I’ve always considered myself reasonably tech-savvy. I mean, I’ve got the usual apps, I can troubleshoot my mum’s Wi-Fi over the phone, and I even set up my own smart home system without wanting to throw my router out the window… more than twice. But there are moments when I encounter something so needlessly complicated, so absurdly over-engineered, that I wonder if we’ve collectively lost the plot. Last Tuesday was one such moment. I was…
I never meant to become obsessed with desert organisms. I’m a biochemist by training, not an ecologist, but something about…
I never thought I’d miss the burn of bleach in my nostrils, but here we are. Six months ago, I…
I have lived on this planet for fifty-six years and within it I have been able to see many things like the flourishment and collapse of civilizations and the advancement of technology and societies. But among all that, the mystery which still remains unsolved is the reason socks go missing after washing them in the machine. Last week, while I indulged myself in the mundane activity of cleaning clothes, which can easily be compared with…
I bought a fancy coffee machine last Christmas – you know, one of those gleaming stainless steel numbers with more…