A sad way to go

A little piece of the Moon on Earth

Scored 80, which is surprisingly good, considering. Not sure I'd want to score much higher, either

The problems with giant bugs and tiny people. Entertaining, goes further than the usual square-cube stuff

Stephen Jay Gould on Mickey's unnatural youthfulness

An old favourite with a startling conclusion, reposted here inkeeping with the theme of the day. I have a copy if anyone's interested ...