The Source Behind Every Green Thing

Every leaf on earth is a tiny solar panel. The oak outside your kitchen window, the grass beneath your feet, the basil on your windowsill — each one captures light from a star ninety-three million miles away and converts it into life. The deer that grazes on that grass, the hawk that catches the mouse that ate the seeds, the child who bites into an apple — every living thing on this planet traces its energy back to a single, blazing source.…