The Science of Screen Time: How Screens Shape Our Eyes, Minds, and Culture
This article explores the history, science, and impact of screen time in all its forms—television, computers, smartphones, tablets, and more.
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The Frontier of Reason — Discovery, Method, and Mind
Delve into discoveries, theories, and frontiers of modern science—presented with intellectual rigor, philosophical clarity, and civic relevance.
The Science of Drugs and a New Framework to Classify Drugs by Science
This article explores the science behind drugs—what they are, how they work, and why they affect us so deeply. What could a smarter, fairer drug policy look like?
The Human Diet and Why It Matters: Mind, Body, and the Future of the Earth
A science-based guide to eating for health, compassion, and the Earth—connecting food to mind, body, society, and the future.
The Science of Sex: An Open, Honest, and Informed Guide to Sexuality, Health, and Human Connection
Sex is not just biology. It is identity, emotion, connection, pleasure, vulnerability, and creativity. It is tied to reproduction, but it is also a fundamental part of human bonding and well-being. To talk about sex honestly and responsibly is to affirm something deeply human.
The Science of Sleep and Sleep Deprivation
Sleep isn’t laziness—it’s biology. Discover the science behind rest, the dangers of deprivation, and why even monks should sleep well. A call for wisdom, health, and spiritual clarity.
The Royal Art: Alchemy and Science
The Royal Art, known technically as symbolic or speculative alchemy, is the art of eternal transformation. In illumined circles it is the art of doing nothing.
Russian Alchemy: A Hidden Tradition of Transformation
This article explores the operative and speculative dimensions of Russian alchemy, its historical development, key figures, and its connections to broader international traditions.
Medieval Alchemy: Between Monastery and Laboratory
The Great Work of the medieval alchemist, in emulation of the “Great Architect,” was to unite the divine opposites, macrocosm and microcosm, to produce a unified and balanced whole.
The Muslim Alchemists
Explore the legacy of the Muslim alchemists who preserved and transformed ancient alchemical knowledge, blending science, mysticism, and innovation in the Islamic Golden Age.
The Early Alchemists of the West
I found it strange that in my research I found no short, simple introduction to the first known alchemists in the Western world.
Magic and Science: Origins of Western Alchemy Part II
This article offers a concise introduction to the intertwined history of magic, alchemy, science, and religion.
The Mysteries and Science: Origins of Western Alchemy Part I
This article traces alchemy’s evolution from the mystery schools of Egypt and Greece to the laboratories of medieval Europe, exploring how early thinkers sought to unite material and spiritual transformation, blending sacred rites, symbolic language, and empirical observation.