Harold Asmis at Ontario Geofish points out that Atomic Energy Canada Limited has been operating a reactor without a licence… and now we’re going to be short of radioactive isotopes for treating cancer patients.

The 2007 Alliance for Science essay contest for secondary school students is on. With cash prizes. The deadline for entries is the last day of February, 2008. Follow the link for the rules.

Karmen at Chaotic Utopia brings us a pattern for fractal paper snowflakes.

This is a scroll from the International Crane Foundation in Baraboo, Wisconsin. It’s a Chinese copy of a 17th-century Japanese design with a motif of 1000 cranes.

At Rurality, a trio of otters popped in as Holiday Company.