Quote for Today: Willa Cather
Carl sat musing until the sun leaped above the prairie, and in the grass about him all the small creatures of day began to tune their tiny instruments. Birds and …
Quote for Today: Harlan Ellison
I was there when the first dreams came off the assembly line. I was there when the corrupted visions that had congealed in the vats were pincered up and hosed …
Bug Music: Graeme Revell’s The Insect Musicians
You might know composer Graeme Revell for his film scores, including Dead Calm, The Crow, Sin City, and Lara Croft: Tomb Raider, or perhaps even as a founding member of the industrial …
Quote for Today: Richard Louv
Leave part of the yard rough. Don’t manicure everything. Small children in particular love to turn over rocks and find bugs, and give them some space to do that. Take …
Quote for Today: E.O. Wilson
If all mankind were to disappear, the world would regenerate back to the rich state of equilibrium that existed ten thousand years ago. If insects were to vanish, the environment …
A Woman with a Persistent Question: Maria Sibylla Merian and Insect Metamorphosis
The questions asked in youth can lead us on journeys that last a lifetime. Sometimes persistence is rewarded with answers. In the late 17th century there was a common belief that …
Quote for Today (with Music): Alexander Scriabin
My Tenth Sonata is a sonata of insects. Insects are born from the sun… they are the sun’s kisses. —Alexander Scriabin You can listen to pianist Marc-André Hamelin play this beautiful …
Quote for Today: Lewis Thomas
We are not like the social insects. They have only the one way of doing things and they will do it forever, coded for that way. We are coded differently, …
Wonder and Awe: Look Up! The Billion Bug Highway You Can’t See
Ever wonder what is going on above your head? Take a look up in the sky with NPR correspondent Robert Krulwich, known for demystifying complex subjects, and animator Benjamin Arthur. …
Quote for Today: Tom Waits
I always liked the idea that America is a big facade. We are all insects crawling across on the shiny hood of a Cadillac. We’re all looking at the wrapping. …