Alessandro Volta: Pioneer of Electricity and Power
Biography of Alessandro Volta. Physicist and chemist who is credited as inventing the electrical battery and the finder of methane.
Charles Augustin de Coulomb: French military Engineer and Physicist
Read the full biography of Charles Augustin de Coulomb, a French physicist known for discoveries such as Coulomb's Law, electrostatic force of attraction, and repulsion.
Factory Farming: A Brutal Efficiency That Costs Us the Planet
Why factory farming fails animals, the environment, and public health— Its time go for sustainable solutions like regenerative agriculture and plant-based alternatives.
Boltzmann Brains: Complete with a Memory of having Existed in our...
Completely formed brain that emerges from exceedingly uncommon random fluctuations out of thermodynamic equilibrium, complete with memories of fully human life in our universe. Learn more
HG Wells: Written Imaginations Became True Events
HG Wells, whose written imaginations became true events. The scenes depicted in the Wells film The Shape of Things to Come actually came true in World War II.
The Most Fascinating Photos of an Inventor and a Scientist
Most Fascinating Pictures of an Inventor and a Scientist who was a Pioneer in Electrical and Mechanical Engineering, as well as a great Futurist.
Brain in a Vat: Brain Connected with a Computer and the...
Brain in a vat, a thought experiment in which a brain is connected to a supercomputer, and the computer builds an imaginary environment that appears natural and real to the trapped brain.
Andre Marie Ampere: French Physicist and Mathematician
Biography of Andre-Marie Ampere, credited with the discovery of Electromagnetism, SI unit of electric current is named after him.
Adolf Bastian: The Trailblazer of Ethnology
Life, works, and enduring legacy of Adolf Bastian who stands as great figure in the field of anthropology and ethnology.
Maya & the Matrix: A Dharmic Perception of Simulated Reality
Maya & the Matrix as cosmic illusion, its Dharmic roots, and how it parallels simulated reality from ancient Upanishads to The Matrix and modern philosophy.
Remembering the Deadly Great Smog of London
A severe environmental disaster and a period of prolonged air pollution swallowed up the city, causing widespread illness and death.
Youth, Tech, and the New Global Addiction Epidemic
How technology, consumer culture, and corporate design are fueling a new global addiction epidemic among youth, and what we can do about it.




















