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What's new in London since the last big royal wedding
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterSo you hate royal weddings. Or you love them. Or maybe you've caught yourself attending to arcane details of Prince William and Kate Middleton's plans for April 29, but you can't say exactly why. Here's one reason: They defy time. Start with just the...Tags: Architecture, Ai Weiwei, Christianity, Royal Wedding of Prince William and Kate Middleton (2011), World War II (1939-1945)
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Mindo, Ecuador's cloud-forested wonderland
I've often fantasized about retracing the steps of such naturalists as Charles Darwin, Alexander von Humboldt and William Bartram, who saw exotic places and recorded, in detail, the plants and animals they described so vividly on their expeditions.
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Thomas Eisner dies at 81; entomologist who studied insect chemistry
Thomas Eisner, who became known as the "father of chemical ecology" as a result of his pioneering studies of how insects use chemicals to mate, elude predators and capture prey, died March 25 at his home in Ithaca, N.Y. He was 81 and had Parkinson's...Tags: Biology, Health, Career and Workplace, Photography, Cornell University
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Coming to the Festival of Books: Mark Kurlansky
Jacket CopyComing to the Festival of Books: Mark Kurlansky, author of "Cod," has written a children's book about fish and the oceans -- he talks about what draws him back to the sea.... -
LAUSD prepares to ax school librarians' jobs. What would August Wilson say?
Culture MonsterWith school librarians' jobs endangered in L.A., what would August Wilson say?... -
From 'Vagrant' to Vertigo: Three far-flung female cartoonists
Brand XFrom whimsical Web comics to comedic coming-of-age tales to political memoirs, female comic book authors are helping redefine the genre. Here's a look at a few of our favorites: Kate Beaton Canadian cartoonist Kate Beaton began uploading her Web comics â... -
Why we must reinvigorate our interest in science -- and how DJ Scientific could help us
Opinion L.A.Why did we lose interest in science, and how can we get it back? In an Op-Ed article from Sunday's pages, Meryl Comer, president of the Geoffrey Beene Foundation Alzheimer's Initiative, and Chris Mooney, coauthor of "Unscientific America: How Scientific..... -
Scientists hold out hope that Galapagos tortoise Lonesome George will reproduce
L.A. UnleashedWill Lonesome George ever become a dad? Scientists are still hoping to mate the near century-old giant tortoise from the Galapagos -- even though efforts over the last two decades have failed. The Galapagos National Park said in a statement...... -
Deborah Harkness' 'A Discovery of Witches' started with airport bookstores
Special to the Los Angeles TimesSometimes inspiration comes in the unlikeliest places. While vacationing in Puerto Vallarta in fall 2008, USC professor Deborah Harkness, a historian of science, was consumed with the upcoming bicentenary of Charles Darwin's birth, but the rest of the...Tags: Anne Rice, John Milton, Book, Philadelphia (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania), Trips and Vacations
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Book review: 'Seeing Further,' edited by Bill Bryson
Special to the Los Angeles TimesSeeing Further The Story of Science, Discovery, and the Genius of the Royal Society Edited by Bill Bryson William Morrow: 506 pp., $35 There are about 1,400 people currently entitled to tack on "F.R.S." to the end of their names, possibly the world'...Tags: Ceremonies, Book, Mathematics, Bill Bryson, Biology
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Blue Balliett switches setting but not adventure in 'The Danger Box'
Los Angeles TimesWhen Blue Balliett burst onto the tween literary scene with her first action-packed intellectual art mystery six years ago, it was, in every sense, a puzzler. An unknown Chicago teacher had propelled herself to the top of the country's bestseller lists...Tags: Arts and Culture, Field Museum of Natural History, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Arts, FBI
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Frog without lungs, 'love dart'-shooting slug among species discovered in Borneo
L.A. UnleashedA lungless frog, a frog that flies and a slug that shoots love darts are among 123 new species found in Borneo since 2007 in a project to conserve one of the oldest rain forests in the world. A report......
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