà disponibile anche su altre piattaforme. Benone, oh voi del quelli che il podcast sì ma solo in italiano, la notizia ve l’ho data, adesso vi saluto, che devo tornare a inseguire il bianconiglio... Ciaz! ...
News 1: climate change & bumblebees extinction, wolves & blueberries, and dimming super stars!
April 21, 2020 09:00 - 14 minutes - 19.4 MBOooh hallo dear listener, in this sort-of episode I tell you three science news (about climate change & biology, wildlife & ethology, and astronomy) and related infos that I've told in these weeks in my blog-self side via mini-micro post and cartoons. Next regular episode is on its way, it'll be 'bout food and cities... Enjoy! SM Links to the news: 1) Climate change & bumblebees extinction: https://tinyurl.com/yalgtyvh 2) Wolves & blueberries: https://tinyurl.com/y9woy6ot 3) Dimming s...
News: climate change & bumblebees extinction, wolves & blueberries, and dimming super stars!
April 21, 2020 09:00 - 14 minutes - 19.4 MBOooh hallo dear listener, in this sort-of episode I tell you three science news (about climate change & biology, wildlife & ethology, and astronomy) and related infos that I've told in these weeks in my blog-self side via mini-micro post and cartoons. Next regular episode is on its way, it'll be 'bout food and cities... Enjoy! SM Links to the news: 1) Climate change & bumblebees extinction: https://tinyurl.com/yalgtyvh 2) Wolves & blueberries: https://tinyurl.com/y9woy6ot 3) Dimming s...
Of why people are less generous on Xmas than the rest of the year! (Pt2/2)
January 30, 2020 01:02 - 16 minutes - 22.2 MBHello dear listener, here it comes the second part of a story about the fact that, at Xmas time, people, especially those usually inclined to generosity, donate less often and less money to charity than the rest of the year. And the reason of that is explained here (nope dude, it's not something related to the Grinch, nor to bad eggnog hangovers, and yes, it's quite absurd to publish the second part of a Xmas episode closer to Valentine's day than to Christmas itself...). Here's the script: h...
Of why people are less generous on Xmas than the rest of the year! (Pt1/2)
December 19, 2019 00:00 - 17 minutes - 24.4 MBHo-ho-hoooo... Hello, dear listener! After Halloween, the Black Friday aaand the Cyber Monday here it's coming a new credit card holiday: Christmas! Sooo, to fit the Xmas spirit of nowadays, here's for you a Xmas episode that tells you a science story that’s all about... MONEY! Aaand a bit of charity too. The script is here: https://www.sciencemug.com/2019/12/of-charity-experimental-economics.html Enjoy&Merry Christmas!
Weird patent series (N°1): "The Bird Diaper"!
November 15, 2019 20:04 - 14 minutes - 19.4 MBOh hallo dear listener, this is the first episode of the "Weird patent series", a space, as the name suggests, dedicated to the most absurd things you humans have patented, invented, thought. An episode like this will be published every once in a while. In this very one, I'm telling you not one, but two patents filed to cover the invention of a diaper for birds. Yeah, you read it right, you're not hallucinating. Aren't you humans something? Find the script here&enjoy! https://www.sciencemug.c...
The yum-yum bugs
November 06, 2019 12:06 - 15 minutes - 20.2 MBHello dear listener, here we go with a delicious story about environment, food and... bugs. Basically: "wanna help saving the world? Eat bugs!". Ahhh, who doesn't dream a juicy meal worm burger? Can you see a future when there is a new giant, in the business of fast food: McCricket? Well, apparently someone can, more or less. But, hey, jokes aside, there's solid science on the plate (uh, pun!). The script is here (scroll down the page): https://www.sciencemug.com/2013/02/gli-insetti-gnam-gna...
The explosive story of dynamite & the Nobel Prize!
October 20, 2019 22:35 - 16 minutes - 22.2 MBHallo dear listener, today October 21st, in 1833, Alfred Nobel is born. He's famous 'cause, in the XIX the century, he was the guy everybody wanted at their parties since he was a blast, had always explosive pieces of gossip and told hilarious cracking jokes. Oh, he's also the dude who invented dynamite. And he who created a prize you may have heard of. Here the script of the episode about Nobel's life, inventions and prize: https://www.sciencemug.com/2019/10/happy-birthday-alfred-nobel-aka-m...
