Wake to Sleep
What happens in the brain when we drift off to dreamland
By Priscilla Long Wednesday, September 19, 2012
Here, Kitty Kitty
For I will consider my cats Frisky, Buster, Snuffy, etc.
By Priscilla Long Wednesday, September 5, 2012
Remembering Steve
A tribute to my friend Stephen Jay Gould
By Priscilla Long Wednesday, August 22, 2012
Remembering Steve
A tribute to my friend Stephen Jay Gould
By Priscilla Long Wednesday, July 3, 2013
How Mauve Was Her Garment
The effect of coal tar on Queen Victoria’s gown
By Priscilla Long Wednesday, June 19, 2013
Saturn
How the sixth planet from the sun is like a rubber duck
By Priscilla Long Wednesday, June 12, 2013
Darwin’s Finches
In the Galápagos, a speed course on evolution
By Priscilla Long Wednesday, June 5, 2013
Those Other Ancestors
Neandertals were big, with bigger intellects than you might think
By Priscilla Long Wednesday, May 8, 2013
Our National Raptor
The bald eagle makes a big impression, but its voice is small
By Priscilla Long Wednesday, May 1, 2013
