Learning About This Curious Adventure We Call Life

I’m sorry to say that when 2025 came to an end, so too did this Curious Adventure. After many wonderful years, I’m unable to continue this newsletter. Between the low number of paid subscribers with the rising costs of living, and the growing war against science, Curious Adventure has become increasingly time-consuming and difficult to write and research, as reliable, factual scientific information grows harder to access.

As such, I can no longer dedicate the time required to research my letters to you and still survive. I wish money weren’t a factor, but unfortunately, it’s a reality nonetheless.

Hiya!

Until I started Curious Adventure in 2020, I assumed our species had learned everything we needed about the world and Life. As if brilliant minds like Albert Einstein and Galileo Galilei had already made all the significant, monumental, life-changing, history-altering discoveries, and all that’s left for modern scientists is to work out the details. Maybe you assume this, too.

But I was wrong.

For centuries, scientists have focused on reductive exploration of our shared, objective physical world, seeking to understand it by reducing it to the sum of its parts and creating distinct fields — biology, chemistry, archaeology, physics, etc. They have learned a great deal but have been constrained by technological limitations.

However, as technology advances, so does science.

Now, scientists have the means to delve deeper into their respective fields while also learning how they work together in nature. More than that, for the first time ever, experts can use modern technology to investigate our unique internal experiences — our thoughts, mind, and consciousness itself.

In the process, researchers are revisiting some of humanity’s most enduring mysteries across all scientific fields — and they’re already discovering more than I ever dreamed possible about this Curious Adventure we call Life.

I learn everything I can about what scientists are discovering — about humanity (our history, biology, consciousness), our environment (climate change, geology, and urban planning), our universe (physics and chemistry), and much more — through reading scientific papers, studies, and articles from reputable sources.

I break down what I’ve learned using a lens of curiosity, critical thinking, and emotional intelligence, and deliver it directly to your inbox, so we can all be reminded of what it means to be human.

My goal is not just to share information, but for us to understand it. To understand why it’s relevant and how it applies to our understanding of how life works.

As such, you may find that my letters to you are in-depth. Perhaps longer than you’d generally care to read, and includes more information than you may care to know.

I’ve removed all paywalls so everyone and anyone can read them.