Journals

"Idol" grad Pickler writes from the heart (Reuters via Yahoo! News)

6 Sep 2008

She has domestic turmoil and tabloid-fodder romance in her past, but Kellie Pickler just wants people "to get to know me through my music." It's fitting, then, that the "American Idol" alumna's sophomore album, due September 30, is self-titled.

Changes at UW libraries: Fewer books, more fraternization (Wisconsin State Journal)

5 Sep 2008

Where once there were stacks of books at UW-Madison's College Library, now there are big tables, littered with laptops and pizza boxes. In the place of journals, there is a coffee house and cafe. And windows that were blocked by bookshelves now reveal an expansive view of Lake Mendota's deep blue water. This is the changing face of College Library, housed within Helen C. White Hall. It holds ...

Lightweight and long-legged males go the distance for sex (EurekAlert!)

5 Sep 2008

( University of Chicago Press Journals ) Giant weta females are twice the size of males. Radiotracking the insects showed that males travel more than 90 meters each night in search of a mate, favoring small, long-legged males who walked further and acquired more mates. It suggests that sexual selection for smaller, more mobile males could be responsible for some of the impressive sexual ...