Tag: flowers, insects, Plants, pollination, sex
This incredibly rare orchid survives by making male beetles horny
J Hardwick Plos OneBiologists thought Disa forficaria orchids went extinct twice. Once in 2018, when a single specimen was found after 52...
Running to Save My Life
I ran my first kilometre when I was in Grade five. I hated it. I was in Mr. Pawlak’s class that year. Mr Pawlak was the resident...
Isn’t That Something?
I was in a meeting of Alcoholics Anonymous tonight; a woman spoke up. Her name will remain anonymous, but she shared something very deep....
Authentic Change and the Role of Choice
Everywhere you look, in popular magazines and on media websites like the Huffington Post, there seem to be countless articles outlining the...
8 Mental Habits I Had to Quit to Live a Passionate Life
The year was 2006. I was a professional poker player. And while I had once enjoyed poker, it was quickly losing it’s vitality. My heart...
The Power of a Good Partner
“Today was good. Today was fun. Tomorrow is another one.” – Dr. Seuss I was growing by leaps and bounds. My weekends were...
Dr. Strangelove, or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Women
Everybody gets socially anxious. For some, it is crippling, confining them to their homes. It is pathological, warrants the term...
How to Find a Career You Love
“Boredom is the mind’s way of rejecting anything that lacks nutrients.” – Barbara Sher, Refuse To Choose I’m standing outside a...
On a Journey to Find Happiness
As a child, I moved back and forth between foster homes and living with various biological family members. I never questioned why my...
How I Got Over My Fear of Flying
September 17th, 2012 was my own personal judgement day. Months of anxiety and nervousness had built up and today was the culmination. ...
