Understanding Your Cat’s Wild Side
In “The Cat’s Meow,” evolutionary biologist Jonathan B. Losos explores the ancestral roots of the modern housecat.
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Peanut Butter Is a Liquid
The matter of what is a liquid has made the news…..
Read more...Roundtable with Gonzalo Lira
Your humble blogger goes solo with Gonzalo Lira.
Read more...A Recent Artifact with Stories to Tell
Outwardly simple and seemingly rational choices often have far-reaching consequences for those who cannot or will not imagine the day after tomorrow.
Read more...Charlie Watts, Jazz Drummer and “Pocket King”
“Where’s my drummer?”
Read more...“The Expat Experience”
Some perspectives on being an expat.
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A word from Honest Government. Please tune in.
Read more...A Wee Rant About the State of Travel
Travel is no fun.
Read more...The Aerodynamics of Velvet: What Humans Can Learn from Owls
Scientific research has coaxed the owl from the shadows and restored her to Athene, the Greek goddess of wisdom.
Read more...The Reveal from Drought’s Receding Waters: Not Just the Bodies in Lake Mead
Water and oil don’t mix.
Read more...Robert Smithson, Creator of “Spiral Jetty” and the Artist for the Jackpot?
A perambulation through the works of “land artist” Robert Smithson.
Read more...Climate Protestors Stop Stage 10 of the Tour de France
Climate protests stopped Stage 10 of the Tour de France briefly on Tuesday. The race continued, but a worldwide audience heard their message.
Read more...The Incredibly Cool James Webb Space Telescope
An exquisitely sensitive infrared astronomical observatory….
Read more...Four Novelists, One Ocean: How Indian Ocean Literature Can Remap the World
Another book to add to the to-read pile, Charne Lavery’s Rewriting Ocean Worlds, about four novelists who center their work on the Indian Ocean and its environs.
Read more...Everything’s Coming Up Roses
Roses are blooming in our garden, providing a welcome distraction from the dire and depressing news cycle.
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