Theater Preview: Leave The Kids At Home, Pearly Sweetcake The work of beloved children’s author Shel Silverstein is mighty multifaceted. On one hand, you’ve got The Giving Tree , a poignant (if [...] Lisa Barrow \ Aug 15, 2013 Read More (Torben Bjørn Hansen)
¡Viva La Science! Ruled By Sun And Moon ¡Viva La Science! Take a look at the sky. See a big ball of light? If so, it’s probably doing something to you right now . [...] Lisa Barrow \ Aug 08, 2013 Read More (Andréia via Flickr)
Chew On This: Book Reviews That’ll Make Your Mouth Water Food and words go together like green chile and cheese. In other words, deliciously . In honor of Alibi ’s delectable 2013 Summer [...] Lisa Barrow \ Aug 01, 2013 Read More
I’ll Take My Hot Sauce Unleaded, Thanks ¡Ay, no! A study recently published in the Journal of Environmental Science and Health found evidence that four chile-based hot sauces imported from [...] Lisa Barrow \ Aug 01, 2013 Read More (Dave_B_ via Flickr)
Culture Shock: Not-So-Fluffy Little Clouds, Prints Of Power And Holy Highbrow, Caped Crusader! Not-So-Little Fluffy Clouds If you’ve ever tried to explain what’s special about a New Mexico sky during a storm, you may have found that descriptions fail [...] Lisa Barrow \ Aug 01, 2013 Read More "Storm Rise" by Angus Macpherson, acrylic on canvas
¡Viva La Science! Your Dog Knows What You Did Last Summer ¡Viva La Science! Your dog has a memory. And not just the kind where Snookums wanna cookie? takes on monumental significance. New evidence shows that dogs [...] Lisa Barrow \ Jul 25, 2013 Read More Adila’s owner touches the cone for Adila to imitate. (Claudia Fugazza/Animal Cognition)
¡Viva La Science! The Problem With Being Made In May ¡Viva La Science! We’ve known for decades that babies conceived at certain times of the year tend, on average, to be healthier than babies conceived at [...] Lisa Barrow \ Jul 18, 2013 Read More (Photo by César Rincón)
¡Viva La Science! What Sounds Sexy To A Moth? ¡Viva La Science! Moths avoid bats. It’s nothing personal, just an understandable desire not to get devoured. In the perpetual evolutionary arms race between the nocturnal [...] Lisa Barrow \ Jul 11, 2013 Read More The Asian corn borer (photo by Ryo Nakano)
Marketplace Of Ideas: Women Win At Santa Fe’s International Folk Art Market Women Win At International Folk Art Market Like the other girls in her family, all taught by their mother, Ly Ta May of northwestern Vietnam knows how to embroider intricate [...] Lisa Barrow \ Jul 11, 2013 Read More Handmade buttons made by the Women's Button Cooperative of Sefrou, Morocco (courtesy of the artist)