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Nothing in Life is Humdrum
The whole field of daily habit and scene is waiting to satisfy that curiosity which means life, and the satisfaction of which means an understanding heart.

Image: Hanford Nuclear Power Plant
by Tim Leonard

On the Origin of Species (excerpt)
Although much remains obscure, and will long remain obscure, I can entertain no doubt, after the most deliberate study and dispassionate judgment of which I am capable, that the view...that each species has been independently created—is erroneous. I am fully convinced that species are not immutable; but that those belonging to what are called the same genera are lineal descendants of some other and generally extinct species, in the same manner as the acknowledged varieties of any one species are the descendants of that species. Furthermore, I am convinced that Natural Selection has been the main but not exclusive means of modification.

Critical Thinking about Technology

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Ask Dr. Science!

Dada Engine via Eric Spellman

Nobel e-museum: Homepage of the Nobel Foundation

Bill Nye: The science guy

Celera: The corporation behind (half the) Human Genome Project

i n t e r v i e w s

Richard Conniff is a journalist whose work has appeared in such publications as Architectural Digest and National Geographic. He is the author of many books, the newest of which is entitled The Natural History of the Rich: A Field Guide.

James Gleick
Author of Chaos: Making a New Science and editor of The Best American Science Writing 2000 talks with Robert Birnbaum

MIT Professor Alan Lightman
Author of Einstein's Dreams talks with Robert Birnbaum

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