The Invisible Architecture: How Simple Things Become Complex Worlds
On a dusty trail in the Arizona desert, a single ant emerges from her underground city. She carries no map,…
From Ancient Scrolls to Living Law: How Ideas Become Constitutions
In the spring of 1787, a group of men gathered in Philadelphia’s State House, windows sealed shut despite the oppressive…
Our Language, Our World: The Cognitive and Cultural Power of Words
Language, culture and thought: exploring the ties that bind A classroom in rural Punjab In the mid-1960s, a boy named…
Language-Save-Culture; Language-As-Medicine
From the outside, the village school in central Punjab looks like any other in Pakistan’s heartland. Children stream in carrying…
Learning Techniques: Learn How To Learn
Based on evidence from educators, psychologists, and neuroscientists, certain techniques can significantly enhance your ability to learn and retain information.…
Consciousness Revisited: From Ancient Theories to Emerging Evidence
Consciousness is at once the most familiar and the most elusive of phenomena. It is the backdrop of every sensation…
Personalized Health: Annual Blood Tests, the Role of Whole Foods and Evidence‑Based Supplements
Modern medicine is moving away from “one‑size‑fits‑all” diets. An editorial in Global Advances in Health and Medicine criticizes the idea…
The Hidden Universe in a Drop of Blood: A Story of Our Immune Cells
At first glance, a drop of blood looks like a tiny red bead, but under the microscope it is teeming…
AI Is Turning Biology Into an Engineering Discipline
Biology has traditionally been defined by careful observation, slow experimentation and a reliance on discovery rather than design. It dealt…
Embracing the Century of Biology: a Journey into the Future of Life and Technology
The dawn of the twenty‑first century has been described as the century of biology. Over the past century, we witnessed…