July 7-11, 2014
This week Richard finally lets slip what he was doing on his trip to Italy – communing with the shriveled remains of Galileo’s body parts – and Abstruse Goose sets himself a Sudoku-style plot challenge.
Craig recounts some lengthy discussions with E.O. Wilson, who reminds us that dying species don’t look like a dying individual animals. They’re young and healthy…until they’re just gone.
Michelle uses allometric scaling principles to allay her daughter’s fears of big monsters.
And finally, I present a roundup of children’s books for kids who like inventing, building and figuring out how things work.