Update, January 16, 2020, 9:02 p.m., Pacific: I’m going to pin this to the top of the blog, as the situation is concerning: the lava
Writing Update
What? Don’t young lynxes drop by for wine tasting at your vineyard? I’ve got the last brand-new chapter of Meet the Cat Family! scheduled as
Species Fact: The Tiger Cats
Name: This is actually a complex of small Latin American spotted cats, and they’re unrelated to true tigers. (Kitchener et al) The best way I
Species Fact: Geoffroy’s cat
Name: King Joffrey, fictional bad guy in Game of Thrones, had a cat? Perhaps, but it wasn’t this one, whose name has a real-life background
Repost: How Emeralds Form
Ever wonder what the jeweler is looking for with that loupe? Here you go: And that brings us to this 2014 post on how emeralds
Repost: Cesium–A Critical Mineral
Cesium (“caesium,” outside the US) is not just a ringtone. Nor is it simply the atom used in ultra-precise clocks that make everything from the
Guest Video: Mauna Loa
We took a look at Kilauea’s current status last week, but neighboring Mauna Loa is also on elevated alert status — nothing drastic yet, just
