I’m going to be out in the big scary world soon, but I still want to be immersed in my love of science. I ask you, the science blogosphere, how to grab my beloved science journal articles without being Warren Buffet.

Mt Taranaki is ~100 Km away from the rest of the volcanics in the North Island of New Zealand. Mythologically it’s a social outcast but geologically it makes me go “hmmm”. My submission for the Accretionary Wedge #6.

Some of the bigger stories that where discussed in the geo-blogosphere between 2008-01-28 and 2008-02-10. Including discussions on the Anthropocene, scientific blogging, Mercury’s spider and geology clothing.

It’s Charles Darwin’s 199th birthday today. Happy Darwin Day to one and all. To mark this event, I look at Darwin’s epic beard and ponder the evolutionary implications