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Lost and Found Lunokhods

Point of trivia: Lunokhod means moon walker in Russian. The Lunokhod 2 was a Russian Rover that landed on the moon in 1973, and to this day holds the record for the longest distance of surface travel on...

19 Mar 2010

Speaking with the Dictionary of Irish Biography Blogger

Meet Bill, author and originator of the Dictionary of Irish Biography Blogspot. His mission statement: The new Dictionary of Irish Biography from the Royal Irish Academy and Cambridge UP. 9 volumes, 10,000...

17 Mar 2010

The ABC of the Irish in Biographies

Happy St. Patrick’s Day friends! The Irish Times on The ABC of the Irish: “Twelve years in the making, the innovative and imaginative comprehensive Dictionary of Irish Biography is a wonderful...

17 Mar 2010

Our Changing Planet Picks

Congratulations to Michael D. King, Claire L. Parkinson, Kim C. Partington, and Robin G. Williams, editors of Our Changing Planet: The View from Space for winning the Best of Show 2009-2010 and Distinguished...

16 Mar 2010

THE Review of Why We Disagree About Climate Change

Times Higher Education discusses the subtleties and subjectivity of science – calling Why We Disagree About Climate Change “a distinctive and courageous book.” Full review here… Read More ?

16 Mar 2010

The Court-Martial: A Lawful Alternative

The Al-Qaeda Seven controversy is all over the news. At the center of the debate are Justice Department attorneys who once represented terrorism detainees. Maligned by some for being un-American, their...

Jordan J. Paust | 15 Mar 2010

Breaking Down the Block Buster

Word play at The Globe and Mail brings Latin Alive with the help of Joseph Solodow – Busted! From bombs to broncos: And then there is a juggernaut Read More ?

15 Mar 2010

Panel Event: Stopping ‘Hate’ Is Really about Stopping Debate

Washington, DC: Thursday, March 18 (9:30 a.m.): Carol Swain, author of The New White Nationalism in America and editor of Debating Immigration, will be speaking on a great panel organized by the Center...

12 Mar 2010

McSweeney’s Open Letter to Cambridge University Press, Regarding Odor

Just stumbled across McSweeney’s Open Letter to Cambridge University Press, Regarding Odor. For the uninitiated, these are usually letters addressed “To People Or Entities Who Are Unlikely...

11 Mar 2010

Great Science Doesn’t Stand Still

“Great science doesn’t stand still. It picks up and carries ideas and findings way beyond the wildest hopes of its founders.” — Michael Ruse, one of our favorite Darwin defenders...

8 Mar 2010

Puttin’ the Objective in Objectivity

Jared Diamond, author of Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed, wrote a (rather negative) book review of Questioning Collapse: Human Resilience, Ecological Vulnerability, and the Aftermath...

8 Mar 2010

Back to Work – Baby News and Blues!

It was a momentous turning point in our life, the birth of our daughter Mahika. December 2nd 2009. It was a date to remember forever. And so, of course, it was a time for resolutions. Some were vague,...

4 Mar 2010