In this invited “Soapbox Essay“, Eminent Scholar Robert D. Holt explains how we arrive at explanations for scientific phenomenon using climate change as an example. He uses a metaphor of “collecting colored eggs” to make his point about synthesizing strains of evidence. The journal liked the metaphor so much they called for a cover photograph— taken by staff members Vitrell Sherif and Andy Kratter, using the bird egg collection from the Florida Museum of Natural History!
