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More netizen science

Encyclopedia of Life One of my first posts to this blog mentioned Encyclopedia of Life, a major international collaborative effort to document the living world around us. Its list of sponsors and supporters starts at the highest possible levels (Smithsonian … Continue reading

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The Magic of Reality

Richard Dawkins: The Magic of Reality – how we know what’s really true Illustrated by Dave McKean Bantam, 2011. Richard Dawkins made himelf famous decades ago with The Selfish Gene (1976) and famous all over over again with The God … Continue reading

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Grab bag: Just for (slightly geeky) fun

The web brings me lots of cute and/or entertaining snippets which are worth sharing but don’t really deserve a whole page to themselves. Here’s a selection of recent ‘grabs’, with thanks to those who pointed them out to me. Tata … Continue reading

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Aah! not Eeek!

The day after a post about a tiny, cute (if doughty) spider may be a good time to post this (oldish) book review. I never had any dislike or unreasonable fear of spiders myself but I know people who do … Continue reading

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