Automatic Web Traffic Generator

In the Peruvian Amazon, the prized shihuahuaco tree faces a grim future

Scientists estimate that if measures are not taken to protect it, in 10 years’ time the shihuahuaco may go extinct. In 2018, around 4,000 cubic meters (141,000 cubic feet) of shihuahuaco timber was il... read more

Bless you, children

Faith in you restored, I can blog again without feeling like it’s just me and Wilson on a deserted island. I’ll still be chatting soon with the IT people about this, but the apparatus on how to leave ... read more

The GOP’s Trump-Carson 1-2 Punch in the Nuts

So after seven years of bitching about a mediocre president's crippling inexperience, more than two-fifths of Republican voters are going nuts over candidates who make Sarah Palin look like a wisened ... read more

What will you do with your rebate check?

Here’s my question to you: What do you plan to do with your rebate check? Interested to know which ones made ... I shall top the day off with a dinner of New Zealand lamb, Chilean vegetables, Peruvian ... read more

A Matter of Life and Death: Jill Lepore’s The Mansion of Happiness

That was my father’s vision of life. Like Lepore’s it was related to history; how we connect to the past and how we communicate that story to future generations. read more

August 2012 Open Thread

Please make a tax-deductible donation if you value independent science communication, collaboration, participation, and support open access. You can also shop using Amazon Smile and though you pay not... read more

Hejduk signs on for one more year

Good news for the Avs, their fans and for Milan Hejduk today. The Duke just signed a one-year contract extension with the team, through 2010-11. I’m still waiting to dig out what the contract will be ... read more

A Date with Pharyngula

Please make a tax-deductible donation if you value independent science communication, collaboration, participation, and support open access. You can also shop using Amazon Smile and though you pay not... read more