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Michael Kessler: Apr 25, 2:28am 1 review fine-arts, painting, abstract •http://www.nuartgallery.com/images/17...; * * * * *

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Michael Kessler

Apr 25, 2:27am: Evolution: 24 myths and misconceptions

If you think you understand it, you don't know nearly enough about it.

It will soon be 200 years since the birth of Charles Darwin and 150 years since the publication of On the Origin of Species, arguably the most important book ever written...

And yet despite an ever-growing mountain of evidence, most people around the world are not taught the truth about evolution, if they are taught about it at all. Even in the UK, the birthplace of Darwin with an educated and increasingly secular population, one recent poll suggests less than half the population accepts evolution....

Most of us are happy to admit that we do not understand, say, the string theory in physics, yet we are all convinced we understand evolution. In fact, as biologists are discovering, its consequences can be stranger than we ever imagined. Evolution must be the best-known yet worst-understood of all scientific theories. So here is New Scientist's guide to some of the most common myths and misconceptions about evolution...New Scientist 16 APR 2008

&First Tree& Fine Art Print by Carrie Glenn - RedBubble: Apr 22, 5:41am 4 reviews painting, arts •http://www.redbubble.com/people/cglen...; Carrie Glenn

Oh, threats of Hell and Hopes of Paradise!
One thing at least is certain--This Life flies;
One thing is certain and the rest is Lies;
The Flower that once has blown for ever dies.
The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam

http://www.seejbdraw.com/: Apr 22, 5:40am 1 review drawing, arts, illustration •http://www.seejbdraw.com/; Jonathan Bartlett

He who feeds small things will remain small. The tiger needs something more, and something different then a leaf of lettuce Zen Buddhist

Ross Noble: Apr 21, 5:41am 1 review amateur-radio, comedy •http://www.rossnoble.com.au/media.html; Ross Noble
Last night I was lucky enough to to witness probably the most spontaneously funny, amusingly whimsical and hilariously quirky performance I will probably ever see...so thank you Mr Noble.

Center of USSR by =alexiuss on deviantART: Apr 18, 3:10am 1 review photography •http://alexiuss.deviantart.com/art/Ce...; alexiuss

Juxtapoz Art & Culture Magazine Online: Apr 18, 2:18am 1 review arts •http://www.juxtapoz.com/index.php?opt...; Amy Sol

"Korean-born artist Amy Sol creates delicate paintings influenced by a combination of Japanese manga, folk art, and pop illustration. Using a subtle color palette to depict a whimsical world of exotic plants, animals, and ethereal females, Sol has amassed a worldwide fan base." Read full interview here Juxtapoz 16 APR 2008

Articulate: Could this be the worlds oldest photo?: Apr 18, 2:02am 1 review history, photography •http://blogs.abc.net.au/articulate/20...; A rather humble-looking pic has sparked an investigation by researchers into whether this photo is one of the oldest in existence. There is so little information surrounding The Leaf that scientists have never really got to the bottom of this one. Previously believed to be the work of one of the inventors of photography - William Henry Fox Talbot - in 1839, it may very well be traced as far back as the 1790s. Articulate 18 APR 2008

Apr 17, 8:32am: Do you ever live long enough?/ The crisp morning, your step brisk/ walking into its current/ humming breath, happy belly,/ a skinful of pleasure./ But like Crete/ this morning wont last/ your isle of lilies will blow up/ in a stinking roar/ your calm sea will curdle/ into catastrophe/ and the tape worm of horror/ will hatch its eggs./ There'll be nothing but morphine, black humour/ and prays for a shovel/ from a kind and curious future/ to guess what you were/ and dig you back.
Catastrophe Dorothy Porter

Photo: Aleks Veledzimovich