When and how will a volcano erupt in the future? Say…Mount Baker (a very-high-threat volcano in Washington State)? Volcanic eruptions are fueled by the magmas stored beneath the surface, so if we want to better prepare, we have to dig deep (literally). In this talk, we will explore “how to think like a volcano” by […]
A vast and delightfully diverse journey through the sex lives of animals. For too long, science has ignored and obscured the multiplicity of animal sexual behavior. With vivid, often funny, and always beautiful watercolor illustrations in a work of graphic nonfiction, artist Perrin Roosevelt Ireland examines how animals express and have sex. Go on a […]
A moth, a flea, a mosquito… Insects are seldom mentioned in history texts, yet they significantly shaped human history. For example: Silkworms (moths) have been farmed to produce silk for millennia, and the Silk Road created a history of empires and cultural exchanges of ideas, philosophies, and religions. Fleas and lice carried bacteria that caused […]