Daily Post by Nick

Saturday.Science || Whales and Cows Have Common Ancestors

I recently read something in a book by Christopher Hitchens that surprised me: “We have only recently established that a cow is closer in family to a whale than to a horse: other wonders certainly await.” Whoa. What? I did not know that. Then I learned that baby whales and cows are both called calves. [...]

Saturday.Science || How Small is the Earth?

If you’ve never seen this video, please do so. It’s an eye-opener, to say the least. It puts in perspective just how very tiny we are compared to other celestial bodies in our solar system, our galaxy and the universe.
An interesting book to read (even just the first few chapters, which is all I’ve [...]