Science
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Stick-to-itiveness
You can learn a lot from a sparrow about how to fix something in your home without using duct tape. Continue reading
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Years of the Cicadas
For decades, the appearance of the 17-year cicadas was my life metaphor. Then I saw the light. Continue reading
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Rated X Brood X
He cries out for her, she goes to him, they make wild, passionate love and then they die. Move over Shakespeare. Continue reading
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Whale Watch
A sunrise can take you places, even deep into the sea. Continue reading
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The Little Tulip That Could
If a tulip can emerge into the light after being crushed into darkness, so can you. Continue reading
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Listening to Clouds
Sometimes healing means returning to the same place and listening. Continue reading
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Hidden Monsters
Be afraid. Be very afraid because it’s in there, waiting to surface again. Continue reading
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That’s So Pat! 2/27/19
Pat here again to provide Pat answers to all of your questions from toad rage to the DaVinci Toad! A Richard Feder in White Flint, New Jersey writes: Dear Pat: my friend, Romeo, is the loneliest frog in the entire… Continue reading
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Survival of the Prettiest
What if survival of the fittest is not enough to explain nature? What if we also needed survival of the prettiest? These are the provocative questions of the New York Times magazine article, “How Beauty is Making Scientists Rethink Evolution”… Continue reading
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That’s So Pat! 1/17/19
Hey there! Pat here with some toad-ally exciting news! I’m launching an advice column about life — from toad rage to the DaVinci Toad! Send your questions and I vow to always give Pat answers! My very first question is… Continue reading
