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We all learned the cycle of metamorphosis in school as kid: The butterfly lays its eggs on a leaf. In time the larva (caterpillar) hatches out and starts eating and growing. It molts several times as it gets bigger until it is fully grown. The caterpillar attaches itself to the stem of a plant, and goes into chrysalis (pupa). After some time, out pops a butterfly. The cycle then repeats. Here’s the question: how does the caterpillar magically turn into a butterfly? How is thi

Fall is a beautiful time of year. The leaves turn beautiful colors and change is in the air. Why do leaves “turn” colors in the Fall? They don’t! Well, not really. We know that the green color is a result of chlorophyll – a key element of photosynthesis. In Spring and Summer, the chlorophyll is strongly present. But there are other colors within the leaves – they’re just temporarily masked by the chlorophyll. In Fall when the days grow shorter and cooler, the chlorophyll ceas

Every cycle seems to repeat itself but actually moves us forward like a screw through time. It’s an odd phenomenon actually: rotating one direction (on a plane) and having it move forward in a completely other direction (perpendicular to that plane). Life is much the same. Each day can seem like just another day. Each week just another week: one rotation of the screw. But we know that a lot changes in a day, a week, a year. What can seem like Groundhog Day somehow isn’t: duri