Top team quits amid cycling woes. Lance Armstrong's former team Discovery is to disband, saying sponsors are turned off by the sport's troubles. [BBC News | News Front Page | World Edition]

Money and fame destroy a sport. The need to use any cheat to win has ruined what is actually the most grueling human sport. The best known team disbands. Less corporate sponsorship means less support for the riders. Te best Team leader retires. It will be a long time before interest across the world returns. Racing is not the onnly sport hurt by the corrupting effect of too much money and the wrong priorities - baseball, football, soccer, basketball. There is almost not a single team sport without this problem.  10:30:37 PM    

Analysts See ‘Simply Incredible’ Shrinking of Floating Ice in the Arctic. The area of floating ice in the Arctic has shrunk more this summer than in any other summer since satellite tracking began in 1979. By ANDREW C. REVKIN. [NYT > Science]

And there is almost another month to go before the ice starts reforming. Could be an ice-free Northwest Passage in a few years. Hope the polar bears figure something out.  10:26:50 PM    

New textbook illuminates the close links between evolutionary and molecular biology. A new book, Evolution, combines the contemporary fields of genetics and molecular biology with traditional evolutionary theories to provide an elegant, cohesive view of biology. It was recently released by Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press. [EurekAlert! - Biology]

I will have to check this out. Only $100.  4:26:22 PM