my delicious loose ends
Frederick, by Leo Lionni
Generations of children have loved the picture book, Frederick, since it was first published in 1967.
Sand Dune Ecology
“Sand dunes are less arid than they appear; in fact, they are among the moistest of desert habitats. Like a sponge, dunes soak up every drop of rain that falls on them.”
Caring Deeply
“One of the downsides (or is it an upside?) of dragonfly monitoring is you begin to care—deeply—about things you may not have thought about before.” —Cindy Crosby, Chasing Dragonflies
Genetic Engineering
“The geneticist Bentley Glass, in his address on becoming president of the American Association for the Advancement of Science in 1970, argued that the ethical problem was not that people would embrace these new technologies but that they might reject them.” —The Code Breaker
