Nikon Small World Photo Contest Winners, 2007

Insects and invertebrates feature prominently in this year’s contest, although regrettably, a photo of a vertebrate took top honors.
Some very lovely photos, including one of an aphid’s shed skin that is magical.  The incredible colors  immediately mark this as a Tiger beetle (photo by David Almquist), but rarely do you see them actually show [...]

Neatorama’s “Weirdest Insects”

Neatorama has a piece today on the weirdest insects in the world–with great photos! Check it out!
Strepsiptera win the “weirdest life cycle award”, BTW.

Anita Hill on Clarence Thomas

I remember being intensely interested in this case when I was in graduate school, as someone who’s experienced sexual harassment. For years my Honda had an “I believe Anita Hill” bumper sticker.
Ms. Hill has an editorial in the NYTimes about Thomas’s new memoir which makes for great reading:  The smear this time
This part is oh, [...]