Mariam Khaled

Teaching Children the Science (and Heartache) of Moving Today, the first truly chilly day of a German October in the huge city of Berlin, and during a walk to the supermarket I was thinking about how I’m living in this apartment and this city, in the unconventional October weather, and on my way to this supermarket located behind a protected green area with pine trees and two squirrels I visit almost every day. Still, it’s almost certain that I will not live here forever… I may even move...

A Scientist's Take on Art, Empathy, and the Cellular Silk Road There is something extremely poetic about touching a leaf dangling down from a willow tree—while you are walking to protect the intactness of your mind—and knowing exactly what this leaf is experiencing from the inside. It is looking for just the perfect amount of light, allowing it to penetrate its soul, deep into its chloroplasts, where light energy is captured and converted through a series of magical chemical reactions into...