Darren Naish's blog.

Who is Darren Naish? He's a palaeo/crypto/zoologist of some note, who's quite well published and knowledgeable.

Also, some stuff picked up from the blogs.

Bumper stickers are lightning rods for the religious - a couple are pulled over only ot be asked questions about their bumper stickers (promoting druidism) only to then be proselytised by a "volunteer" cop, who then later sent a letter to their home address further sermonising them. The fact that this volunteer cop appears to SOLELY BE PRESENT FOR THE PURPOSE OF WITNESSING FOR JAYSUS seems a bit disconcerting, when supposedly there is a distinction between church and state..

Meanwhile, Toyota to build a nre factory in Canada, employing 1300 - why? Because Americans are not as educated or as skilled as Canadians. This to me heralds a potential science blackout for the US - with more attention now being given to the arguments over whether to accept religious teachings in science classes, other commerically based scientific endeavours will snub the US because they will be seen as being less well educated. As a cartoon of a Chinese scientist once said, "Hey, GO FOR IT! Teach "creationism" in biology - more dollars for me in the end."