In the present dominant model of book publishing, a book is regarded as a single-use commodity that belong to the person who purchases it, to
Category: Act III: The Glorious Miracle of Life
How to Turn a Pest into a Source of Food
Most people are familiar with reports or stories of huge swarms of locusts that descend on a cultivated field and eat everything in sight, before
A Possible Reason for the Pine Beetle Infestation
In certain parts of western North America, vast areas of pine forests have been systematically devastated by the mountain pine beetle. This tiny insect, measuring
The True Cause of Soil Erosion
There is a widespread belief that it is plant roots that prevent soil erosion by keeping the soil in place. When these are removed, as
Natural versus Human Intelligence
The general human belief is that only we exalted human beings possess the rarified trait called intelligence, or that it is exhibited, to a much
The Evolutionary Conundrum of Human Behaviour
Prior to the development of the Theory of Evolution, it was generally believed that human beings, along with all other living creatures, were created by
