Joel Achenbach:

Washingtonpost.com: Give and Take On the Road to Somewhere

130 M.p.h. Winds Leave Indelible Imprint – Chicago Tribune

New dinosaur called ‘Chicken From Hell’ – The Washington Post

A big-bang theory gets a big boost: Evidence that vast cosmos were created in split second – The Washington Post

Some material to read in advance. More to come.

George Johnson:

Tumbleweeds

Chasing Lightning

“The Books in the Basement”  and “Inside the Black Box.” Links are at http://talaya.net.

Sandra Blakeslee:

Sleights of Mind book proposal

Index of /blakeslee_files

Guy Gugliotta:

With Gravity’s Help, Cassini Puts On a Saturn Spectacular – NYTimes.com

Digitizing the Hanging Court | History | Smithsonian

Sound, the Way the Brain and the Ear Prefer to Hear It – NYTimes.com

Impressionist Painters – Style – Eyesight – New York Times

and Index of /gugliotta_files

We’ve posted the class list. We are now taking applications for the waiting list. There is still a pretty good chance we can squeeze in one or two more people.