So hello and welcome (slightly later than planned due to a roof-leak emergency) to the 2nd edition of The Giants' Shoulders. Uniquely for 2008, this edition comes a full 31 days after the last, and 31 days before the next. Isn't that interesting? No? Well maybe these bloggers will be. Presented in date order, here are the best recent(ish, since we're in the early days of the carnival still) posts on historical(ish) peer reviewed research, in no particular order other than by date.