The Rogue Planet: a science "crime" story
October 13, 2019 00:35 - 10 minutes - 15.5 MBA vast universe, a wandering entity with a secret identity, three cosmic cops. And a dumb podcast to tell their story... Find the script here&enjoy! https://www.sciencemug.com/2013/03/the-rogue-planet.html
Pollution on high
September 27, 2019 20:52 - 16 minutes - 22.6 MBHello dear listener, in this episode I'll tell you the scary story of what three researchers find there is inside the water that falls down from the sky... Clue one: it is not a piece of rainbow. Clue two: it is not the answer to your prayers. For clue three press #. The script is here: https://www.sciencemug.com/2019/09/pollution-on-high.html Ciao!
BACTERIA vs HUMAN CELLS (PT3 of 3)
September 03, 2019 20:12 - 15 minutes - 21.3 MBOoh hello dear listener, in this episode I'll tell you the 3d and final part of the story about three scientists who put at sleep the legend according to which there are 10 bugs in/on humans for each human cell. You'll get to know how the story ends (no spoiler here) and why those three researchers decided to investigate this particular topic instead something else, like, well, the physics behind a certain president haircut... The script (plus the micro-interview to one of the researchers, Dr...
Happy b-day Aspirin!
August 09, 2019 22:30 - 12 minutes - 17.8 MBOoooh, hello dear listener, this is the story of Aspirin's creation! It's a mix of chemistry, mystery, history, suspense, a guilty butler with a beaker in the laboratory, Nazism, smuggled drugs aaaaaand the usual nonsense coming from the dumb pseudo-brain of this podcast. Enjoy! (Ok, ok, the butler was too much... But the rest is there!) The post is here: https://tinyurl.com/y3lk3prm
BACTERIA vs HUMAN CELLS (PT2 of 3)
July 27, 2019 21:12 - 22 minutes - 30.5 MBOoh hello dear listener, in this episode I'll tell you the 2nd part (total 3) of the story about the debunking of the myth that there are 10 bugs in/on humans for each human cell. In this part you'll find out how many human cells actually form the human body, and which cells are the most numerous (spoiler: they are the favorites of vampires...). Read the post here: https://tinyurl.com/y4jhzef2 Ciaz&Enjoy!
Thank you brave soul!
June 06, 2019 17:51 - 36 seconds - 818 KBThe gang celebrated the reason of this short audio visiting the homepage of every pub's website of Ireland and ending up arrested for disorderly conduct by Chief Wiggum after attempting to have a fight with a banner of the WSFUPBNG (the Wrestler and Sumo Fighters Union of Papua Brand New Guinea). Luckily for them, the banner's wife (a lovely .gif of a cat doing a cat thing) was moved by the ridiculously scared expression of PiPs, and convinced her husband not to press chargess... Based on a t...
BACTERIA vs HUMAN CELLS (PT1 of 3)
June 01, 2019 19:25 - 18 minutes - 25.7 MBOoh hello dear listener, in this episode I'll tell you the first part (total 3) of the story about the death of the urban legend/scientific myth according to which in/on human beings there are 10 times more bacteria than actual human cells. It's a tale of perseverance, poop (kinda) and, of course, solid science. Find the post here: https://tinyurl.com/y46awupu Enjoy!
Roses chocolates & Valentine's Day
February 13, 2019 20:31 - 17 minutes - 25.2 MBOhhh happy most fake festivity of 'em all aka Valentine's Day, dear listener! To celebrate this nonsense here for you a new episode 'bout a paper that tells something reeeally unexpected: red roses and chocolates are judged more positively near Valentine’s Day than during the rest of the year (at least in the USA). Wow, mind-blowing! Then it explains also why it's like that. Find the related post here: https://tinyurl.com/yytsrvhs. Enjoy&ciaz!
The roads the researchers & the map (Pt 4/4)
June 24, 2018 16:38 - 23 minutes - 27.4 MBOoooh eventually the scientists of the roads who did the map of the parts of the world that have no roads (and, in the process, by-discovered how to live in peace with the mischievous GPS with a taste for ruining your trips) explain why they decided to stalk the world's roads and why it is important to preserve roadless areas around the globe. Find the post here: https://tinyurl.com/y8bqt98o Enjoy&Ciaz!
The roads the researchers & the map (Pt 3/4)
May 25, 2018 22:49 - 17 minutes - 15.6 MBOooooh, well, the road scientists are still at work to find out who's eating all the asphalt of the world causing a dramatic global shortage of bends and center lines... Naa, but they check out data-sets and stuff to see how many roadless areas are inside protected zones, and more... Enjoy. The post is here: http://www.sciencemug.com/2018/04/the-roads-researchers-map-pt-34.html Ciaz!
