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Ooh, a little birthday surprise. Well done Erica.

I wanted to write, tonight, about many and varied things, but circumstances (and Ms Knut) got the better of me. So rather than let you talk amongst yourselves (because I’ve seen your conversation, and believe me it isn’t pretty), riddle … Continue reading →

So. Those of us who have been paying attention have realized that certain corners of Nature Network have been getting very excited about something called a ‘”meme”:http://network.nature.com/tags/martinmeme’. This is not, as I first thought, a small but significant rodent indigenous … Continue reading →

Last week’s lyric was from ‘Whole lotta love’, by the Mighty Zep. That particular Plantism is ad-libbed, it sounds like, on the BBC Sessions tapes: recorded in 1971 for the immortal John Peel ‘s In concert show. The winner is … Continue reading →

Sir Has anyone else noticed the uncanny resemblance between Richard P. Grant: scientist, poet, gadfly and all-round loon; and Chuck Norris: martial artist, action star, hero and defender of the American Way? Kick-ass Nature blogger Chuck Norris Is this some … Continue reading →

As time is running out (isn’t it always?), and rather than contribute to yet another bloody meme, I should remind all you bright young things to persuade the great and the good to start blogging. The ‘Grand Challenge’ laid down … Continue reading →

They do things differently here. Jacaranda trees synchronize their blossoming, then unrobe in a snow storm of purple, a fanfare for the newly born spring-coloured leaves. Eucalyptus don’t shed their leaves in autumn, but they do slough off their bark. … Continue reading →

To the best of my knowledge, I’ve never before been called ‘cool’. Lots of other things, yes: ‘mad’, ‘arrogant’, ‘crazy but in a nice sort of way’, ‘illegally sexy’, ‘public nuisance’ and ‘dangerous air cargo’ among other things; but not … Continue reading →

I know it’s not Friday, but this is too good to pass up. I’ve listened to this track dozens of times, but only today while waiting for my DNA complexes to assemble did I actually hear this lyric: I think … Continue reading →

After figuring out the answer to my own question I took home a small amount of the appropriate chemicals and mixed them together in front of the Pawns. They were disappointed, when I called them round, that the answer to … Continue reading →