Christiania

I was in Copenhagen recently at a conference, and among the conference trips was a guided tour of Christiania  (http://www.christiania.org/modules.php?name=Side&navn=linkeng). The guide, who had lived in the community from the early days except for a 10 year break, gave us a good talk about the history, the organisation and the political (with Denmark) issues before [...]

This is what they call fun?

It’s not often Science makes me laugh out loud, but this week I got very strange looks from my co-workers, until they read the article too. http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/full/329/5989/266 read it if you can. In this weeks news, there is a review of the conference Culture Evolves, 28–30 June, London, sponsored by the Royal Society and the [...]