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Beating the Heat: The History of the Air Conditioner

24 Jul 2026

While I thought I was lucky enough to escape Europe’s intense June heatwave, I was greeted by equally brutal temperatures upon my return to New York City. With temperatures exceeding 37ºC in the...

Fertilizers Don’t Make the News Until There is a Shortage

15 Jul 2026

We have to feed plants so that they can feed us. That conclusion was arrived at by virtually every early agricultural civilization be it in China, Mesopotamia, Europe or the Americas. Their key...

Sustainable Until Disposal

9 Jul 2026

Something I’ve noticed lately is that it has become nearly impossible to buy anything without being informed that it is somehow saving the Earth. Toothbrushes are sustainable. Laundry detergent is...

An Ode to Cyanotype Printing

26 Jun 2026

I wouldn’t consider myself one to be too artistically inclined. I am unable to draw, I am not crafty, and I certainly cannot make music. It’s not that I don’t enjoy doing crafts; I do. I just was...

The Case of the Missing Coffee Cup

9 Jun 2026

This article was first published in The Montreal Gazette....

Protein-Rich Bridges and Edible Houses

5 Jun 2026

For most tourists in Prague, visiting the Charles Bridge is pretty much at the top of the sightseeing list. The medieval stone bridge, completed in the 15th century, was a part of the royal route –...

Taylor Swift, Earthquakes, and Land Mines?

21 May 2026

At 12:51pm on February 22, 2011, the world crumbled before the residents of Christchurch, New Zealand. A magnitude 6.3 earthquake hit the city, killing 185 people and injuring thousands more. This...

COP30: Reclaiming the Truth

6 Mar 2026

On January 7th, 2026, Donald Trump explicitly withdrew the United States from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), along with 65 other organizations. His reasoning was that these...

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