Life, Death & Drugs: Why We Need Venom In Medicine
By Sofia Perez Once bitten by a snake, one is scared all his life at the mere sight of a rope.Chinese Proverb There is something…
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Recycling Plastic: A Shameful Sham
Sofia Perez Today is the day in which I dispel lies with a righteous sword of truth. Here goes nothing: The institution of…
Detergent Diaries: What Can The Ancient Romans Teach Us About Laundry?
By Sofia Perez Featuring Ancient Rome It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the…
The Joy of Words & Food
Sofia Perez I want to have something to say. But what is something-to-say? It’s that thing we only allegedly earn once we have a…
What if we spoke Hawaiian?
Sofia Perez I vividly remember the first garden that was truly mine. It was a rectangular wooden planter that was situated in the…
Aloha in Agriculture
Sofia Perez Now at the midpoint of my month-long dabble with Hawaiian, several delicate linguistic idiosyncrasies have come to my…
When Words Die
Sofia Perez We are raised on a steady diet of acceptance when it comes to the circle of life. I wonder though, how often we think…
Dirt, DNA & Declarations of Rights: Why is food so tricky?
Sofia Perez The mouth is an underappreciated organ. It is the place where our voices leave our bodies, where food enters in. It…
Building The Future With Mycelium
-Written by Sofia Perez I’m going to tell you a story. I’m an invisible man. You’re in a lavish restaurant, poking impatiently at…
Why Mushrooms & Not Steel or Concrete
We tend to associate ‘looking up’ with hope. ‘Down’ is quite the opposite. If we delve deep into the earth, we find dirty things,…
Beauty of Mycelium
Use is in need of beauty to survive. Beatrix Potter was the renowned author of The Tale of Peter Rabbit and one of the first…