Reflections on my nineteenth trip around the Sun. 🛸 — I’ve traveled around the Sun nineteen times on Spaceship Earth. This time last year, I wrote 18+ Lessons From 18 Years On Earth — a reflection on my eighteenth trip around the Sun. When reflecting on life lately, there were several themes and highlights that kept popping up. Endings: of…

What I’ve learned from eighteen trips around the Sun. 🛸 — I’ve traveled around the Sun eighteen times on a floating blue rock — Earth. When I turned eighteen last week, I started to reflect on the biggest learnings I’ve collected during my time on this planet. I tried to choose my top 18, but there were so many knowledge nuggets…

An Introduction To Bugriculture 🦗 — What will your dinner plate look like in 2040? I ask myself this question, quite often because I love thinking about what the future could look like and I believe that the best way to predict the future is to create it. 🔑 If the future is whatever we decide to create, then let’s change this question. What does…

The “Not-To-Do” list, Charlie Munger, and bad decisions to avoid. — I love To-Do lists. They help me stay organized and brain dump everything I need to do. Also, it’s super satisfying to check off items once they’re completed. 😊 If you don’t already keep a to-do list, I would highly…

Lightsabers, invisibility cloaks, and more in this introduction to photonics. —

Nanotechnology in a nutshell. — “It’s a small world after all…” — Walt Disney Walt Disney was right when he said it’s a small world. While we live on a relatively large planet compared to our size, the processes that make up our planet happen on a very small scale. How small? You might ask…

NASA’s plan to use mycelia from fungi to grow moon habitats. — It’s 2040. You’re one of the citizen astronauts who got chosen to go live on the moon. 🎉 When you arrive, you’d probably expect to live in some habitat made out of typical Earth materials — glass, metal, etc. However, this may no longer be the case. You could likely…

The longevity finding that came from a C. elegans aging study. — Yep, you read that right. Worms… yes, worms may hold the key to extending the lifespan of humans! 😎 That’s. So. Crazy. #mindblown I’m talking about a specific species of worms — the Caenorhabditis elegans a.k.a. C. elegans, our little buddy in the picture a couple of sentences up. ⬆️ …

An introduction to space exploration and technology. — Five… Four… Three… Two… One… Zero… And lift off! The space race to get to the Moon kicked off a future with space exploration and brought awe to humans around the world. Humans are curious beings. We want to understand the unknown and something many of us are curious about…