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A recent article in Nautilus asked a question that sounds improbable but is scientifically serious: Could the Sun’s orbit shape evolution? It describes research suggesting that as our solar system moves through the Milky Way, the varying intensity of cosmic rays might influence mutation rates on Earth, subtly shaping the course of life itself. To even imagine such a link requires a mind that is fluent in both astrophysics and evolutionary biology — two fields that, in most

Most of us grow up believing that mathematics belongs to prodigies — children who solve puzzles in seconds, multiply large numbers in their heads, or finish the syllabus before anyone else. The rest of us, we are told, simply don’t have the talent. We learn early that you are either “a math person” or not, as if mathematical ability is something fixed at birth. But the lives of some of the most remarkable mathematicians of our time tell a different story. Maryam Mirzakhani, t

If you listen to the conversations around corporate learning today, they sound like a race. Microlearning, AI copilots, bite-sized...

Kazuo Ishiguro’s Never Let Me Go is one of the most unsettling novels I’ve read. It isn’t dramatic or loud, but the quiet way it unfolds...

On October 1, the world lost Jane Goodall. She died at the age of 91 while on a speaking tour in California. The news hit me harder than...

In my previous post, I wrote about misconceptions in science and mentioned a film, A Private Universe . In that film, Harvard graduates...

All of us have seen science classrooms with high-achieving students who can ace tests, rattle off definitions, and solve problems neatly....

Corporate learning and development (L&D) has long defined its purpose as building human capability. We design programs, run workshops,...

Walk into most schools today and you’ll hear a familiar refrain: focus on STEM. Science, technology, engineering, and mathematics are...

Rarely do I come across a book that doesn’t just recycle familiar ideas, but opens up genuinely new ways of seeing the world. Anil Seth’s...

Teaching is usually discussed in terms of skills, methods, or professional expectations. Rarely do we stop to reflect on teaching as a...

In corporate L&D, it’s common to equate learning with training. Roll out a program, measure completion, and hope skills stick. But real...

Every week, a new headline declares that artificial intelligence will “revolutionize learning.” Schools will be transformed, we’re told....