Sue French

focal pointThe Stars in OppositionNicole Gordon looks formeaning in late-night munchiesand the Milky Way.It is after midnight, and I am sitting on an outcrop of volcanic rock at the edge of the sea on the Big Island of Hawaii, munching on trail mix and gazing at the sky. It strikes me that, while...

The GlazeChris Alper discovers an odd zoological phenomenon that occurs all too often when he's around.I once read that many animals have clear nictitating membranes that snap over their eyes to shield them from dust and wind. I have now confirmed that this protective membrane, in fact, exists in...