by Elio Picture a leading authority on algal genetics and ecology, a discoverer of fascinating microbes from many phyla, an accomplished poet, an Esperantist who translated Winnie the Pooh into that language, a wit, a philosopher, and a nice guy. You have pictured Ralph Lewin, who died in La Jolla, ...

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Good afternoon. Thanks to Carl and Fred for their posts. I agree with both of you. Fred's right that my intro telescoped human attitudes to their shit (I'll address the issue of why I don't like to say "waste" shortly) into the last two centuries or so. I should have been more specific. The rise of ...

Peter Richerson and Robert Boyd are well-known for their studies of processes of culture change. They apply principles from biological evolution to form hypotheses about changes of cultural traits over time. In the December 18 issue of Nature, Richerson and Boyd have an essay titled, "Migration: an ...

Eco Factor: Lightweight concept bike runs on zero emission electric motors. A new concept might make some difference by providing you with fast, efficient and cost-effective transportation. HMK 561, an ultra light motorbike concept, can save both your money and energy. Two electric motors are integr...

SusanC has a comment on a Terra Nova thread in which she observes, So the main criterion for being considered is that there is some kind of creative expression involved. I’m OK with that, although it opens the door for arguments about exactly how much creative input is needed to qualify. Text ...

Eco House by Wonderworld Toys is a dollhouse of the future. Or maybe present day? It’s an ideal home anyway, one moving us closer to sustainable living. The house comes equipped with solar roof panels, a wind turbine, recycling bins, a bicycle (there is no car), a rain barrel (aka rainwater ta...

A work in progress, this directory is my annotated, selective guide to the ever-expanding Unitarian Universalist blogosphere. It replaces my first Guide to UU Blogs, which I began in January 2004 and am no longer updating. (Skip the introduction.) I've grouped similar blogs together. Each blog's sel...

Following my October post about vegetarians' options for tefillin, I received an e-mail from someone who was curious about mezuzot. (I suggest reading the tefillin post before this one.) According to Aish, "A 'kosher' mezuzah is hand-written on genuine parchment, prepared from the skin of a kosher a...

There are 18 new articles in PLoS ONE today. As always, you should rate the articles, post notes and comments and send trackbacks when you blog about the papers. You can now also easily place articles on various social services (CiteULike, Connotea, Stumbleupon, Facebook and Digg) with just one clic...