Toilet Talk, Part 2
New technology can save water and combat killer diseases
Herschel and the Steelheads
It’s time to bust the sea-lion party and save some Seattle salmon
Dabbling in Darwin
The polymathic Victorian is good company on a winter’s evening
Galileo’s Spyglass
The telescope resulted from his improvements to a mere curiosity
Science v. Poetry
Worlds apart, and yet alike in many ways
Toilet Talk, Part 1
More than a matter of waste not, want not
Jupiter and the Galilean Satellites
Our largest planet and its moons inspire shock and awe
Elephant: Not an Elegy
Big and bright, long-lived and loyal, they engage our imagination
Black Holes
After some stars collapse, even light cannot escape
Valles Caldera
An ancient wonder is found not far from the atomic era’s birthplace