The Therapist
The seconds from the clock over the door tick viciously. I despised that clock ever since the secretary put it up some weeks ago, but earlier today I caught myself imagining how I might bring it down and break it into small pieces until it stops making its little...
Fairest of my Muses
Submitted for Reedsy Short Story Competition, Contest #266 I had all of it laid out: my Phrygian cap, the Golden Fleece, the epic poetry tablets of Calliope, the sacred laurels of Apollo, fragrant incense, milk, and honey. Desperately, I chanted her name...
Graviton Manipulation: Can we create Artificial Gravity?
The true nature and mechanism of gravity have been of deep interest to humanity ever since the ancient world, and it continues to fascinate us well into our 21st century. However, the essence of gravity is still very much elusive. Particularly, when it comes to its...
Bioluminescence: Application in Biotechnology
Bioluminescence has been fascinating to humanity for as long as we can remember, and it has certainly inspired many scientists and non-scientists alike over the last decades. Bioluminescence is the emission of light by living organisms. This natural phenomenon has...
Robo-bees: Drones transformed into Artificial Pollinators
Can technology offer a solution to our growing biodiversity crisis? And are robot bees the future of agriculture? Not too long ago, a mysterious affliction called colony collapse disorder (CCD) began to wipe out honeybee hives, informs Juliet Ferguson in her article...
Computational Psychiatry: Is Mathematics the Cure for Madness?
Can a mental disorder be calculated? Can any disorder be put into numbers at all? It’s certainly hard to imagine, without understanding some of the brain's major functions. The human brain performs tasks that are of a computational nature. Therefore, some scientists...