http://library.si.edu/exhibition/cultivating-americas-gardens

American garden-making has evolved over time, shaped by history, social attitudes, the environment, and new ideas. Illustrating this history with books and other materials from their vast ( Read more... )

Curiosity has been on the ground on Mars for one complete Martian year - or 687 Earth days - and is still on the job. Here's the NASA press release, complete with a self portrait of the robot.

Compliments of a piano teacher who I know - http://themetapicture.com/the-best-way-to-recognize-the-artists-of-paintings/

What with the various turmoils of my life, I'm not participating actively in the March of Dimes this year. (Yes, I'm still doing work-internal events.) Thank you to the people who have sent me inquiries. But my donation page isn't even active, so sorry about that ( Read more... )

I adore today's xkcd. It makes me squee and squirm in Science Made Stupid kinds of ways.

Also, I am enjoying a reposting of last year's Calamities of Nature, in which Linus explains the true meaning of Christmas to Charlie Brown. As we discussed yesterday while making Christmas cookies, fish and seals are just as legitimate as camels and ( Read more... )

I got one of my favorite automated e-mails today. My Kiva.org loans had been repaid to the point that my balance would allow another loan to go out (they go in $25 increments). So I got to pick another person for whom I could play the Hope Fairy. Somewhere out there, someone with a dream to better his/her life through a family business, better ( Read more... )

The pictures alone are worth it.

http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2011/02/nyiragongo_crater_journey_to_t.html?s_campaign=8315

If you ever needed a reason for growing and eating organic produce... http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-13421374

Quixotic_Goat sent me this... I made it to level 10, with some wild-ass guesses along the way ( Read more... )

(From vvalkyri)

On this day in history... the USNA made history by performing to Standard Operating Procedure. Well done, all.

From the Chicago Sun Times...

( I'll spoil the surprise for people who are link-less )