2026-07-26
Beyond Competition: Finding Strength in Connection
It’s funny what you learn sitting in a room full of eight and nine year olds all day. You start to think you understand things, see patterns. For a while the...
Evolution
2026-07-26
The Curious Allure of Unexpected Passions
Why does anyone do anything? Seriously. I’ve been thinking about that a lot lately. Like, not in some existential crisis way – more like genuinely perplexed....
2026-07-19
Bridging the Generational Parenting Gap
Sometimes, it seems as if the wellspring of wisdom hasn’t been passed down quite right these days. I see it in my niece Clara's parenting; she and her husban...
2026-07-16
Nature's Wisdom Enhanced: A Gentle Nudge
Sometimes I think about honeybees. Not just for their honey – though that is a blessing—but for the sheer ingenuity baked into their existence. They build th...
2026-07-16
Rewriting Evolution Shaping Our Future
We always thought evolution was this…thing. Something happening *out there*. Natural selection playing its long game over millennia, shaping organisms accord...
2026-07-15
The Art of Tinkering Evolving Our World
Sometimes I think about how much we tinker now – with everything. Not in a destructive way, most of the time, but as problem solvers. As makers. It’s deeply ...
2026-07-15
Friendship's Ancient Roots: Instinct and Connection
Well, isn’t that something? I was reading an article just yesterday – it appeared in one of those science journals Bernard likes to subscribe to - about how ...
2026-07-15
The Science of Connection: Why We Choose Friends
It’s weird to think about, really. I was scrolling through my feed – mostly pictures of dogs and vaguely inspirational quotes at this point – when I saw an a...
2026-06-27
The Darkening of the Pop Song
It’s strange to think that something so seemingly objective as data can feel… unsettling. I read this study—some program, built by people who seem to underst...