Rachelle's Reading List: Tuesday, January 17th, 2012

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A horsefly with a golden booty has been named after Beyonce. [MSNBC]

"The all-time diva of flies." lol.

Go here for more species named after celebrities. [LifeScience]

A previously unnamed species of horse fly with a glamorous golden rear end has been named Beyonce because it is the "all-time diva of flies," researchers say.

Bryan Lessard, a researcher from Australia's Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization, is responsible for officially describing the fly and naming it Scaptia (Plinthina) beyonceae, according to the Australian National Insect Collection.

  • Trending Today: Poking fun at the incredibly large self esteems of the Millennials
  • Trending #2: New Tech Offices. Inside Foursquare and Google's new digs.
  • The Modern Day Titanic
  • Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales has just announces via Twitter that he will be joining the anti-SOPA blackout
  • Brian Williams is BFF with Nick Denton.
  • Pedestrians wearing headphones dying in record numbers.
  • A word to Jonathan Adler: put down the toilet paper rolls
  • Old School. Vintage photos of children visiting the MET
  • A horsefly with a golden booty has been named after Beyonce
  • The Quirkiest Gadgets from CES
  • The Vanilla Ice Project
  • The first album recorded entirely on an iPhone
  • John Steinbeck's letter to his son on falling in love
  • The Simpsons spoof the Winklevoss Twins
  • GofG on Chef Roble & Co.
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