Snow was my first love. From November’s first flakes and the season’s first blizzard, to unexpected midnight dustings and late March blasts, snow fell frequently and happily on my childhood in western Massachusetts…In the Northern Hemisphere, snow co…
Protecting a ‘Wolf’ of a Salmon
They call them "river wolves" – hundred-pound salmon large enough to snack on ducklings and on mice and muskrats fording the rivers…"They’re iconic in Mongolian folklore," said Olaf Jensen, an ecologist with the Institute of Marine an…
The Chemistry Behind Great Food Pairings
Red wine and steak, soda and burgers, pickles and pastrami sandwiches — these are combinations that just work. Now researchers provide a scientific explanation for why these unions are appealing to the tongue. Astringents like red wine and pickle…
