Month: June 2025
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An Insect Parade
Long before any other societies appeared on earth, there were termites. In the shadow of dinosaurs, the earliest termites formed the first social networks. To make the most of food resources in a nutrient-poor habitat, these insects evolved to feed each other portions of their waste through a process called proctodeal trophollaxis. These symbiotic associations…
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The Water Lily
“And why take ye thought for raiment? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they toil not, neither do they spin.” – Matthew 6:28 In his Sermon on the Mount, while speaking to his followers upon their anxiety about clothing, Jesus evoked the image of the flower lily. Particularly notable is his skillful…
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The Lotus
In Homer’s epic poem The Odyssey, Odysseus told of the Lotus-eaters, the Lotophagi race who lived on an island off the coast of Tunisia. On this island were full of lotus trees. “Whosoever of them ate of the honey-sweet fruit of the lotus, had no longer any wish to bring back word or to return,…
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Jackie’s Cotton Shift Dress
When peace and prosperity returned after the long years of World War II, Paris reigned again as the arbiter of high fashion, and the powers that be were turning their eyes toward a race into space, a young lady would emerge to become the epitome of glamor, who captivated the public eye as an American…
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