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Five influential female authors
Here’s an internet/blogging meme coming via Ken at C. Orthodoxy. It asks us, as the post title says, to name five female authors that have been influential to us. As the father of a precocious...
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Meditation on the origin of life
In the Cosmic Calendar, the Origin of Life falls somewhere around now.* About three and a half billion years ago, the great abundance of life on Earth began, probably with a single replicating molecule...
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Hero
I would like to introduce you to a hero of mine. His name is Robert Lang. Robert Lang folds paper. He folds paper into birds. He folds paper into insects. He folds paper into insanely complex and...
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Miscellaneous
Several things have come through my blog reader that I want to comment on, but none require a post of their own. So here you are: Celebrating Darwin. Still? Again? It doesn’t really matter. Here’s a...
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Cosmic birthday: HE 1523-0901
I would like to make a confession. I am beginning to feel some of the symptoms of age. Not old age, so much. Just age. Exercise is becoming something I need to consciously undertake, no longer...
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Smile
I love the way some people employ their creativity. Enjoy! This video comes via Erich Vieth from Dangerous Intersection.
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Common Sense Atheism
I want to recommend to you all a wonderful blog I’ve recently encountered. Common Sense Atheism is written by Luke, a philosopher and former Christian. I find his posts thoughtful and challenging, and...
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While you wait …
My last job ended recently, and after a long search I have found another one. As this is academia, this one will also be temporary – I am slowly working my way through post-docs until I can achieve...
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Selfish Gene
I just finished reading The Selfish Gene, the first of Richard Dawkins’ many books popularizing the fascinating byways and unexpected consequences of evolutionary theory. The Selfish Gene was first...
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I’m a junkie
I’ve discovered a drug. A wonderful, happy-making, pain-soothing drug. And I’m hooked. This morning I got up and, before anyone else was awake, slipped out of the house to get myself a hit. When I came...
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