Issue 20 / April 16, 2015

  1. Editors’ Note

    Issue 20: Language, Ants, and Julian of Norwich

  2. O for 7,000+ Tongues to Meep

    In the beginning was the Word, and the Word birthed many more. / Joel Heng Hartse

  3. A Bizarre and Mighty Civilization

    And it’s made by leafcutter ants. / Bert Hölldobler and Edward O. Wilson

  4. Morning Songs in the Night

    God sings the same chorus over and over—even during the blackest of plagues. / Dylan Demarsico

  5. Naming the Animals

    ‘Until he named the cow cow, no one slept standing up’ / Lisel Mueller

  6. Wonder on the Web

    Links to amazing stuff / Compiled by Andie Roeder Moody