My second semester senior is really enjoying his science free writes.

My son happened to leave his evolution homework on the kitchen counter and I couldn't help but notice the cover sheet. I wasn't being nosy, I swear... but right there in front of me was a picture pulled from the internet that looked like two insects humping. 

Now seriously, what mother wouldn't read that?

Turns out my son uncovered a new study which shows that 40 million years ago, the female mite "took the reins during sex". Proven because they were preserved in the act with some sticky tree sap that hardened into amber.

Must of been some really good sex if they didn't move. 

When he came down for breakfast, I tried to hold my poker face but he knew right away that I read it.

"You're kidding me, right? It's environmental science" he said with a serious face. 

"I knew that" I said.