The roads the researchers & the map (Pt 2/4)
March 22, 2018 22:12 - 21 minutes - 19.7 MBHaaaaallooo dear English thinking-reading-speaking-hearing listener, in this new episode I'll keep on telling you the story of those scientists that create a map of the roadless areas still existing in the world, stalk 'em to find their whereabouts and score 'em according to how good they look when wearing wet shirts... Naa, but the science dudes actually check where the roadless areas are and get all judgmental about their (the roadless areas) ecological value. Read the post here: https://g...
The roads the researchers & the map (Pt 1/4)
February 25, 2018 18:22 - 20 minutes - 18.6 MBHaaaaallooo dear English thinking-reading-speaking-hearing listener, in this new episode I'll tell you the story of how ten scientists create a map of the roadless areas still existing in the world, then use it to find all the suspicious & big "X"es existing on land, ask around for "research" funds to get to those promising signs and start using highly technologically advanced tools (i.e. shovels) in the hope to dig up the Holy Grail of all researchers: tenure. Naaa, they do the map, though.....
I'm coming back, folks, I'm coming baaack!
February 24, 2018 22:58 - 11 seconds - 183 KBTen seconds to tell you, dear English thinking, speaking, reading, hearing worshipper of podcasts, that I'm coming back! Soon! With brand-new episodes (aaand unfortunately the same lack of a brain...). Ciaz @sciencemug
Valentine's Day & the birth timing
February 13, 2016 23:14 - 11 minutes - 10.3 MBEpisode number 8 of @sciencemug's podcast tells you that on Valentine's Day there's an increase in births: women are influenced by the cultural value of this day as they associate positivity and propitiousness to this festivity and appear to have a certain control on the timing of births. The Valentine's Day birth story is told in 2011 by three scientist from Yale on a paper appeared on the journal "Social Science & Medicine" [a journal cofunded by the industry of chocolate and roses but high...
Kepler, Santa Bernard and the Xmas tale (part2)
December 28, 2015 19:46 - 12 minutes - 11.2 MBOh-oh-oh! Dear listener, here for you the second and final part of the Xmas tale about a solitary space-probe named Kepler, and its stubborn, heroic quest for the ultimate decoration to put on the Cosmic Xmas Tree: the "Ridiculously Low Albedo ball"! A tale told by an alien Santa. To alien jellies. On an alien world. In an alien language [meaning that the language spoken by the narrator -and used in this summary- is not exactly one of this planet, although similar enough to be (hopefully) un...
Kepler, Santa Bernard and the Xmas tale (part1)
December 27, 2015 21:14 - 12 minutes - 11 MBOh-oh-oh! Dear listener, here for you the Xmas tale about a solitary space-probe named Kepler, and its stubborn, heroic quest for the ultimate decoration to put on the Cosmic Xmas Tree: the "Ridiculously Low Albedo ball"! (Part 1). A tale told by an alien Santa. To alien jellies. On an alien world. In an alien language [meaning that the language spoken by the narrator -and used in this summary- is not exactly one of this planet, although similar enough to be (hopefully) understandable...] Yo...
Beijing's ring and the scientists
October 30, 2015 18:26 - 25 minutes - 23.6 MBEpisode number 5 of @sciencemug podcast tells you that Beijing's urban extent quadrupled in the first decade of 2000, and that this created a "ring of impact" around China's capital. The ring causes meteorological changes which, in turn, lead to an increase of urban temperature and pollution. The discovery has been published on the "Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres" by a team of scientists from 'Stanford', 'Cal Tech' and the 'University of Southampton' (indeed there would have bee...
Episode 5: the (audio) promo!
September 29, 2015 20:48 - 1 minute - 1.75 MBAn (audio) promo - for @sciencemug's next podcast episode - that is as sensible as a pizza topped with pineapples and würstels (yeah yeah, I know it exists and yet, J'ACCUSE!)
The pig’s “scent” and the barking dogs
August 14, 2015 19:10 - 12 minutes - 11.3 MBThe episode n°4 of @sciencemug's podcast tells you, in Engh?ish, that a pig’s pheromone, the androstenone, can calm excessively anxious super barking and jumping dogs when sprayed on them. The discovery, made by a group of researchers of the Texas Tech University, has been published in the journal "The Professional Animal Scientist". (the twin journal of "The Amateur Plant Theologian", cousin of the magazine "The semi-pro quasi-experiment planner"). Read the text here: http://goo.gl/5vyLA3 Ci...
