Ecology and Biodiversity Good news, and bad news… 17 Apr 2008 First, the good news. The inestimable John van Whye has added, with the help of his team of course, 90,000 scanned images of Darwin’s journals, manuscripts and letters. Now the bad news. The Utrecht Herbarium is closing, and no plans have been made to store and make available its collection… Read More
Humor Atheists should not be seen or heard 11 Mar 2009 According to this cartoon, hat tip to Tangled Up in Blue Guy : [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v8CtVhVImBM&rel=0&color1=0xb1b1b1&color2=0xcfcfcf&feature=player_embedded&fs=1] Read More
Humor Why? The beginnings of philosophy 21 Nov 2008 Phil Plait linked to this guy, Louis CK, on why it’s alright for the world to go back into the dark ages, but I rather like this one, in which it becomes clear that philosophers are, after all, just persistent two year olds: [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4u2ZsoYWwJA&color1=0xb1b1b1&color2=0xcfcfcf&hl=en&fs=1] Read More