If you’re reading this, I already know a few things about you. You have a neocortex. Your brain is stringing along these abstract symbols into meaning. You’re a huge nerd whose neurons light up when you hear grown people screaming about J.R.R. Tolkien over guitars chords. Your species went to the moon (unless you ask Jon Schaffer) and built the hydrogen bomb. But there’s more to human identity than utterly dominating your surroundings to the detriment of your planet—you’re also a mammal. Hair grows almost anywhere you don’t want it to (but that precancerous mole was so cold). Three bones … Continue reading Nature is Beautiful (Vol. VII – Mamma(l) Mia!)