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So, this is going to be a week of random articles. My interests wax and wane in different directions all the time and sometimes I just like dabbling with something a little bit different than the ordinary. The last article was on super space structures. This article is on something a little closer to home: Dolphins.

Turns out their ferocious murder machines continuously devising new ways of destroying their arch-nemesis: the cuddlefish. I especially like the theory that these sea-born blood-lovers learn their skills playing, or as I call it, tactical training.

Joking aside, it’s a very cool article. The process of play developing skills is very intuitive and a sorely underutilized concept. These articles of mine, small and insignificant though they be, are a form of play in a way, and I’d like to think I’ve become a better writer for it. (That’s my obligatory writing connection.)

Something to think on. Cheers!

Respectful Insolence is a running compendium of science and history (and more!) written by one of my favorite online writers, Orak. Orak is the nom de plume of the resident insolence hurler, a research oncologist who writes on sketchy medicine, holocaust denial, Dr. Who, and a host of science topics all with a careful spattering of snarky wit and reasoned skepticism. I’ve slowly increased my blogroll to encompass as many topics as possible (for ideas as well as knowledge), but I also owe Respectful Insolence a more personal shout-out since it was one of my early inspirations to become a ‘blog writer,’ if I indeed have any claim to that title. It’s well worth reading.

For an example of a relatively recent, science-oriented article that I particular enjoyed: Drug Testing!