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Outside, the storm was letting up. The rain grew softer against the restaurant window until it stopped. Red sauce pooled at the bottom of Quique’s plate like warm blood ready to pump through a ...

In the mid 1800s, a pervasive disease decimated silkworm agriculture in France. In an effort to save the silk-production industry, the French government persuaded Louis Pasteur, well-respected for ...

Of course, it’s not just any insect that goes through the stages of development from egg, larva, pupa and then an adult that is held in such high regard. It’s the silkworm, a creepy-crawly ...