• general
• knowledge
• mind
• nature
• ontology
• political
• religion
• religion/atheism
• religion/atheism/god_delusion
• religion/science_and_religion

• The Anti-Dawkins Papers
• Science and Religion

• The Unfinishable Book
• My other blog

• Blosxom home page

• 2012
• 2011
• 2010
• 2009
• 2008

• 2012 Mar
• 2011 Oct
• 2011 Jun
• 2011 Mar
• 2010 Oct
• 2010 Sep
• 2010 May
• 2010 Apr
• 2010 Mar
• 2010 Feb
• 2010 Jan
• 2009 Dec
• 2009 Nov
• 2009 Sep
• 2009 Jul
• 2009 Jun
• 2009 May
• 2009 Mar
• 2009 Feb
• 2008 Dec
• 2008 Oct
• 2008 Sep
• 2008 Aug
• 2008 Jul

Let's Change the Subject and Talk About...Snails!

Back in 2008 when I started this blog, I said I planned to write about politics, religion, science, snails, and more. Well, I've covered all these topics but one - snails. So here's a post with the most interesting snail news that I've run across recently on the web.

• The World Snail Racing Championship was held in July 2010. For information on the outcome, see this story.
   
• A new, potent anti-pain drug, based on snail venom, is in the works.
   
• An amateur scientist may have discovered a homing instinct in snails.
   
• An artist in London did a project involving painting on live snails. Wow! That project really explores the boundaries of art media. (This story was dated 2008, so it isn't new news, but it's news to me.)
   

I've always found mollusks, and especially snails, to be rather interesting animals. These stories didn't change my opinion!