It’s 12,000 chemists, 8,000 presentations, and a whole lot of squinting at name badges. Emma Marris takes on the King Kong of chemistry conventions: the American Chemical Society meeting – in Atlanta, Georgia for 2006. Tune in to our newsblog from Sunday 26 March to Thursday 30 March for
Learning about nature is not always a happy experience. To learn how nature works it is necessary to know it is a balance and there is death as well as life. Nature always finds a way to maintain this balance, although it might not be in a way we would like.
My daughter in law called crying about her bird house that was knocked over by the wind during a storm. The baby birds that it was housing had perished. I recently witnessed a baby wren die in my driveway after what I assume was from flying into something and sustaining an injury that it was not able to recover from. It was so heartbreaking. But in the same week I witnessed the wonder of 2 young hawks flying from their nest, found baby praying mantises while I was mulching, and watched countless other miracles of nature.
