May 5-9, 2014 was a week filled with art, dust, slug penises, elderly chickens and nothingness here at LWON.
Guest poster Sam Kean argued that the backlash against pseudoscientific notions of left brain/right brain differences has obscured fascinating data about symmetry and emotion in the world of art.
Abstruse Goose explored the difficulty of sitting and doing nothing.
Craig shared some startling photos and stories of What Dust Does in the West. (Last year, I complained that it was ruining spring skiing.)
Cassie revisited the Weird World of Banana Slug Sex and introduced us to apophallation, the scientific term for when slugs chew off of one another’s penises.
And I discussed how small-scale chicken farmers who want to do the right thing may not have the resources or infrastructure to do so.
portrait of Albert Einstein by William Pasternak,via Flickr