The sensory perception of the cat: how your feline sees and hears the world.
Big eyes in the dark, ears that swivel, nose always alert: the cat inhabits a world that our senses cannot perceive. Here, concretely, is what it perceives and why it sometimes behaves in such puzzling ways.
Today: the only word for happiness, and how living in the present changes everything.
Happiness is not played out yesterday or tomorrow, but in the twenty-four hours that begin. Here, very concretely, is how to inhabit your days instead of just going through them.
Catacombs of Paris: the underground history of the capital, from gypsum quarries to medieval ossuaries.
Beneath the sidewalks, a second Paris: quarries emptied of their stone, medieval ossuaries, forgotten cellars, and the foundations of a vanished cathedral. Here’s how to read, understand, and visit this underground that tells the city’s story better than its facades.
How trees survive winter: the great secret of winter dormancy.
Losing a million leaves to better survive the winter: behind this seemingly absurd gesture lies a surprisingly precise survival strategy. Here, step by step, is what trees really do when the cold arrives.
