Hedwig Pöllöläinen
grrlscientist
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April 28, 2008
tags: Dulce et Decorum Est, Wilfred Owen, poetry, National Poetry Month
April is National Poetry Month, and I plan to post one poem per day every day this month (If you have a favorite poem that you'd like me to share, feel free to email it to me).
Today's poem was suggested by a reader, Mike, who…
April 28, 2008
tags: Richard Dawkins, Beware the Believers, religious fundamentalism, evolution, streaming video
This amusing streaming video is a rockin' version of Richard Dawkins' expertise [3:57].
April 27, 2008
tags: chambers street subway art, subway art, NYC through my eye, photography, NYC
Chambers Street Subway Art #10
as seen at NYC's Chambers Street stop for the A and C trains.
Image: GrrlScientist 2008 [larger view].
April 27, 2008
tags: spring, nature, Image of the Day
Spring, 2.
This is the Canada goose family (slightly increased in size) in College Park that you saw earlier.
Image: Karen Davis [larger].
April 27, 2008
tags: Birdbooker Report, bird books, natural history books
"One cannot have too many good bird books"
--Ralph Hoffmann, Birds of the Pacific States (1927).
Here's this week's issue of the Birdbooker Report by Ian "Birdbooker" Paulsen, which lists bird and natural history books that are (or will…
April 27, 2008
tags: Survival Skills, Kay Ryan, poetry, National Poetry Month
April is National Poetry Month, and I plan to post one poem per day every day this month (If you have a favorite poem that you'd like me to share, feel free to email it to me). My poetry suggestions are starting to run dry, which means…
April 26, 2008
tags: chambers street subway art, subway art, NYC through my eye, photography, NYC
Chambers Street Subway Art #9
as seen at NYC's Chambers Street stop for the A and C trains.
Image: GrrlScientist 2008 [larger view].
April 26, 2008
tags: Northern cardinal, Cardinalis cardinalis, birds, Central Park, Image of the Day
Female Central Park cardinal, Cardinalis cardinalis.
Image: Bob Levy, author of Club George [larger].
Bob Levy writes;
I caught Mama Castle deep into her Yoga session. Here she beautifully demonstrates perfect…
April 26, 2008
tags: Thank you, My Fate, Anna Swir, poetry, National Poetry Month
April is National Poetry Month, and I plan to post one poem per day every day this month (If you have a favorite poem that you'd like me to share, feel free to email it to me). My poetry suggestions are starting to run dry, which…
April 25, 2008
tags: chambers street subway art, subway art, NYC through my eye, photography, NYC
Chambers Street Subway Art #8
as seen at NYC's Chambers Street stop for the A and C trains.
Image: GrrlScientist 2008 [larger view].
April 25, 2008
tags: researchblogging.org, evolution, dinosaurs, birds, Tyrannosaurus rex, ornithology, paleontology
The Tyrannosaurus rex femur from which researcher Mary Higby Schweitzer of North Carolina State University recovered soft tissue.
Image: Science.
It wasn't too long ago that paleontologists…
April 25, 2008
tags: spring, nature, Image of the Day
Spring.
Picture snapped a couple weeks ago outside the College Park Metro Station. By the way, do you see the nesting bird in this image?
Image Karen Davis [larger].
April 25, 2008
Okay, everyone, I am getting some wonderful suggestions in email for what to see and do in London in August, so I have decided to start a thread where you all can suggest things for a person who lives (and travels) on a shoestring. I already have gotten some suggestions from birders (they are such…
April 25, 2008
tags: Creationism-vs-evolution, fundamentalism, religion, culture wars
A friend, Dave, sent me an interesting article that was published several months ago in Science. This insightful and well-written article by Jennifer Couzin is important because it focuses on one scientist's trauma and ensuing…
April 25, 2008
tags: Oda a la Tristeza, Pablo Neruda, poetry, National Poetry Month
April is National Poetry Month, and I plan to post one poem per day every day this month (If you have a favorite poem that you'd like me to share, feel free to email it to me). My poetry suggestions are starting to run dry, which…
April 25, 2008
tags: David Attenborough, pika, Ochotonidae, behavior, streaming video
This streaming video shows David Attenborough bonding with a Pika, beginning by presenting it with a floral bouquet [3:20].
