Policy change typically unfolds according to two key determinants: 1. how contested ideas are framed, and, 2. the discursive competence of respective actors (see below for a brief discussion of this...

Big shifts in environmental policy can be confirmed by the money and resources spent on instituting the policy decisions through statutes, regulations, agreements, and policy statements. Policy...

Imagine if humanity chose to take a more sustainable path. How would we describe the previous decades looking back from the Year 2050? Philosophers, mystics and spiritual leaders throughout the...

Octopuses can regenerate entire arms, even though each arm has a mini brain and an extensive network of neurons.  Healing begins with undifferentiated stem cells that develop into specialized...

I've researched sharks for many years and some of my most popular presentations feature sharks and their amazing abilities. Sharks have senses that seem magical since we humans have nothing of the...

Here in the Pacific Northwest, Pine siskins have been dying from a Salmonella outbreak this winter. We've found over 125 dead in my city alone.  Bird feeders need to be kept clean and the seeds...