Ants or wild parsnips, humans or cockroaches—we might organize them into different categories, but evolutionarily, they are all subject to the same forces. It’s part of what gives evolutionary biology its explanatory power. And also, let’s face it, what makes it so darn fascinating. Continue Reading …
When Bryn finally got the collection and export permits, it all happened so fast. One minute we were eating our huevos fritos in Orosi, and the next, driving back to San Jose. After some navigational hijinks (Was it Calle 11 Continue Reading …
About luck. The notion has been irritating me for the past few days. I’ve always been interested in how chance operates in my own life. Like most people, I usually construct a nice satisfying retrospective narrative about my life. But Continue Reading …
When I walked into my San Jose hotel today, it was with a totally overblown sense of pride. I had just, amazingly, completed…the simplest task. I had gotten myself from the airport to a downtown hotel, completely alone, speaking only Continue Reading …
OK, here’s the short of the long of the past several days: We left San Jose on a tourist bus driven by Reinier with our luggage strapped onto the roof and covered with a tarp, and cruised into the cloud Continue Reading …