Creator Gods, Part III

Creating life in the lab

What Does It Mean To Be Alive?

It’s a simple question, but isn’t it really the most indecipherable?

Comprehension Without Consciousness

Some say consciousness is what makes us human. But animals have it too.

Wet Life

It seems to me that are not in control of very much in our lives anymore.

Creator Gods, Part I

When I think of the word “artifice,” what comes to mind are the people I call “creator gods.”

“Artifice” means “clever or cunning … especially as used to trick or deceive others.” Merriam-Webster tells me that artifice “stresses creative skill or intelligence, but…

The Artificial Cricket

My cricket wakes me each morning. It’s an artificial cricket, inside an old…

We Don’t Know As Much As We Think We Do

“When the first reports that frog populations were crashing began to circulate, a few…

Waiting Out Covid-19 in My Garden

To look out my window one would not know anything is amiss. The grass is growing green. The visiting…