crates | May 1, 2008
Once again I was enjoying my walk. Just a few minutes earlier, alerted by a peculiar call from a crow, I looked around and saw the crow begin chasing an immature eagle which then landed on the beach, picked up something in its beak and then took off chased by a second immature eagle. The [...]
crates | February 6, 2008
I mentioned before that my daughter is planning to be married in Hawaii on May 21. It looks that everything is set up with the marriage plan: ticket$ bought, the marriage arrangement$ made, and re$ervation$ made for twenty people at a luau which will take the place of a reception. It will be held [...]
crates | July 1, 2007
Talking about Iron Pyrite in yesterday’s post got me interested in its origins. I came across this interesting article in Astrobiology Magazine that said that some forms of iron pyrite may have acted as a template that led to reactions that led to the formation of amino acids, proteins and other ingredients of life. [...]
crates | June 21, 2007
Sometimes in an effort to understand something, I’ll read about it and make an outline for myself which helps me to grasp the main ideas. I’ve been reading about the Y chromosome, and about some of the implications of recent research about this gender determining chromosome. You may already know that sex in humans is [...]
crates | June 18, 2007
Ever wonder why some organisms occur on all or almost all the southern continents? Paleontologists noticed that a certain plant fossil, Glossopteris, was found in rock deposits (Permian-Triassic) of Africa, South America, Anarctica, Australia and India. This led some to believe that there was once a large southern land mass that was eventually named Gonwana after the district in [...]
crates | March 17, 2007
Western Trilliums (Trillium ovatum), the beautiful early Spring wildflowers, are now blooming in the nearby woods. As you can see the white flowers (sometimes pinkish or purplish as they age) are arranged above three offset leaves or giving the plant a pleasing symmetry. This set of “threes” is reflected in their name, latin for “threes.” [...]