size does matter (when it comes to brain and you are a female little fish)
August 05, 2015 22:27 - 24 minutes - 22 MBThe third episode of @sciencemug's podcast tells you, in Engh?ish, that size does matters, as usual. At least when it comes to brains and the ability of surviving predators' attacks and when you are a female, hence not a male, of Poecilia reticulata, a species of small tropical fishes called guppies. The discovery, made by a group of scientists from the universities of Stockholm and Vienna, is reported in the journal Ecology letters, right after the one of a Malaysian cayman that reads the ta...
le dimensioni (del cervello) contano, se sei una pescolina tropicale
August 05, 2015 22:23 - 28 minutes - 26 MBIl terzo episodio del podcast di @sciencemug ti racconta che avere un cervello grande aumenta la capacità di sopravvivere ai predatori nelle femmine, ma non nei maschi (sic!), di Poecilia reticulata, una specie di piccoli pesci tropicali detti guppy. La scoperta, fatta da un gruppo di scienziati delle università di Stoccolma e Vienna, è riportata sulla rivista scientifica Ecology letters, subito dopo quella di un caimano malese che fa i tarocchi (naa, scherzo, si limita a fare solitari...) Le...
The Earth, the Dark Matter and the galactic trip toward mass extinction
July 01, 2015 09:46 - 14 minutes - 13 MBThe second episode of the podcast by @sciencemug tells you that a direct link can exist among catastrophic geologic events, comet impacts, mass extinctions and the Earth crossing, every 30-40 million years, the Milky Way’s mid-plane and its clumps of dark matter. And then buy you donuts to cheer you up... Read the text here: http://goo.gl/wqItu8 ciaz SM
La Terra, la materia oscura e il viaggio galattico verso l’estinzione di massa
July 01, 2015 09:40 - 20 minutes - 18.5 MBIl secondo episodio del podcast di @sciencemug ti racconta che è possibile che esista una relazione diretta tra le estinzioni di massa, la caduta di comete e gli sconvolgimenti geologici che si sono verificati sulla Terra nel corso del tempo e il passaggio ciclico, ogni 30-40 milioni di anni, del Sistema Solare attraverso il piano della Via Lattea e lo strato di materia oscura che esso contiene. E poi ti offre una ciambella per consolarti... Leggi il post in inglese qui: http://goo.gl/wqItu8 ...
La Terra, la materia oscura e il viaggio galattico verso l’estinzione di massa
July 01, 2015 09:40 - 20 minutes - 18.5 MBIl secondo episodio del podcast di @sciencemug ti racconta che è possibile che esista una relazione diretta tra le estinzioni di massa, la caduta di comete e gli sconvolgimenti geologici che si sono verificati sulla Terra nel corso del tempo e il passaggio ciclico, ogni 30-40 milioni di anni, del Sistema Solare attraverso il piano della Via Lattea e lo strato di materia oscura che esso contiene. E poi ti offre una ciambella per consolarti... Leggi il post in inglese qui: http://goo.gl/wqItu8 ...
the strange case of ants and toilets
July 01, 2015 09:32 - 13 minutes - 12.7 MBOoooooh well well, dear PodcastMachinin' happily ever after (whatever this means), please, dive yourself for a few minutes into this first odoriferous episode of @sciencemug podcast and listen to how three friendly scientists of a German university discover that ants of the species Lasius niger create, within their nests, actual toilets where our fella insects go number two [in technicolor (you'll understand if you listen to the episode) and without necessarily bringing their smartphones with...
anche le formiche nel loro piccolo hanno le toilette
July 01, 2015 08:37 - 19 minutes - 18.2 MBOoooh, alura alura, caro/a PodcastMachinante di uno qualsiasi dei giorni della settimana, indulgi per qualche minuto in questo primo odoroso episodio del podcast di @sciencemug e ascolta come tre allegri scienziati (vivi) di un'università della Tedeschia (aka Germanilandia) scoprono che le formiche della specie Lasius niger creano, dentro i loro nidi, delle vere e prorpie toilette dove gli insetti vanno a fare la cacca [in technicolor (capirai se ascolterai) e senza mai portarsi dietro lo sma...
anche le formiche nel loro piccolo hanno le toilette
July 01, 2015 08:37 - 19 minutes - 18.2 MBOoooh, alura alura, caro/a PodcastMachinante di uno qualsiasi dei giorni della settimana, indulgi per qualche minuto in questo primo odoroso episodio del podcast di @sciencemug e ascolta come tre allegri scienziati (vivi) di un'università della Tedeschia (aka Germanilandia) scoprono che le formiche della specie Lasius niger creano, dentro i loro nidi, delle vere e prorpie toilette dove gli insetti vanno a fare la cacca [in technicolor (capirai se ascolterai) e senza mai portarsi dietro lo sma...