Jul 27, 20194 min read
HONEYBEES AND HUMANITY
There's a meme that's been going around for a decade or more that I'd like to see end. There are many variations but they typically...
Oct 20, 20173 min read
THE STERNUTATION RESPONSE
We know why we sneeze. Sneezing (or sternutation) typically happens due to foreign particulate getting inside you and agitating the cilia...
Sep 1, 20164 min read
PHANTASIA?
It was July 29, 2016 when I came across an amazing article written by Carl Zimmer, my favourite science writer. The piece, titled...
Mar 11, 20169 min read
BEING BORN
I only made it through the first season of Mad Men. As a television series set in an advertising firm at the end of the 1950s, I found it...
Feb 23, 20158 min read
THE SKY HAS NEVER LOOKED SO BLUE
I was recently blessed with an eye exam. I’d never been to an optometrist and thought my vision was fine, but I’ve spent about ten years...
Dec 2, 20137 min read
HYPOCRISY
(Co-authored with Rick Waines) December 1st, World AIDS Day, came and went with the same coverage we’ve come to expect. Once again this...
Jul 19, 20133 min read
REFLECTIONS
I think I tend to be a bit of a contrarian and skeptic simply because so much of reality is innately counter-intuitive and our built...
Jun 2, 200965 min read
WHAT MORE COULD ONE WANT?
It was Wednesday February 7th, 2001, when Munro and I landed in Singapore. We arrived just after midnight, after more than nineteen hours...
