The Journal
Every post is a curiosity caught mid-air — theoretical, philosophical and scientific explorations, both complex and simple, and sometimes downright wacky.
Tide Pools & the Edge of Things
What the messy, in-between world of the rocky shore taught me about resilience, niches, and learning to sit with not-knowing.
Read on→Why Do We Find Things Beautiful?
A wander through neuroscience and evolution, asking whether beauty is a clue our brains left us about what's good for survival.
Read on→A Slow Morning in the Cloud Forest
Mist, moss, and the strange economics of a forest that drinks from the air. Notes from a trip that rearranged how I think about water.
Read on→Networks, Everywhere I Look
From food webs to friendships to flight maps — a short love letter to the science of how things are connected, and why the links matter more than the nodes.
Read on→In Praise of the Unfinished
On giving yourself permission to publish the half-baked idea — a perfectionist's field guide to doing things badly and on purpose.
Read on→The Quiet Genius of Lichen
Not one organism but a partnership — what these patient pioneers can teach us about cooperation, time, and reading the air.
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