Am billions of cells arranged together by chance, A multicellular organism like any other, A product of evolution and nothing further, Maybe a carefully crafted art piece by Father A unique design in his spiritual image Blessed, granted life, and …

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Despite my bias for science over everything that can’t be observed and tested I’m generally a very spiritual person. My mum raised me with Christian values and ensured I always went to church on Saturday. I enjoyed the Sabbath school …

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I recently had a conversation with a friend about science and religion. At some point of the conversation we were talking about the sun and I mentioned a few facts about the sun like it’s distance to us – 150 …

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Light travels at roughly 3*10^8 metres per second. Whatever we see, is what already happened. While in the normal scenario it seems like we see events instantly as they happen, this is not true and it’s much clearer on a …

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Screen Zombie

On a good day I work 8 hours. I report to the office at 9am and leave at 5. As a software developer my work involves just the computer, the rest is digital. I meet my clients online, do their …

 

A Parallel Reality Within

The birds chirp and I can see the sounds, each sound, traveling by interacting with air molecules. I can feel my head on fire, there’s a flame but it’s not really burning, much like Nicholas Cage in Ghost Rider. I …

 

KNEC’s digital results system infringes privacy

Earlier today KCPE (Kenya Certificate of Primary Education) results were announced. My little sister sat the test so I had a special interest this year. In my day – 2000 – if you didn’t work hard enough to get your …

 

Looming holy grail of particle physics

It’s been about over a month since I visited Cern in Switzerland. Cern is every particle physicists dream workplace given their unmatchable physics gadgets. It’s one of very few places in the world where particle physics is no longer just …

 

Beba beba – Kenya’s matatu life

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Beba  beba, come on in, hurry hurry, There’s a seat for you, for all of you, it’s a direct bus, it’s  only 30/-, We leave in a minute, the seats are all taken, just squeeze there, but it’s only 50/- …

 

Canada anti-Kyoto Protocol move bad for the world

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Canada confirmed Monday at the beginning of the climate talks in Durban, South Africa the speculation about its intended withdrawal from the Kyoto Protocol signed 14 years ago. The Kyoto Protocol was created to curb global greenhouse emissions –the cause …