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International Day of Peace
Finally, September 21st is the International Day of Peace. Initiated by the United Nations in 1982 to coincide with the opening of the General Assembly, it declares the UN’s devotion to worldwide peace and encourages humanity to work toward peaceful…
Read MoreCosmic Calendar: First earth rocks formed
On Carl Sagan’s Cosmic Calendar (illustrated as a comic strip here), which maps the entire history of our cosmos onto a single year, September is particularly interesting. Today, on the 16th (4.0 billion years ago), the oldest known rocks on earth…
Read MoreHidden spirits, by Bryan Beard
This week we feature the photography of Bryan Beard, who also happens to be the artist who drew our tree logo. A long-time photographer of mushrooms, Beard captures the beauty of the ubiquitous but virtually unnoticed.
Read MoreDefy Superstition Day
Today, September 13th, is Defy Superstition Day. WeekendNotes.com says: …if you’re one of the many who have superstitions you can’t seem to shake, this is the day you can let go of some or all of them by doing the…
Read MoreA tropical rainforest ontology: In search of a non-reductive naturalism, by John Halstead
Analytical philosopher Bertrand Russell wrote in “A Free Man’s Worship” that the world which science presents to us is purposeless and void of meaning, and our lives are nothing but the “outcome of accidental collocations of atoms.” Similarly, Steven Weinberg…
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Pagan Coming Out Day – May 2nd
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