The graceful spiral of a Lanai tree snail’s cone shell — (Partulina variabilis) Pupu Kani Oe — are nature’s reminder of both symmetry and choice. And then there is physics itself. At the deepest level ...

Stories about the development of life on earth used to be much more compelling. The hands of deities split the mountains and raised the seas. Gods crafted man from dust and dreams: Animals were ...