This is an old one, and I'm surprised it didn't turn up when I did a search on your site. It has to do with boiling frogs. Goes something like this: If you tossed a frog into already-boiling water, it ...

Ecoviews by Whit Gibbons Some queries are perennial, that is they arise again and again. The question of the boiling frog is one of them. Q: I am a Ph.D. student in the Netherlands working in the ...

For centuries, frogs have been victims of experimentation by the medical community. Now, even psychologists are after them. Here’s an oft-repeated tale. A live frog is placed into a pot of boiling ...

How the press is faring halfway through a turbulent year. Nonetheless, I’m finding that the most valuable coverage of this moment is that which fearlessly, but clinically, documents what is happening.