A few summers ago, the plants on my rooftop patio wilted after a long heat-spell. I was busy preparing my dissertation defence and neglected to water them consistently. Baking in the sun, the plants struggled in the swelter – Delphinium, Hosta, Nepeta, and Euphorbia all. However, I noticed that instead of shrivelling into crisp, they shed their flowers […]
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Shakespeare described the human form as a “mortal coil” that we shuffle off in death. For Hamlet, life is a dreary work that holds neither mirth nor meaning. To slip the mortal coil is to find release from the sorrows that batter us. Yet, there may be another view of mortality that belies Hamlet’s bleak
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One of the challenges of growing older is dealing with the panic that comes with time’s passing. The days might be long, but the weeks are short. The years are merciless. The slip of vanishing days catches us in terror. We realize that this march of mortality is indifferent to our protest, oblivious to our
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The Guardian recently reported that Moderna, one of the leading firms that developed the mRNA vaccine for COVID-19, is well on track to developing treatments for cancer, cardiovascular and autoimmune diseases. With research and manufacturing capacities accelerated by the pandemic, Moderna stated that vaccines will soon treat many diseases beyond infectious viruses. In the
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