Counting Plants
Little babies and potted plants: the stationary, the helpless… the hardest working beings in the room.
Love in the Time of Hubots
In the German novel “I’m Your Man” a couples therapist and her robot partner Tom explore the limits of post-human love. Holly Yanacek wrote the English translation of the novel about what happens when our perfect partner is a machine.
The Body Language of Trees
The way trees sway tells us a lot about tree overall health. And they impact your property value.
Delicious Predator
The Chesapeake Bay is ballooning with an apex predator that can only be defeated with grease and breading – blue catfish!
Recovery
Universities have been trying to curb dangerous binge drinking for years. Today’s students are glued to their phones, and Abby Braitman and her colleagues are meeting them where they are for interventions.
Appalachia’s Edible Landscape
From Appalachian wasabi to sycamore trees, whose syrup taste like butterscotch, Appalachia has some finger-licking-good invasive species.
Saving Endangered Species
The red colobus monkey is one of the most endangered primates in the world. Found in West, East, and Central Africa, the once thriving species has been decimated by over-hunting. Josh Linder has devoted his career to studying and conserving these peaceful primates.

