Archive for the 'taxonomy' Category

Seems like there should be more of these, but this is a collection of I think most of the pre-renaissance mythical locations that were actually theorized to exist. The list changes as we get into the renaissance, I think - as the age of exploration begins and some of these disappear but new ones get added.

A provisional page for every photo on flickr where Kio makes a good point, in tagging, notes, comments, or whatever.

Talking about gender in the context of athletics, especially at this level, is a really good way to do it. Olympians *are* their bodies. But the dithering in the second half - "gender is in the heart" - lets the real life examples down.

Apparently Pluto is sort of a planet again - along with Ceres and Eris. A discussion of the possible criteria for planetary classification, with a summary of the implications of each approach.