Browsing: Nature Matters

The egress of egrets

THE name egret originates from the Old French Provencal term ‘aigreta’ meaning small aigron or heron. Egrets are indeed members…

Turn off the lights!

THE 18th century French philosopher Jean-Jacques Rousseau did not believe that God approved of street lighting. He thought that humans…

Slippery slopes

SLOPES are in a state of equilibrium when the angles of rest or repose of the material of which they…

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