Science communication targets, outside the scientific community, the general public. These are the main goals: Improve the understanding of science, and thereby increase support by…
A scientist and a writer
A scientist and a writer
Science communication targets, outside the scientific community, the general public. These are the main goals: Improve the understanding of science, and thereby increase support by…
The Pacific ponderosa pine (Pinus ponderosa) ranges in the Western United States from latitude 52° N. to latitude 33° N. It is found from sea…
The avocado plant, Persea americana, of the Lauraceae family, originated in Mexico. Linnaeus identified it as a relative of the laurel and thus named it…
Many specimens have branches that look like well-oiled mahogany, which adds to their strong visual appeal. This shrub thus enriches the bottom of chaparral habitat…
This plant, or rather tree, is one of the wonders of natural history. Small, perhaps better called a shrub, it boasts attractive narrow needle-like dark…
The molecule is central to structural chemistry; while the reaction holds a similar position for chemical dynamics. The trap for any history of the molecule is to swell into a history of chemistry. True, there is considerable overlap. But there is all the more need for focus that the molecule has just risen again to the apex of chemistry. The advent of molecular computers is imminent, some believe. Single molecule chemistry has become a research boulevard. ‘Vizualizing’ individual molecules is a related hype-producing topic. Duplicating by synthesis molecules of nature, however formidable, is now routine.
This original art form began with the shipping of citrus fruit from California to the rest of the United States. And Florida followed suit. During…
Cypresses (Cupressus sempervirens) are evergreen, as expressed by the Latin name for the species, sempervirens. Two features, their long life expectancy numbered in centuries, and…
To many of us, the magnolia tree (Magnolia grandiflora) is a familiar sight if rather extravagant: a tall spreading tree, with large, very noticeable leaves…