Autumn Fires
In the other gardens
And all up the vale,
From the autumn bonfires
See the smoke trail!
Pleasant summer over
And all the summer flowers,
The red fire blazes,
The grey smoke towers.
Sing a song of seasons!
Something bright in all!
Flowers in the summer,
Fires in the fall!
Robert Louis Stevenson
Archive for the 'Science & Nature' Category
Filed under Gardens, Science & Nature
My Garden in Autumn
20 Comments CherryPie on Sep 9th 2009
There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio,
Than are dreamt of in your philosophy.
William Shakespeare
12 Comments CherryPie on Aug 30th 2009
…The planet, life & people from the big bang to the present day…
Synopsys (from book cover):
How old is the universe? When did life on earth begin? What happened to dinosaurs? How was the moon created? How did ancient Chinese science shape the modern world? How did Islam trigger globalisation? Are humans really superior to [...]
12 Comments CherryPie on Aug 3rd 2009
Filed under Science & Nature
The Bounceometer
As SillyWeek draws to a close I present you with the Bounceometer. You will probably want to skip the intro and pick the wire mesh view. So click here and Enjoy
12 Comments CherryPie on Aug 2nd 2009
Filed under Anecdotes, Science & Nature
Artificial Brain
Recently James blogged about the male brain which inevitably led to a discussion on whether or not there is a difference between male and female brains. Very soon we may have another type of brain to worry about because scientists are currently working on trying to build an artificial brain.
Henry Markram, director of the Blue [...]
12 Comments CherryPie on Jul 25th 2009
Filed under Science & Nature
Back to the Bees
When I shared some interesting facts about bees recenly, Denise pointed me to this online petition to save the honeybee. The petition is calling for the banning of neonicotinoids which is a type of pesticide which was first used in the 1990s which co-insides with when the mass bee disappearances started occurring.
Neonicotinoids work as an [...]
10 Comments CherryPie on Jul 20th 2009
Filed under Books, Science & Nature
It is all About Bees
I am currently reading What on Earth Happened?… In Brief (the planet life and people from the big bang to the present day). It is full of interesting facts and today I learned some interesting facts about bees, I had no idea there were so many different species of bee.
Bees descended from wasps and emerged [...]
15 Comments CherryPie on Jul 14th 2009
