Apariencias que engañan
by Vivir junto a alguien con muchos malos pensamientos sobre ti puede ser agotador. Intentar demostrar siempre que no eres tan malo como ellos piensan te …
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Las Hormigas Sobre El Puente
Cuando me dijeron que podía escribir mis artículos en español me alegré demasiado. Estaba feliz de poder compartir mi trabajo con más gente de mi …
Violin spider, play for me
The brown recluse spider, also known as the violin spider, gets its aka. from the pattern in the shape of a violin on their backs. …
Woodlice under the lodge
You have probably found them under a rock, a lodge, or crawling around damp environments. You might have even felt disgusted by their appearance. You …
Welcome home, Ladybug
It is getting cold as winter gets closer and the ladybugs outside your window feel jealous of your cozy little spot inside your blankets. These …
Dear Earwig
Earwigs are these little shiny long-bodied creatures with six legs and two pincers in their backs. They crawl around mostly during the night looking for …
Attack of the Monkey Slug
by When I was seven years old, my parents drove from Boston to Florida with me in the back seat. We were heading to see my …
Good Morning, Scorpion
In Mexico, when someone mentions Durango it’s inevitable not to think about the desert, western movies, the colonial and Mexican baroque buildings, and scorpions. The …
The Scientist and The Imposter
by Nutrition-dependent wing polymorphism, RNA interference, and the polymerase chain reaction are concepts I know well that were gibberish to me only a year ago. If …
The most important puzzle ever solved
Modern biology has more data than it can handle. Thanks to modern DNA sequencing, we now know the contents of genomes from thousands of people …