15-08-04 From somewhere at the bottom of a passage the smell of roasting coffee -- real coffee, not Victory Coffee -- came floating out into the street. Winston paused involuntarily. For perhaps two seconds he was back in the half-forgotten world of his chil...

15-08-04 Winston was writing in his diary: It was three years ago. It was on a dark evening, in a narrow side-street near one of the big railway stations. She was standing near a doorway in the wall, under a street lamp that hardly gave any light. She had a...

15-07-29 Stink bug mothers will lay darker or lighter eggs depending on how much light is reflecting off of a surface. The newly discovered adaptation is likely related to how some species of stink bugs are able to deposit their eggs on top of leaves, as the...

15-07-22 Changing of the Guard Timothy Steele Prior to sunrise, as it's growing light, Nocturnal birds relay The burden of their vocal arts To their diurnal counterparts. An owl hoots as a coda to the night; A finch chirps as a prelude to the day. It is as i...

15-07-22 Q: How many lawyers does it take to screw in a light bulb? A: How many can you afford?...

15-07-22 Q: How many men does it take to put in a light bulb? A: Only one...but it takes an entire Emergency Room to get it out....

15-06-23 Little Freddie said to Little Johnny, My dad's tougher than your dad! Oh yeah? said Little Johnny, My dad is so tough, he has lightbulbs for dinner! Really? Yeah, the other night I heard him tell my mom, 'Turn out the light, I wanna eat it!'...

15-06-23 Q: How many body builders does it take to change a light bulb? A: Nine. One to screw in the bulb while the other 8 hold up the mirrors....

15-06-09 Easter Morning Jean Nordhaus Driving through the gorge to Santa Fe Christ is risen, I hear myself say, as the road breaks out of the gorge onto floodplains of light. For I, too, a Jew without faith, have risen, from weeks of un-being, clothed again...

15-05-22 The octopus has a unique ability. It can change the color, pattern and even texture of its skin not only for purposes of camouflage but also as a means of communication. The most intelligent, most mobile and largest of all mollusks, these cephalopod...