“What’s the story of love?” I posed the question to Dr. Henry Testosterone, noted evolutionary biologist.
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Reproduction of handprints in Chauvet Cave, Vallon-Pont-d'Arc, France • Photo by Claude Valette (CC BY-SA 4.0)
In the beginning, there were fingers and toes
Itsy bitsy spider went up the water spout, down came the rain and washed the spider out…
Goldenrod galls • Photo by SriMesh (CC BY-SA 3.0)
Making mischief with nature’s toys
Among massed goldenrods at the side of the path, my eye fell upon a plant with a spherical swelling in the stem — a bulge like a snake digesting a fat, round meal. Suddenly, I was swept by childhood memories.
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Co-existence ends with corn flakes
Scientists kill many animals in the course of medical and biological research, and most of us are content that they do so. We are also content that it’s not ourselves that do the killing.
Detail from “Cabbage Leaf,” by Edward Weston, 1931.
Transforming things seen into things known
Edward Weston, who died in 1958, was one of the greats of American photography, arguably the greatest.
Artist's conception of a terraformed Mars • Image by Daein Ballard (CC BY-SA 3.0)
A little place near beach on Mars? Well, why not?
The spirit of adventure. The challenge of the unknown. Scientific curiosity. A common project to unite humankind. A high-tech alternative for scientists and engineers who have hitherto made their living producing the instruments of war. Entertainment. The inspiration of young people. A hedge on our survival in case the human race becomes extinct on Earth through self-annihilation or cosmic catastrophe.
A mass grave of prisoners at Nordhausen, victims of the Nazi rocket program, 1945
In the cause of expediency, evil goes unseen
In July 1943, rocket scientist Wernher von Braun travelled to Hitler’s military headquarters in East Prussia to brief his Führer on the A4 Wunderwaffe, or wonder weapon.