The Fate of the Mammoth: Fossils, Myth, and History

Mammoth remains became evidence for many theories about Earth's history, as this study carefully traces. A superb case study at the intersection of science and culture.     

Why do elephants have big ear flaps?

In this essay we shall try to answer the question in the title with some geometry and heat transfer thrown in for effect. For doing so, as the joke goes, allow me to assume the elephant as a sphere. The reason will be apparent soon. Arunn Narasimhan is a faculty at the Indian Institute of Technology Madras. His research interests include transport in porous media, phase change materials and heat transfer in biological systems.     

解析《白象似的群山》中的“零度写作”

＂零度写作＂是法国后结构主义大师罗兰·巴特的著名理论。他明确指出＂零度写作＂实质上是一种中性的直陈式写作,是毫不动心的写作,是纯洁的写作。海明威的著名短篇小说《白象似的群山》则凸显了＂零度写作＂的风格,主要表现在白描对话和象征手法的运用以及意犹未尽的零度结尾。