The Many Faces of Tara: A Practice of Becoming Whole
What if becoming whole doesn't mean becoming one consistent version of yourself? The many forms of Tara—from compassionate Green Tara to fierce and protective manifestations—offer a striking image of human complexity. Perhaps these different faces can help us explore the qualities we've learned to hide, reject, or repress, and discover that wholeness may mean making room for more of ourselves, not less.
The Goddess Who Cut Off Her Own Head - or - How A City Comes To Worship A Goddess
I set out to understand the goddess Chhinnamasta, a deity who holds her own severed head, and ended up discovering a deeper story about sacred places, living traditions, and the relationship between a goddess and the people who worship her.
When the Mind-Reading Breaks Down: Theory of Mind and Autism in Romantic Relationships
Why theory-of-mind differences in autism hit hardest in romantic relationships — and what actually breaks down when an ambiguous moment gets read the wrong way.
Your Neural Network Is Not a Tiny Brain
"Neural network" is one of the great marketing coups of computer science — the name conjures firing synapses and brain-like thought, but the artificial neuron is a distant, oversimplified cousin of the biological one. From spikes vs. plain numbers to a learning algorithm (backpropagation) with no known biological counterpart, the real story isn't that we built a silicon brain. It's that a few crude ideas borrowed from neuroscience turned out to be enough anyway.
Why Scientists Keep Putting Cats in Their Thought Experiments
Why do cats keep appearing in science? From Schrödinger’s famous thought experiment to quantum physics, falling-cat mechanics, and the “Google cat” in artificial intelligence, cats have become surprisingly useful companions for thinking about reality, perception, and intelligence.
Can Plasma Be Alive? The Strange Case of Self-Organizing Space Dust
Can matter be alive without carbon? A fringe 2007 study says self-organizing plasma checks every box biologists use to define life.
The Barabar Caves: India's Oldest Mystery, Carved in Stone
Nearly a millennium before the Taj Mahal, and centuries before Ajanta and Ellora, someone in Bihar solved a stoneworking problem we still can't fully explain — and then the knowledge, and the people who held it, disappeared.
How Neural Networks Survived Decades of Being Wrong (Until They Weren't)
The field declared neural networks dead — twice. One professor's stubborn bet on them eventually became the foundation of ChatGPT.
MAGWest 2026: Music & Gaming
A visit to MAGWest in San Jose—a surprisingly young and intimate celebration of retro gaming, modern Japanese arcade games, video game music, cosplay, and the communities keeping gaming culture alive across generations.
A Diagnosis Is an Explanation, Not a Blank Check
A diagnosis explains why something is harder — it was never supposed to answer whether you're going to work on it.
Was It Fate, or Just Math? Famous Cases of Synchronicity
What if some coincidences are too strange to feel like “just chance”? Jung called these moments synchronicity: meaningful coincidences that seem connected even when no causal connection can be found. From a golden scarab appearing at exactly the right moment to a mysterious reunion over plum pudding, these stories raise an intriguing question: can mathematics explain the coincidence without explaining why it feels meaningful?
Why Schrödinger’s Cat Doesn’t Stay in Superposition: Mass, Decoherence, and the Quantum-to-Classical Transition
How does the strange quantum phenomenon of superposition relate to the reality we experience every day? A look at mass, decoherence, and why quantum possibilities become harder to observe as systems grow larger and more complex.
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Stress vs. Nervous System Dysregulation: What's the Difference?
Stress is a normal response to life's challenges. Nervous system dysregulation is different—and understanding the distinction can be the first step toward healing.
Why Healing Isn't Just in Your Mind
An exploration of why integrating somatic approaches with traditional psychotherapy can provide a more complete path to healing.