This is a test of the new bookmarking script I’m working on. This one does the science posts and should run on Tuesdays around 7pm.

Popularization Is Its Own Reward? Chad Orzel asks what can be done to improve public outreach in academia. It might feed into what I’m thinking about the media in general for a post in the future.

Kentucky Space: 110th Carnival of Space – the Phobos-Grunt, Liberty and Pants-on-Fire edition Kentucky Space gathers together Astronomy blogging from the past week.

In praise of partial explanation (and flowcharts) Neuroanthropology This is well worth reading if you’re trying to fit a few ideas together. A flowchart isn’t a theory, but it can help clarify how things connect.

What Can Singing Mice Teach Us about Language?: Scientific American Singing mice sound like a joke. However it could be relevant in understanding the evolution of language.