Via NASA - old astro. 22nd April BBC - 'Europe's seven female founders'. Also take a look at 'Surnames found in DNA' which I've linked to before, but also involves the distinguished Professor Sykes. Take the Death Test. It's Earth Day.
Philosophy Now is a good read.
So many of the robots were well designed and well engineered. Robot Wars is a TV series on BBC2 where members of the public design fighting machines which bash, grapple, punch and throw each other. The Guardian has a weblog. The View From Here. A nice page all about Josephine Baker.