Day: April 6, 2005

ScienceMatters @ Berkeley: A plaque in UC Berkeley’s Museum of Vertebrate Zoology is engraved with a prophetic quote from founding director Joseph Grinnell. In 1910, Grinnell said “the value of the museum will not be realized until the lapse of many years, possibly a century.” Only after such a long time passed could researchers benefit…

Yosemite has long been felt as the “heart” of big wall climbing in America. In fact, much of what we know as climbing today was pioneered in Yosemite or by climbers who’d grown up climbing Yosemite’s big walls. Here’s one man who’d like to see that rich history preserved. LA Times (free registration required):During three…