Fighting to save Greene Prairie

The University of Wisconsin-Madison’s Arboretum is famous for its restored prairies. The most famous is the Curtis Prairie, established in the 1930s and 40s. Less well known is the 50-acre Greene Prairie, which was restored almost single-handed by Henry Greene in the 1940s and 50s.
Greene Prairie is currently under threat from Reed Canary [...]

Songs of Insects

Courtesy Greg Laden – a link to Songs of Insects, the companion website to a book of the same name.  The book apparently has the songs of 77 insects, twenty of which are available online.  Very cool.

Breaking a child’s wrist over spilled cake?

If a parent broke a child’s wrist because they spilled some crumbs on the floor, I’d expect them to be charged with child abuse.  So why is it ok for a school security guard to do that?
School security guards in Palmdale, CA have [...]

Next big battle?

Bora predicts an upcoming between science and religion will be over the soul.
So, the last Big Fight will be about the Soul. The next area of science to experience a big frontal attack will be Neuroscience.
There is no Soul. Your mind is the subjective experience of what the molecules in your brain cells are doing. [...]