Chad Clark's Open Journal : 2008-04-17

1) Darwin's private papers are now online.

The BBC article reads:

  The first draft of a book which changed the world's attitude to evolution
  is available for the first time online.
  
  Papers which led to Charles Darwin's theory of evolution were previously
  only available to scholars at Cambridge University's library.

The papers are on the web at http://darwin-online.org.uk/ .

New Scientist reports:

  One such document is a recipe book written in Emma's relatively legible
  hand. Crammed with details of hearty deserts, such as muffin pudding,
  lemon blancmange, burnt cream and gingerbread, it should perhaps come
  with a health warning, says van Wyhe. One of the rare savoury recipes,
  which appears in Darwin's own hand, gives detailed instructions on how to
  boil rice.

2) Edward Lorenz, father of chaos theory, died of cancer.

The Scientific American article reads:

  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Edward Lorenz, the father of chaos theory, who
  showed how small actions could lead to major changes in what became known
  as the "butterfly effect," died of cancer on Wednesday at the age of 90,
  the Massachusetts Institute of Technology said.