A star-nosed mole (Condylura cristata). These unusual-looking moles are found in wetlands of the east United States and Canada. They live almost entirely underground, digging extensive tunnel networks with their large, touch-sensitive front feet. Their unusually high metabolic rate requires that they catch and eat a large number of earthworms, slugs and other invertebrates each day (Image: Wikimedia Commons)
Blind evolution gives eyeless fish sleepless nights
As the bats chatter above you in the cavern roof, their droppings rain down into the pool below. The floor…
More than meets the eye; what is ‘seeing’?
Our minds construct an internal version of the view before us, using a scant set of samples. We then modify this picture with what we expect to see. How does this skewed visual perception allow us to ‘make sense’ of our world?
No, don’t be ridiculous “Let’s get this right. Did you say see heat, or just feel it? No question of…
Although this is intended as a light-hearted guide to areas of science that might interest you, it serves to illustrate the inter-disciplinary nature of science.
