Most human vices have enough sense to be very, very tempting. Lust, gluttony, sloth, hurling powerful if unimaginative expletives at a member of the political opposition, buying a pair of Thierry Rab… more →
Slow PaintingOccam wrote 1 week ago: I am interested in popular science books as a genre and spotted a book called The Canon: The Beautif … more →
DSL. wrote 1 month ago: Auscape International A MIXED BAG The long-beaked echidna is hard to find but easy to appreciate. S … more →
whyevolutionistrue wrote 1 month ago: With her usual journalistic panache, Natalie Angier reports today in the New York Times on new work … more →
Paul wrote 2 months ago: I am very much enjoying Natalie Angier’s witty science primer, The Canon: A Whirligig Tour of … more →
fldisinhibition wrote 2 months ago: This is going to be a boring writing post. It’s a gin-filled anti-Writer’s Chronicle-esq … more →
whyevolutionistrue wrote 3 months ago: While going through the Berkeley website Understanding Science (discussed yesterday), I found someth … more →
Clare wrote 4 months ago: International Women’s Day is a day to celebrate the achievements of women, be they political, … more →
Deborah Barlow wrote 4 months ago: Pieter Bruegel the Elder, The Seven Deadly Sins So much has changed in the texture of our cultural … more →
Deborah Barlow wrote 4 months ago: Most human vices have enough sense to be very, very tempting. Lust, gluttony, sloth, hurling powerf … more →
jaquieonassis wrote 5 months ago: Oh, the intelligent and powerful clitoris. The more I learn of her, the more I am in awe of her godd … more →
knitwithit wrote 8 months ago: Prop 8 is a problem, and binds religious values to state laws. If marriage is limited to bein … more →
foradele wrote 9 months ago: Dear Adele: I am gullible and insulated from reality. Your excuse is fine–you’re 3 (alm … more →
Deborah Barlow wrote 9 months ago: You are shopping in a busy supermarket and you’re ready to pay up and go home. You perform a quick v … more →
Mike Speiser wrote 9 months ago: “Science is not a body of facts. Science is a state of mind. It is a way of viewing the worl … more →
prometheusongebonde wrote 10 months ago: “Darwin made it possible to be an intellectually fulfilled atheist.” I was reminded of these words … more →
DSL. wrote 10 months ago: Science BASICS About Death, Just Like Us or Pretty Much Unaware? Do animals grieve like we do? By … more →
Deborah Barlow wrote 11 months ago: Photo, New York Times (Vivienne Flesher) To scientists, the simultaneous simplicity and complexity … more →
chr1 wrote 11 months ago: Full article here. An interesting bit. “People overwhelmingly give the same answers. To the fi … more →
Yeni wrote 11 months ago: I have always been fascinated with mirrors (more or less on a narcissistic level) and how our brain … more →