When the German philosopher Immanuel Kant puzzled over why nature looks beautiful to us, he considered the case of replicas. Imagine, Kant wrote in the late 1700s, a jovial innkeeper who, for lack of ...
REASONS YOU MIGHT THINK. FLOWERS THAT NEVER WILT NOR FADE. EACH ROOT A SCULPTED ECHO OF NATURE’S GRACE. PEOPLE ARE DELIGHTED BY THEM. THEY’RE DAZZLED BY THEM. THEY REALLY KIND OF FOOL YOUR EYE AND ...
The plant world is full of wonders that often seem too strange to be real. Some species have evolved unique shapes, colours, and behaviours that challenge our expectations of what a plant should look ...