There is a distinction that changes how a whole category of coastal feature should be thought about, and it comes down to whether something is a population or a structure.…
There is a category of traditional building technique that looks primitive and turns out to be doing something subtle, and thatch is the clearest example available.
The appearance suggests a…
There is a category of discovery that arrives sideways, as the residue of an argument about something else entirely.
The argument concerned whether a space containing nothing could exist. The…
There is a category of living thing that is truly difficult to classify, and lichens are the standard example.
The difficulty is not that they are obscure. They are everywhere…
There is a useful question to ask about any everyday object: what did people do before it, and did they think they had a problem?
For most tools the answer…
Texture is not a minor component of eating. It is perceived through an entirely different set of senses from flavour, and it decides more about whether something is acceptable than…