Following is a transcript of the video. These rotating orbs are alive. Each one is a colony of hundreds of cells which work together to form the lifeform volvox. Volvox is a resident of Brooklyn. But ...
On a cold afternoon in January, Sally Warring is slowly circling the rim of the Sylvan Water pond in Brooklyn’s Green-Wood Cemetery, gazing into its inky depths. Grabbing a mason jar out her bag, she ...
Under the microscope a drop of pond scum can give hours of delightful study. What feels between the fingers like slime is, microscopically, an open lake crowded with queer vegetable and animal life.