Author Archives: Stan Flouride

For the next year I’ll be able to attend Members-Only events such as lectures, guided tours, plant sales, etc. The Arboretum is my favorite part of Golden Gate Park, especially the Garden of Fragrances which was built in 1965 as … Continue reading →

For the next year I’ll be able to attend Members-Only events such as lectures, guided tours, plant sales, etc. The Arboretum is my favorite part of Golden Gate Park, especially the Garden of Fragrances which was built in 1965 as … Continue reading →

Archaeologists in Turkey have unearthed a mosaic depicting a happy skeleton including the uplifting and wise words: ‘Be cheerful, live your life’. The unusual 2,400 year-old mosaic was found during excavations on the Syrian border province of Hatay. This was the … Continue reading →

The European high Alps are internationally renowned for their dairy produce, which are of huge cultural and economic significance to the region. Although the recent history of alpine dairying has been well studied, virtually nothing is known regarding the origins … Continue reading →

I just applied this cool metal flake sign to the window at the oldest restaurant on Haight St.   The sparkling doesn’t show well in photos but here’s a couple of pics: It cost $57.00 (slightly more expensive because it … Continue reading →

What surprised the researchers is that the reef could exist at all, because all the gunk in the Amazonian plume often sheltered it from the sun. Later cruises by Moura and other Brazilian researchers have indicated that the reef’s biology … Continue reading →

Discovery of 13-million-year-old croc suggests parallel evolution of ‘telescoping’ eyes Gryposuchus pachakamue mandible in the field. Credit: D. De Francesci Fossils of a 13-million-year-old extinct crocodilian from the Peruvian Amazon suggest that South American and Indian species evolved separately to acquire … Continue reading →