Our spring is slow in coming.
Melt season is a sad time for people who enjoy the magic of snow crystals bonding so well to one another, resulting in a web… Continue reading
The story dates back to the 1950s, when scientists were working out how DNA’s pieces fit together.
Fun with phenotype phenomenon.
When Syun-Ichi Akasofu walks by in the building on the University of Alaska Fairbanks campus that bears his name, I want to catch up and… Continue reading
During a human-powered journey of that length, things will not go as planned.
As the sun set and the sky dimmed, the birds kept coming.
As I await more and bigger signs of spring, there have been good things to see along the trails.
While running through Bicentennial Park in Anchorage, biologist Jessy Coltrane spotted a porcupine in a birch tree. On her runs on days following, she saw… Continue reading
Dancing, dialects and more.
“We would like to be able to map the water-equivalent (in snow) globally.”
Eating liquid blood is a moderately popular way of life in the animal kingdom.
Things an Alaskan notices while standing on a road in Costa Rica…
Winter is an odd time of year here.
They’re no spring chickens.
Surprise! A starlit night, a nice day, lower temperatures, and then some lovely snow.
Both poets and scientists are deep observers who interpret the world in different ways.
Red and reddish colors can be produced in many ways, by a variety of pigment molecules.
Do we really want to know what ravens are saying about us?
