Sandwalk

  Gravensteen is one of the castles of the Count of Flanders. It's located in the middle of Gent (Ghent in English) and it's an exce...

  Yesterday we took Zoë on her first major outing. We visited the site of the battle of Waterloo. Here's a photo of Jane, Michael, and Z...

  Chris Mooney is at it again. This time he address the question What Should Science Organizations Say About Religion? Answer: A Lot . It...

  Most people think of "Darwinism" as equivalent to "evolution" but that can't be right. There are some mechanisms o...

This is our friendly calico cat. She lives on the farm where we are staying. Almost all calico cats are female—do you know why? It has somet...

  Seriously, what kind of tree is this? It grows in Belgium. [Photo by Ms. Sandwalk]

  [Photo by Ms. Sandwalk]

  We're staying in a town called Herent, in Belgium. Our apartment is in a renovated manor house on a working farm (goats, chickens, po...

  Phil Plait of Bad Astronomy posted this video from QualiaSoup. It's one of the best descriptions of critical thinking I've ever s...

  Avogadro's Number, or it's more modern equivalent, Avogadro's Constant , is 6.022 × 10 23  mol -1 . There's a new websi...

This is my new granddaughter, Zoë Jane. Congratulations to my daughter Jane and her husband Michael. In a few hours we'll be flying to...

  The people at Access Research Network have compiled a list of the best stories of 2009. These are stories that lend support to the idea th...

  The primary goal of science writers and science journalists is to be effective communicators of science. However, they have had little imp...

Ken Ham is the man behind Answers in Genesis and the Creation Museum. He's upset with Lawrence Krauss because Krauss has been critical ...

Here's the list of Time Magazine's Top 10 Scientific Discoveries . Given all the hype about The Darwinius Affair last May it'...