Beyond E = mc²

Information, remembrance, and why meaning survives without breaking physics Photo by Marek Piwnicki on Unsplash When a life ends, the question “Where did the energy go?” stops being a technical curiosity and becomes something else entirely. When my father, Aaron…

Leap and the Net Will Appear

Sometimes, we are confronted by situations or face decisions that appear to have no positive outcomes.  It feels as if we’re at the edge of a cliff or precipice and there’s no turning back.  I came across this [zen saying]…

Sabah Snake Grass as Herbal Treatment for Cancer

I recently learned about Sabah Snake Grass (Clinacanthus Nutans) as a promising herbal treatment for people going through various stages of cancer.  This is a grass that grows in Sabah, a state in my native Malaysia.  I have been able to find…

The Secret Life of Chaos

“The Secret Life of Chaos” attempts to explain how we, as humans, got here.  It traces the contributions of Alan Turing (The Chemical Basis of Morphogenesis), Boris Belousov (Belousov Reactions), Edward Lorentz (The Butterfly Effect),  Robert May (Population Dynamics), and…