I originally published this post in 2016, less than a month before Donald Trump became President. In the lead up to Election Day 2024, let's not forget what it felt like as the politics of panic, exploitation, and fear mongering took hold.

First, there was Thomas Edison. Then Nikola Tesla. Now, Atom Power.

A scientist, a designer, and an olfactory artist have teamed up to resurrect the smell of extinct flowers.

Some people get outside for fun. Others do it out of necessity. I feel a special kinship with those who show flickers of this always-burning furnace in their movements and deeds. Larry is one of them.

“We’re trying to take small steps that we can achieve,” says Buck, after taking a few laps around the Field Loop at Rikert last week. “And those small steps can build into a program that will be recognized.

This is social-emotional learning in action.

To understand what you think, you need to understand what you know, which leads to what you don’t know. This is where the metacognitive “path to understanding” begins.

Many assume that introverts have less to offer than extroverts. Nothing could be further from the truth.

I’m stronger now than I was two decades ago, and more confident, too. That’s a funny thing about the practice: You lose your way in time. Try to guess a yogi’s age and you’ll probably be wrong.