It’s not your idea. This is a wonderful time for the rattlesnake. This is what happens

It's not your idea. This is a wonderful time for the rattlesnake. This is what happens

Emily Taylor has lived in California for 20 years and has never received as many calls about rattlesnakes as she did last month. Taylor owns Central Coast Snake Services, a snake consulting business, runs the Physiological Ecology of Reptiles Laboratory at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo and is part of a network of volunteers who … Read more

Death is not the end: What physics says about dying

Death is not the end: What physics says about dying

The flame goes out, and something else in the room changes with it. Not because the matter has disappeared, but because the form has disappeared. The candle wax remains, the heat dissipates, and the air carries what was once a steady glow. What is missing is the pattern that held them all together. That same … Read more