Annals of myth-shattering: so Flipper’s a dunce?
Say it isn’t so, Flipper. If you could talk, that is.
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Bad fruit
What’s been going on this summer with fruit? Has anyone else noticed that it hasn’t been as good as usual? Mushy peaches cleverly masquerading as firm ones. Same for plums. And somewhat bland and tasteless, too. It’s a pain in … Continue reading →
Things in heaven and earth
Horatio: O day and night, but this is wondrous strange! Hamlet: And therefore as a stranger give it welcome. There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, Than are dreamt of in your philosophy. Case in point, the rainbow … Continue reading →
Lobsters and longevity: who knew?
Here’s an article entitled “Lobsters may hold the key to eternal life.” I don’t know that “eternal” is quite the right word for it. But certainly “very long” would seem to fit. Apparently it’s all in the telomeres: Although they … Continue reading →
…goes the weasel
When I was a child my family used to visit a large chicken farm owned by some relatives. It was a commercial operation with enormous rooms the size of football fields (or so it seemed to me at the time) … Continue reading →
This may just be the cutest baby elephant video ever
Of course, I haven’t seen all the baby elephant videos in the world, so we can’t be certain. But I think I’m on safe ground when I assert that it’s probably the cutest baby-elephant-in-an-inflatable-swimming-pool video ever: And it almost immediately … Continue reading →
It’s all…
…in how you look at it: That’s lil’ ole earth, right above the arrow. Saturn and its rings are at the top-left and top of the photo.
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…in a pinch:
Continue reading →Welcome back, cicada
Here’s the scoop on the little buggers. I remember them well from my youth, circa 1962. In the well-arbored suburbs of New York and New Jersey, they sang in the trees and then carpeted the ground like fallen leaves in … Continue reading →
I think it’s a case of…
…where there’s a will, there’s a way. The most heartwarming line in the article: “Stacey Belhumeur, a Tucson, Arizona, zookeeper and species survival plan coordinator for the North American population of giant anteaters, [said], “My guess is they thought they … Continue reading →
Methinks…
…there’s some heavy-duty symbolism at work here: There was a crash landing Sunday at the Duluth International Airport, but it didn’t involve airplanes. Rather, it was two bald eagles, which were fighting in midair when they locked talons. In a … Continue reading →
Monkeys first came to the Americas on vegetation rafts
Or on spaceships. No, actually it was vegetation rafts. I kid you not: Primates came to the New World (meaning North and South America) from, we think, Africa. As improbable as it sounds, scientists think early primates crossed the Atlantic … Continue reading →