The Wonder of Saturn

A great collection of images of Saturn space appearing in Time Magazine.  Most of the images were taken by the Cassini Space Probe.

How Long Would it take Evolution to stop if mutations ceased?

According to Olivia Judson the answer is “a really long time.”  Check out her article from The Wild Side.   Judson’s New York Times blog is one of my favorite reads in the the newspaper’s opinion section primarily stemming from the fact that it is usually pretty easy to read and presents so very interesting material.