science

  • Hawks in the Bronx

    Hawks in the Bronx

    Couple of years ago, I was walking to work on a sunny morning day. The busy…

  • Preserving the unknown

    Preserving the unknown

    One cannot miss what one does not know exists.  A book by Michelle Nijhuis, Beloved Beasts,…

  • Insect pain

    Insect pain

    As a child I remember looking at the sticky yellow tapes handing in people’s houses. Fly…

  • Not so fishy business.

    Not so fishy business.

    The cognitive abilities of fish seem to be very underestimated. We often do not see fish…

  • The Queens of Carbon lives on.

    The Queens of Carbon lives on.

    In College, I wanted to be a Chemist, more precisely an Organic Chemist. I was fascinated…

  • Not all sleep is restful

    Not all sleep is restful

    Sleep disruption is a plague of the modern society. In the world full of cell phones,…