Why Does Red Look Like Anything at All?
By Kenneth Bonett Nearly eight years ago, I was sitting in an undergraduate anatomy lecture studying the rods and cones of the human eye. It was my first time learning these cells and the pathway by which the brain processes visual information. I could trace every step. Photon hits retina. Signal fires down the optic […]
AI Just Did Something Wild for Drug Discovery
By Kenneth Bonett One of the biggest bottlenecks in medicine is designing molecules that can grab onto the right protein and change what it does. Proteins run almost everything in your body. They drive inflammation, let cancer grow, transmit pain. Design something that sticks to the right protein in the right spot, and you can […]
Is Intermittent Fasting Actually Doing Anything Special? An Analysis of a Recent Review Article (2026)
By Kenneth Bonett For the last five years, I’ve kept coming back to the same question: is intermittent fasting actually doing something unique, or is it just making people eat less? A recent review examined how intermittent fasting may influence immune aging, a process scientists call immunosenescence. The paper lays out a compelling case. IF […]
The Story That Rewrites the Map
By Kenneth Bonett In 1981, something strange began appearing in hospitals. Young men were arriving critically ill with severe pneumonia. When doctors investigated, the same culprit kept surfacing: Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia, caused by an organism now known as Pneumocystis jirovecii. A pathogen almost never seen in otherwise healthy people. There was a problem. Pneumocystis pneumonia […]
The Neuroscience of Metacognition
By Kenneth Bonett
Your Questions Answered by Dr. Darren Candow: A Top Expert on Creatine
By: Kenneth Bonett 1/22/25 First, I want to extend my gratitude to Dr. Darren Candow for his incredible contributions to science and medicine. I truly appreciate his time, effort, and willingness to collaborate with me, answering all the questions we’ve had about this fascinating compound. As awareness grows, I believe this supplement has the potential […]
Procrastination & Heart Disease: What’s the Link?
Summarizing Research by Dr. Timothy Pychyl (Carleton University) & Dr. Fuchsia Sirois (University of Durham, UK) By: Kenneth Bonett 1/7/25 Guilt-Shame-Stress Cycle Dr. Pychyl describes that the most common emotion associated with procrastination is guilt. There is a notion that guilt transforms to shame if this procrastination becomes habitual from chronically postponed tasks. This emotional […]
Genesis
By Kenneth Bonett For years, standing on this rooftop, looking out over this beautiful city, I first asked myself: What are the true limits of human knowledge? What if there might be no limits? What if every problem—no matter how complex it seems—could have a solution waiting to be discovered? Theoretical physicist David Deutsch, in […]
Starting from Scratch: Building an Exercise Routine for Longevity
By Kenneth Bonett ~ 6 to 8 minute read At a dinner recently, during the conversation, a close friend asked me, “For the typical 9-to-5 worker, how do I start an exercise routine?” It’s a great question. With everything life throws our way—family responsibilities, work, hobbies, and countless other interests—how can we fit exercise into […]
My Science-Based Exercise Protocol for Longevity
By Kenneth Bonett This article has been refined and expanded into an eBook!
