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Macaque monkey,  Crab-eating macaque (Macaca fascicularis) in Lopburi, Thailand.  Photo courtesy of 'Chris huh' and Wikipedia.

If a human yawns in front of a monkey, will the monkey yawn?

Deadline:  June 4.  We will publish the best answers on June 9.

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Interacting with nature by K:

How to Offer Wild Birds Shelter in the Winter

Not all birds migrate south for the winter.  Winter is a hard season for birds, and many risk freezing to death at night. It doesn't take much effort or money to provide shelter for them, and it can make a huge difference to the little feathered guys!

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Reading
Books and links I refer to often

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Animals Do animals think? by Clive D. Wynne  
  Firefly encyclopedia of birds, edited by Christopher Perrins Entomology tutorial by John R. Meyer
  Extreme nature by Mark Carwardine  
  International Wildlife encyclopedia, edited by Maurice Burton and Robert Burton Medical, science, and nature images by Scott Camazine
  Natural acts by David Quammen  
  Naturalist's year , 24 outdoor explorations by Scott Camazine  

Humans

Risk, a practical guide for deciding what's really safe and what's really dangerous in the world around you by David Ropeik and George Gray Medical, science, and nature images by Scott Camazine
Astronomy Astronomical companion by Guy Ottewell The Naval Observatory
Astronomy, edited by Valerie Illingworth  
Physics Clouds in a glass of beer by Craig F. Bohren HyperPhysics by Rod Nave
  Conceptual physics by Paul G. Hewitt  
  Fabric of the Cosmos by Brian Greene  
  In search of ultimate building blocks by Gerard 't Hooft  
  Six easy pieces physics essentials explained by its most brilliant teacher by Richard Feynman  
  What light through yonder window breaks? by Craig F. Bohren  
Mathematics Fundamentals of abstract analysis by Andrew M. Gleason  
  Mathematics, a human endeavor by Harold R. Jacobs  
  World of mathematics by James R. Newman  
Evolution/Genetics Evolution, the triumph of an idea by Carl Zimmer  
Earth Atlas of life on earth by Dougal Dixon, Ian Jenkins, Richard Moody and Andrey Zhuravlev The geological time scale USGS
  Practical geologist by Dougal Dixon  
Technology How everything works by Louis Bloomfield  
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Airspace    
Sky Rainbow bridge, rainbows in art, myth and science by Raymond L. Lee and Alistair B. Fraser  
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Oceans Weather book by Jack Williams  
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Microcreatures   Cells alive by Jim Sullivan
    Molecular expressions galleria by Michael Davidson
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