April 24, 2008
London at Night
(Astronomy Picture of the Day).
Image: ISS Crew, Earth Sciences and Image Analysis Lab, JSC, NASA [larger view].
Ever since I first heard about it, I have been wishing wishing wishing that I could -- somehow -- attend Nature Network's Euro ScienceBlogging Conference in London,…
April 24, 2008
tags: chambers street subway art, subway art, NYC through my eye, photography, NYC
Chambers Street Subway Art #7 [Detail from #5]
as seen at NYC's Chambers Street stop for the A and C trains.
Image: GrrlScientist 2008 [larger view].
April 24, 2008
tags: Common Pochard, Aythya ferina, birds, Image of the Day
Common Pochard, Aythya ferina (Hiroshima, Japan).
Image: Bardiac [larger].
April 24, 2008
tags: Cabbage, Charles Simic, poetry, National Poetry Month
April is National Poetry Month, and I plan to post one poem per day every day this month (If you have a favorite poem that you'd like me to share, feel free to email it to me). My poetry suggestions are starting to run dry, which means I…
April 24, 2008
tags: Waterbill Mystery, humor, behavior, streaming video
Jennifer and Jim kept getting huge water bills. They knew beyond a doubt that the bills weren't representative of actual usage, and no matter how they tried to conserve, the high bills continued. Although they could see nothing wrong, they…
April 23, 2008
tags: chambers street subway art, subway art, NYC through my eye, photography, NYC
Chambers Street Subway Art #6 [Detail from #5]
as seen at NYC's Chambers Street stop for the A and C trains.
Image: GrrlScientist 2008 [larger view].
April 23, 2008
tags: researchblogging.org, evolution, speciation, Pod Mrcaru lizard, Podarcis sicula, reptiles
Pod Mrcaru lizard, Podarcis sicula.
Image: Anthony Herrel (University of Antwerp) [larger view]
Evolution has long been thought to occur slowly, due to small and gradual genetic changes that…
April 23, 2008
tags: Japanese White-Eye, Zosterops japonicus, birds, Image of the Day
Japanese White-Eye, Zosterops japonicus (Osaka Prefecture, Japan).
Image: Bardiac [larger].
April 23, 2008
tags: I wandered lonely as a cloud, William Wordsworth, poetry, National Poetry Month
April is National Poetry Month, and I plan to post one poem per day, every day this month (If you have a favorite poem that you'd like me to share, feel free to email it to me).
I wandered lonely as a cloud (The…
April 23, 2008
tags: global warming, humor, behavior, streaming video
According to the Christian Science Monitor, cows are one of the main culprits in global warming. This streaming video shows how [0:39].
April 22, 2008
tags: chambers street subway art, subway art, NYC through my eye, photography, NYC
Chambers Street Subway Art #5
as seen at NYC's Chambers Street stop for the A and C trains.
Image: GrrlScientist 2008 [larger view].
April 22, 2008
tags: Grey Heron, Ardea cinerea, birds, Image of the Day
Grey Heron, Ardea cinerea (Kumamoto, Japan).
Image: Bardiac [larger].
April 22, 2008
tags: Earth Day, nature, Discovery Channel, commercial, streaming video
A Discovery Channel commercial for Earth Day .. [1:06].
April 22, 2008
tags: The Sun, Mary Oliver, poetry, National Poetry Month
April is National Poetry Month, and I plan to post one poem per day, every day this month (If you have a favorite poem that you'd like me to share, feel free to email it to me).
The image was kindly provided by my friend, Dave Rintoul, who…