The whole point of defining your territory is that it saves you from fighting the same fight every day. You mark the boundary with a fence or a door, then you leave your neighbor alone and he leaves you alone. But does it really save on fighting? For many animals, it does. It’s so common [...]
One of the questions I get most often is: If humans can sniff out each other’s immunity profile (and we can), then what do perfume and deodorant mean for our mating prospects? Are we covering up really important information? Previously, my stock reply was: Humans take so many things into account [...]
Oh, the mortal coil. One of my mice has a squinty eye — some life-threatening infection? And the “hip saver” doc just told me he can’t save my hip. Life as an animal is a battle against the organic blob of minerals and proteins called “The Body.” That thing just has too [...]
Today I’m thinking about our future house. I got started on this jag when the New York Times ran a house profile showing a wide wall of (indoor) vertical garden, with a wide pool below it — indoors. So, ten-by-five panel of ivy, hanging over ten-by-three pool. Want that. Then thought maybe the vertical [...]
