Why Bumblebees Love Cats and Other Beautiful Relationships

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Stefano Mancuso | The Nation of Plants | March 2021 | 3,311 words (19 minutes) I am sure that many of the erudite readers of this little book know On the Origin of Species by Charles Darwin inside and out. If there is someone who still has this gap in their education, you are urged to fill it without any further… Continue reading Why Bumblebees Love Cats and Other Beautiful Relationships

There’s strangeness afoot.

I’m not big on anniversaries. My own, at any rate: I remember important ones that other people best not forget. Anxiety-extension: the fallout from other people’s screwups and potential screwups. I don’t like feeling other people’s pain when there’s an easy solution: keep them in my thoughts and on my calendar. I wish I weren’t responsible for the world. I quit smoking last summer. Six … Continue reading There’s strangeness afoot.