My del.icio.us bookmarks between the 23rd of June and the 27th of June

These are things I’ve bookmarked between the 23rd of June and the 27th of June. I may not have read them all yet.

• â??I have never been happierâ?? says the man who won gold but lost God – Times Online – Can you ‘lose’ something that doesn’t exist? Does it make sense to talk about ‘losing’ a false belief? Jonathan Edwards on the positive aspect religion played in his career, and on what he has gained after questioning it.

• Días del futuro pasado » Blog Archive » Orwell, Escohotado, Sparrowâ?¦ – You don’t have to be able to read Spanish to appreciate the photo

• Wellcome Images « Antiquarianâ??s Attic – Free images for the History of Medicine from the Wellcome Foundation. Antiquarian’s Attic has the details

• kenodoxia: Despair – Kenodoxia discovers Despair, and makes a poster to commiserate. Not that this poster could apply to *my* supervisors.

• Madam Fathom: Free Scientific American! – Madam Fathom has news of how you can get a free copy of this month’s Scientific American until the 30th of June.

• commonground : Ice Age Art Found in Germany – Links through to a story in English from Der Spiegel, with some fascinating pictures of a Mammoth carved from ivory. It’s estimated at around 35kyr, which makes it very early sculpture.