Chernobyl

It loads slowly, but I just ran across a haunting series of web pages about the ghost town that is left from the Chernobyl nuclear power plant accident.
  ¶ 11:08 AM

 

good essays/papers

A history professor at another university has an interesting blog post on good approaches to writing an essay or paper.
  ¶ 11:04 AM

 

mass extinction

Humans may be causing a mass extinction on the same scale as the extinction of the dinosaurs, says an article in New Scientist. How important is it if a significant number of species of birds and butterflies go extinct? Some environmentalists complain that we only worry about the extinction of charismatic megafauna like the bald eagle.
  ¶ 9:53 AM

 

around the blogs

Karsten is thinking about the speed of technological change. Can the speed of computers continue to double every 18 months? (Moore's law)
Jacob has some stories of local rural life.
Andy is thinking about the use of poison gas in WWI.
Justin finds the Jones book a different picture from the one he grew up with.
Sarah has a question to think about about inventor's remorse.
David has experience with the importance of industrial research.
Alex has some interesting reflections on the American System of Manufacture.
And an awful lot of people haven't written in a month.
  ¶ 3:06 PM

 

genetic engineering of foods

I was startled to read an article in a reputable source that says that standard seeds are wide contaminated with genetically engineered versions of the same crop.  ¶ 1:42 PM