James Lovelock, originator of the Gaia theory, is not optomistic about human life on earth.

<I>The Smoking Gun</I> has posted recently discovered mug shot portraits of heroes of the 1956 Montgomery bus boycott protests and a 1961 Freedom Riders protest. This is a must-see web tribute.

Celebrating the 40th anniversary of <I>Rubber Soul</I>. Looks better than the usual tribute record&mdash;especially Ben Harper's "Michelle."

I have to admit I've never even thought about this IP issue.

I'm addicted to science news, in case you haven't noticed, so one of the best discoveries I've made recently is Seed Media's <I>ScienceBlogs</I>, which is billed as "the web's largest conversation about science. It features blogs from a wide array of scientific disciplines, with new voices coming on board regularly. It is a global, digital science salon."

Back in college, I used to spend <I>waaay</I> too much time in the morning contemplating all the text on the label of Dr. Bronner's Magic Soap. One day I realized that this was a bad way to start the day before coffee and I began to decant the stuff into unlabeled bottles. Still do, for that matter. If you've never seen the original, the quotes are no less random in sequence.