tags: bpr3.org/?p=52, birds, aves, ornithology, Zosterops somadikartai, Togian white-eye, Indonesia, SulawesiAn undated artist's rendering of Zosterops somadikartai, or Togian white-eye. This small greenish bird that has been playing hide-and-seek with ornithologists...

All designs from the house of Bebe Seet. I was thinking, it'd only be nice to send them some pictures. That'd involve asking for their number though.......

We saw this jig-saw box at the 'Junk to Jewels' special exhibition at the Peranakan Museum, which features personal memorabilia from Babas and Nonyas who managed to kept their heirlooms intact. It seems this particular game was never concluded and the owners...

Round and round the mulberry bush...Roger Pielke, 30 April:there is in fact nothing that can be observed in the climate system that would be inconsistent with climate model predictions. If global cooling over the next few decades is consistent with model predictions,...

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The Thieves' Market at Sungei Road yields a unique shopping experience for the island's bargain-hunters. On the bare tarmac under trees too young to offer half a shade, goods that have seen better days are displayed on canvas sheets and makeshift tables by...

Edition 45 of the Encephalon psychology and neuroscience writing carnival has just arrived online, this time ably hosted at PodBlack Blog.A couple of my favourites include a poem inspired by a new stereoscopic atlas of the body and brain, and an excellent post...

Over a year ago I visited an organisation called the Biologic Institute, then a shadowy outfit devoted to the search for scientific evidence for Intelligent Design.When I finally found the lab in Seattle, Washington, the scientists would not talk to me. The...

A substantial majority of both high school and university students in Britain view math as little more than numbers, and mathematicians as old, white, middle-class men. From a study of 556 students: The students describe mathematicians as lacking in......

Today we had our meeting of the CMS analysis group in Padova, a monthly recurrence where we get adjourned of the various efforts going on. It was my turn to chair the meeting (I am co-convener of the meeting with Ezio Torassa and we alternate), and I had put...