a world of light

Day 76

Day 76

  What did trees look like 350 million years ago? A discovery of five ancient tree fossils in a quarry in the Canadian province of New Brunswick gives us a...

Day 76

  What did trees look like 350 million years ago? A discovery of five ancient tree fossils in a quarry in the Canadian province of New Brunswick gives us a...

Day 75

Day 75

  Sisters of the TreeI heard Clare Dubois tell her story in an interview today. She talked about how as a young person she had nightmares of a world without...

Day 75

  Sisters of the TreeI heard Clare Dubois tell her story in an interview today. She talked about how as a young person she had nightmares of a world without...

Day 74

Day 74

  The power of the wind His parents couldn’t afford the $80 to send young William Kamkwamba to school in their small village in Malawi. With little more than ingenuity, imagination...

Day 74

  The power of the wind His parents couldn’t afford the $80 to send young William Kamkwamba to school in their small village in Malawi. With little more than ingenuity, imagination...

Day 73

Day 73

  Air Freshener We’re taught to fear lightning, that it’s destructive. And though lightning can take down power lines and trees and yes, it can pose a danger to us,...

Day 73

  Air Freshener We’re taught to fear lightning, that it’s destructive. And though lightning can take down power lines and trees and yes, it can pose a danger to us,...

Day 72

Day 72

Even under the sea, it takes a villageIn dolphin families, all the family members get involved in raising the children. The fathers will take charge of play dates. Older siblings...

Day 72

Even under the sea, it takes a villageIn dolphin families, all the family members get involved in raising the children. The fathers will take charge of play dates. Older siblings...

Day 71

Day 71

Extreme Places The red water of Antartica’s Blood Falls comes from an ancient community of extremophile microbes sealed beneath a glacier with no light or oxygen in a lake so...

Day 71

Extreme Places The red water of Antartica’s Blood Falls comes from an ancient community of extremophile microbes sealed beneath a glacier with no light or oxygen in a lake so...