• Travel

    Lessons from a Team Retreat

    What did the extended Roads & Kingdoms family learn in the hills of Emilia-Romagna? Let’s start with these eight simple rules for travel. Over five days in February, we gathered in a rainy, bucolic corner of Italy to think about the future of this small but tenacious shapeshifting organization. Of…

  • Science

    Another New Person of LWON: Laura Helmuth

    I am honored to introduce a new Person of LWON, Laura Helmuth, who probably doesn’t need introducing at all, given that she has done everything (editing mostly, but also editing-in-chief and giving encouraging talks and getting a PhD in cognitive neuroscience and winning awards and being on every science writing…

  • Science

    Assembly instructions for enzymes | ScienceDaily

    In biology, enzymes have evolved over millions of years to drive chemical reactions. Scientists from the Max Planck Institute for Dynamics and Self-Organization (MPI-DS) now derived universal rules to enable the de novo design of optimal enzymes. As an example, they considered the enzymatic reaction of breaking a dimer into…

  • Travel

    GORP Mix – Fresh Off The Grid

    A staple hiking and lunchbox snack, GORP mix is loaded with salty-sweet flavor and is an energizing pick-me-up any time of day. GORP, or “Good Ol’ Raisins and Peanuts,” is a classic, no-frills trail mix that hardly needs a recipe—it’s two ingredients, and they are both in the title! That…

  • Astrology

    May 18 Birthday Horoscope 2025-26

    May 18th Birthday Horoscope 2025-2026 MORE BIRTHDAYS If Today is Your Birthday: May 18th   The Year Ahead Forecast for May 2025 to May 2026   If You Were Born Today, May 18: While friendly and confident, you have a spiritual side and a strong need for privacy. You are…