Creativity is often judged by novel productions of one sort or another, such as science discoveries that lead to new paradigms; art creations, such as paintings, sculptures or prints; literature, including innovative novels, poems or essays; music compositions; even original thoughts, or for that matter, old thoughts considered in new perspectives. My father Gregor [...]
Think about what you like and the choices you’ve made throughout your life – the clothes you buy, the spouse you chose, the books you read or the art that attracts you – and then ask yourself, why those? Why not others? Objective reasons will no doubt play a major role for choices that are [...]
Comb jellies such as Mnemiopsis leidyi have a through-gut, challenging when this evolutionary innovation arose. Photo by William E. Browne, Science Magazine Don’t minimize the importance of poop (shit to be more explicit), and don’t mistakenly think that calling someone an asshole is necessarily an insult anymore. And, once again, you can thank a variety [...]
Scientific observations suggest that Aurelia aurita, a moon jellyfish, can age backwards. The ability to regenerate missing parts is not only an invaluable survival strategy in biology, it’s also potentially of great medical importance. Observations by Jinru He, a graduate student at China’s Xiamen University, suggest that Aurelia aurita, a moon jellyfish, goes a [...]
Would you venture in anyway? Would I face a lethal jellyfish - with eyes? Scrolling through recent jellyfish news I came across some interesting articles. Beware these so-called “blobs.” One article was from West Australia about large numbers of box jellies washed up on the beach. I have occasionally seen various species of jellyfish on [...]
We humans are so smug. We consider lowly invertebrates primitive. We think we’re smart and can outlast hard times better than animals can in the wild by using our wits and engineering skills, which I admit are impressive. We figured out how to outdo Nature and switch our sex to become what we call [...]
