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In 1979, somewhere in Dartmoor, a butterfly died. That would hardly have been an exceptional event, but this individual was a Large Blue butterfly (Maculinea arion) and it was the last of its kind in the United Kingdom. Over more than a century, the Large Blue’s population had been declining and it was finally declared … Continue reading Conservation works: Large Blue Butterfly
Even having gone through the gamut of researching strange-sounding healing methods when I was first diagnosed with cancer, I am still astonished at how resistant many people are to proper science and how it is done both in the medical field and in other areas. Here is one example. Unfortunately, a frequent topic on SBM … Continue reading Science-Based Medicine » The Oprah-fication of medicine
I have, a couple of days ago, upgraded the WordPress here to version 2.8, which has been named Baker in honor of Chet Baker, an excellent jazz trumpet player and singer. I’ve loved his stuff ever since Let’s Get Lost was released, with its soundtrack. [WordPress releases always are nick-named after great jazz musicians.] And, … Continue reading More Music Monday, June 15
Wow, another Music Monday (according to Twitter), just seven days since the last one. This morning, I have already run into Bob Dylan, who has incidentally become a favorite of my son. My son misses the Sixties and the Seventies, which is very puzzling to me, since he wasn’t born until 1986. But hey, at … Continue reading Music Monday, June 15
