It’s not easy being…
…blue. If you’re a lobster, that is. But there’s strength in numbers, and the numbers are growing.
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Scientists may be a little strange…
…but rats are more like people than you might think: Now may be as good a time as any to say that I am puzzled by people (or rats, for that matter) who like to be tickled. When I was … Continue reading →
The most shocking divorce story of all
For many more years than most people have been alive, they tried hard to make it work. And at least as far as all outside observers could tell, they succeeded. No arguments, although neither was exactly the talkative sort. Companionate … Continue reading →
Dr. Doolittle would approve…
…of iPads for apes.
Continue reading →Once in a super moon
Did you see the supermoon last night? I was driving my car right around the time the moon rose, and I saw it without having read anything about the phenomenon beforehand. So I didn’t know what I was seeing, but … Continue reading →
The solstice is here!
The winter solstice comes late tonight and I, for one, am cheering. It may not be a holiday exactly, but winter holidays cluster around it for a very good reason: the beginning of the end of the dark days. Who … Continue reading →
Photoshop is not for the birds
Quite a few people in the comments section on the thread with the gull riding on the eagle’s back thought the image was photoshopped. That was my first thought, too, but I don’t think it’s correct. Here’s the image again; … Continue reading →
Is this some sort of metaphor?
Whatever it is, it’s quite a photo: I know it’s not a bald eagle, but close enough. And that’s a gull attacking it, or piggybacking on its head.
Continue reading →Irene hits North Carolina
And is downgraded to Category 1. It’s still a humungous storm in terms of size, though. How is everybody doing so far? It’s not expected to hit New England till some time tomorrow, so all I see are some clouds.
Continue reading →Hurricane Irene’s ominous approach
Hurricane Irene is being hyped as the storm of the century. And perhaps it will be, at least in scope; it is due to hit the entire Eastern seaboard from North Carolina on up. That includes me, of course, although … Continue reading →
The Incredible Journey
A mountain lion traveled from South Dakota to New Haven, a distance of 2000 miles: Biologists estimate the size of the mountain lion population at about 100,000 in North America, mostly living in western regions and seldom traveling more than … Continue reading →
Let’s talk about the weather
There’s an old New England joke that we’ve got two seasons here: winter and the Fourth of July. But not this year. This year, folks, we’ve got a real summer, one that would do any place proud. It’s been sunny … Continue reading →