July 15, 2016 at 12:26AM

Today I Learned: 1) Genbank files say right at the top how big their sequence is. (Genebank is a text format for storing sequence data. It's the primary format NCBI uses to display nucleotide sequence data. Example: http://ift.tt/29zmplA) 2) Gas stoves not only get to temperature faster than electric stoves -- their maximum temperature is also rather higher. Or maybe they just dump more heat into the environment. I guess I didn't actually measure the temperature of the flame. One second. Ok, measured between 100 and 250 °C at maximum flame, with the maximum at the center of the stove thingy, from the top. Can somebody repeat this for an electric stovetop? 3) There's some kind of insect out here that nibbles the edges off of thick tree leaves (not sure what the tree was -- something with a kind of oaky-looking leaf, but much waxier, and with smooth and peeling bark like a sycamore tree's) and leaves behind a lot of poop. I'll be keeping an eye on that particular tree to see if I can figure out what it is.