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A Tale Of Two Polychromats
This gorgeous but rather disturbing creature is a mantis shrimp. It looks like an alien being, and indeed it has superpowers! But it’s not an alien. Nor a mantis. Nor a shrimp. But it looks a little bit like … Continue reading
Birds Do It, Bees Do It…
…and so do cats and dogs. (Even hedgehogs.) And reindeer. See in ultra-violet that is. I’ve often wondered if humans can share this superhuman capability (a contradiction in terms as I realize). What’s the evidence? First the background… The discovery … Continue reading
Smellacious Gardens Oh You Blind
I refreshed my potpourri with lavender just yesterday, and was suddenly telewafted back to a garden for the blind, a little garden I once knew well. I think it was called a ‘Fragrant Garden for the Blind’ or something like … Continue reading
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Ghost Rabbits In The Eye
We usually feel, and talk, as if each sense is independent of the others. But really they are connected. How could it be otherwise? The sense we make of our senses has evolved to deal with a single external reality … Continue reading
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