Garibaldi Panorama will be digitized

Brown University is helping to create a digital image of the Garibaldi Panorama, a 273-foot-long watercolor roll, painted on both sides, that tells the story of how Garibaldi helped to unite the Italian peninsula into a nation.

Richard Dawkins interview with Avi Lewis

Richard Dawkins passed through Toronto recently and recorded an interview with Avi Lewis, discussing Dawkins’ book The God Delusion.

16th-C sword unearthed

Martin Rundkvist at Aardvarkaeolgy has uncovered a sixteenth-century Swedish officer’s sword:

Aided by many volunteers and using tools borrowed from my dad and the Stockholm County Museum, I’ve spent the day getting the Djurhamn sword out of the ground.

It’s called the Djurhamm sword after its location.

Apocryphal elements

I like science humour, so I’m linking back to this Pharyngula thread about made-up element names.

Apparently, the bogus table of the elements is from a book called Science Made Stupid.