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Free, in its ordinary sense, means without payment. But free can also mean unpriced, unowned, or freely given. The "free" in free commerce belongs to this third meaning: freedom from a calculated claim on return. But does free always equate to no value? Far from it. Most of the so-called "free" stuff is actually priceless. It is free either because it is in abundance, or because it cannot be given a value for cultural, moral, or ethical reasons. Take air, for example. It is f

Rhynchosia minima, known as Least Snoutbean or Jumby Bean, is a slender, twining vine that threads through dry grasslands and waste places across the tropics. The plant is easily overlooked: its yellow flowers are barely half a centimetre long, and its pods are no larger than a fingernail. Yet this modest legume carries a chemistry of surprising sophistication. Traditional healers in southern China use the root to relieve itch and swelling, South African practitioners employ

There is a word we use too easily to describe the best way to engage with the divine. It is a word we have been taught to revere. A word we have been told is the highest expression of devotion. A word we repeat in prayers, in songs, in moments of desperation. That word is 'Surrender' But look at the word closely. Follow it to its origins. Watch how it behaves in the world. --- When a soldier lays down his arms on the battlefield, he surrenders. He does not do so because he lo