With all the fad diets and body stigma around fat, how much control do we really have and what can we do to change? — Why are you fat? You know that diet and exercise are the keys to weight maintenance, but there are reasons this simple recipe is so hard to follow. To understand why we’re still fat, even after trying so hard, we need to understand what happens beyond our direct control. In a moment, you’ll see…

We asked the machines to learn from us, and it produced cosmic horror. What does that say about us? As a content creator, I’m delighted by AI. I have access to limitless art without copyright. I can create eye-catching images for my Medium posts, beautiful music to play behind my…

The massive and swift international mobilization against Russia’s invasion of Ukraine showed us exactly what we can do, but never will do, for climate change. — Within days of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine on 24 February 2022, the EU cut oil and gas production by 20%. Key international players ostracized Russian oil and gas from the global market, stopped pipeline projects, cut Russians from the banking system, and pledged military budgets to help Ukraine. …

Allosexual. Demisexual. Solo polyamory. Pronouns. A generation of teens to thirty-somethings seem hell bent to pigeonhole themselves in what science tells us is normal sexual behavior. What can we do about it? — Am I normal? A friend of mine once asked if she should go through with her marriage even though she has a crush on someone else. I was stunned by the naivete, almost to laughter. She honestly believed her crush was abnormal. She felt guilty for it. She worried about entering a monogamous…

You’ve said them about solar panels, cars, computers, even cows. If you care about climate change, purge these words from your comments. — There are a few trite phrases you come across while reading about climate change; ear worms that seem to pop out of everyone’s mouth. At first, they sound reasonable, but dig a little deeper and you see something else at work. On a good day, they represent our trepidation entering…

If nutrients were bank loans, and you never paid the interest or principal, what would happen? — In order to reduce our use of oil in the agricultural sector, we must enter an age of nutrient austerity. That means paying back the Earth for all the withdrawals we’ve made over the years. We must alleviate our debt, close the nutrient loop of farm to table back to…

How close are we to a carbon-free world, and how much will it cost to get there? This series answers what no one else has. — “Nothing would happen if it weren’t for the last minute.” This quote sits above my desk, and after 20 years as a Project Manager on projects up to $220 million in value I know it motivates humans more than anyone wants to believe. We procrastinated on climate change solutions for…

The road to an electric future hasn’t been built yet, but now we have the map. — To reach zero-emission targets as soon as possible, we need a hard look at achievable timelines and available technology. We can take shortcuts in some areas, but we face unavoidable delays in others. Knowing the difference means investing capital wisely where it will have the most impact. …