With the COP26 concluded a little over a week ago (November 13), here is something to ponder. Must we travel as much as we do on airplanes?...
Authors: Meena Miriam Yust and Arshad M. Khan In the earliest days, foraging was key. Fruits, berries, edible plants and roots comprised a varied diet, the...
Authors: Meena Miriam Yust and Arshad M. Khan If one can imagine looking at our globe from the South Pole end, one can observe the ocean...
Authors: Meena Miriam Yust and Arshad M. Khan The emaciated polar bear, a sorry remnant of magnificence, raiding garbage cans in an iconic, even infamous photo,...
Authors: Meena Miriam Yust and Arshad Khan When Chelsea Rochman at the University of Toronto and colleagues began their study on medakas (small Japanese rice paddy fish), they...
Authors: Meena Miriam Yust and Arshad M. Khan The practice of recycling has everything to commend it: On a finite planet, it conserves resources; it is...
How many birds flying into buildings die, Thinking the glass reflection is the sky. — with a nod to Kansas poet Madeleine Aaron Bird migration is...
Every day people make decisions about what to eat, sometimes opting for colorful fruits and veggies, sometimes finding the smell of bacon irresistible. At the end...
Amazon has reached the far corners of the earth… and the highest elevations. Delivery men venture 11,562 feet up in the Himalayas to leave a package. While the...
Dolphins are beautiful, highly intelligent and uncannily human in their interactions. Yet, they also have a language we humans cannot fully hear, and a culture that...