Can We Still Trust Anything? 2025’s Word Explained
Have you ever stopped to wonder what a single word can tell us about an entire year—or even about who…
Editorial
What Will You Reach For in 2026? Happy New Year!
Have you ever stood beneath the night sky and felt both impossibly small and infinitely connected at the same time?…
The Myth of Purity: Why Your Local Culture Was Never Local
Your history books are lying to you. I say this sitting here in Tirana, watching the clouds drift over the…
War Is Not a Science: Finding Reason in 2026
History is a terrible mathematician. I say this as a physicist who finds comfort in the absolute certainty of equations….
My Christmas Wish Isn’t Wrapped—It’s Work
My wish isn’t in a box. It’s Christmas Day, and the room is loud with paper ripping and that sharp…
A Merry Christmas 2025 From FreeAstroScience—Beyond Gifts
Christmas isn’t a shopping receipt. Tonight in Tirana, I hear rain tapping the window like impatient fingers, and I can…
Are We Ready to Think in the Age of AI?
Have you ever felt like the ground is shifting beneath your feet because technology moves faster than you can think?…
Can AI Doctors Save More Lives Than Humans?
What if the biggest barrier to safer healthcare isn’t a lack of technology—but our reluctance to question the humans who…
Pride, Shame, and the Bee Hive Inside Us
I hear the buzzing everywhere. This morning in Tirana, my phone vibrated against the plastic armrest of my wheelchair, that…
To Everyone Who Lit Up My Birthday Today
Today, you turned an ordinary birthday into light. I’m writing this in my wheelchair by the window in Tirana, listening…