Philip Ball is a writer to be envied -- he's a non-affiliated academic who ranges far and wide wherever his curiosity takes him. In the case of his new book, curiosity holds up a mirror to itself -- and to all of Western civilization. With Curiosity: How Science Became Interested in Everything (University of Chicago … Continue reading Hmmm…just curious: new in bookstores
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Stop the presses
Considering the hits that the print media business has taken in recent years, it shouldn't come as a surprise that CareerCast.com has identified newspaper reporting as the worst job of 2013. It's never been an easy job -- you're constantly on call and on deadline -- but that's what makes it such an honorable profession. … Continue reading Stop the presses
Weary, weary, weary
You ever want to think about cool things and share them on the blog, but you can't? A busy week's kept away the Call of the Siren, and it's made me feel like the unhappy-looking lady on the right side of this Burne-Jones painting, Laus Veneris. I think we're both feeling the same thing, but … Continue reading Weary, weary, weary
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