Daily Archives: January 3rd, 2009

15 Evolutionary Gems

Nature has just released a free PDF file that summarizes some historic evidence for evolution:
Readers will find at http://www.nature.com/evolutiongems a freely accessible resource for biologists and others who wish to explain to students, friends or loved ones just what is the evidence for evolution by natural selection. Entitled ‘15 evolutionary gems’, the document summarizes 15 [...]

Re-greening Detroit?

I was really fascinated by this map, which shows how very sprawled Detroit is, compared to other large metropolitan areas. From a Freep story:
“Detroit, where the population peaked at 2 million in the early 1950s, is home to about 900,000 today and is still losing people. The depopulation and demolition of abandoned properties has left [...]