Globalisation was Rife in the 16th Century

Clues from Renaissance paintings.

The Mix

 The Songs Of The Summer

Enough.

The truth behind overcrowding on Everest. 

There Is Too Much Stuff

The human brain can’t contend with the vastness of online shopping.

To Avoid Moral Failure, Don’t See People as Sherlock Does

Bollocks.

Mars Habitat

How 3D-printing robots will get Mars home-ready for our arrival.

How Selfie Culture Ruins the Great Outdoors for Everyone Else

Social media has made natural spaces more popular. It could also destroy them.

The U.S. Stuffed Waste from Nuclear Bomb Tests under a Dome on a Pacific Island

Now, the dome is cracking open. Read Happy Lucky Welcome Fun in Stories of the Southern Sea.

Come and Say ‘No’ to Condos on Westwood Lake

Belgian Monks Resurrect 220-year-old Beer After Finding Recipe

Grimbergen Abbey brew incorporates methods found in 12th-century books.

The Rare Home-Improvement Show That Spotlights Skilled Workers

In 40 years on air, PBS’s This Old House inspired a more flashy genre of TV while giving tradespeople the attention they deserve.

Fish Below Your Feet and Other Solutions for a Living Harbor

In Seattle, Singapore, and other waterfront cities around the world, engineers are creating life-enhancing designs to encourage marine biodiversity.

Curbing ‘Extremis’' Speech

It’s a slippery slope.

The 15 Year Layover

He is a man without a country, a family and a home. For more than a decade, Merhan Nasseri has been living in terminal one at Charles de Gaulle airport, waiting. For what, he doesn't know anymore.

The Ways of the Wandering Spirit

I like the in-between places, the pauses, caesuras in space.

How Ballerinas Defy the Corporeal

in a quest for the ethereal.

The Myth of Wealthy Men and Beautiful Women

Similarity and companionship are the currency of attraction, for better or worse.

Be Careful with Occam’s Razor, You Might Cut Yourself

As I elucidate in my next novel, The Casebook of Doctor Sababa.

Yes, Determinists, There Is Free Will

No, there isn’t.

Truth, Beauty,

 and Oliver Sacks.