Featured Entries
New in the Edited Guide: The Case of the Midwife Toad: Science, Sex, and Chicanery
What happened to Paul Kammerer? What is a midwife toad, anyway? Are inky nuptial pads the smoking gun?
Author: Dmitri Gheorgheni
New in the Edited Guide: Paultons Park, Hampshire, UK
This theme park evolved beyond all recognition from a humble Country Park and Aviary, due largely to its incredibly popular Peppa Pig World.
Author: Bluebottle
Topical: Happy Birthday Paul McCartney
James Paul McCartney, future member of the legendary group The Beatles, was born in Liverpool on 18 June, 1942
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Birds, Bees, and Anything That Grows or Moves: it's all Nature. What do you know about it? What do you think about it?
Tell us about your encounters with nature: on the hoof, growing out of the ground, large and in-charge, or tender as baby's breath. In the city, out in the countryside, on your windowsill…. Anecdotes welcome.
Even if you live aboard the ISS, you're encountering nature in some way, so there's no excuse for missing out on this June challenge!
June 2019 Create Challenge: Encounters with Nature
Newest Edited Entries
- The Case of the Midwife Toad: Science, Sex, and Chicanery17th June 2019
- Paultons Park, Hampshire, UK17th June 2019
- 'The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy Radio Show Live'10th June 2019
- The Kadikoy Crocodile, Istanbul, Turkey10th June 2019
- RF Stevens Ltd - Folding Organ Specialists3rd June 2019
- 'The City Without Jews': Hugo Bettauer's Chilling 1922 Comedy3rd June 2019
- Curlews - a Family of Wading Birds31st May 2019
- Spiced Pumpkin Cookies: A Holiday Treat31st May 2019
- 'Digging Holes in Popular Culture' - a Book with a Preface by Douglas Adams8th June 2019
- The Ultimate Carry On Film Guide: 1965 - 196711th June 2019
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- A87939526 - Grace Hopper - Mathematician and Computer Scientist 6 Days Ago
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More black-and-white photos to admire. More stories. More quizzes, cinema, and video wonders. More cartoons and comics. More of everything. Lots of flowers! Come enjoy this issue.
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