Who didn’t discover America?
Since kindergarden, we’re taught that Christopher Columbus discovered America. Well, he probably did. I did too, when I first landed in La Guardia. In fact, nearly everyone seems to claim...
When 16th century autonomists celebrated Robin Hood
There are small parts of history which would make wonderful backgrounds for a novel. Robin Hood has been used thousands of times as an inspiration for a golden hearted bandit...
Last smallpox victim was contaminated by the lab downstairs
Medical stories can be as scary as horror ones. The last smallpox victim was in fact a medical photographer, contaminated because of the lab downstairs was studying the illness, even...
Moving a space station without using fuel
Rings and magnets will soon be able to move spacecrafts. Maybe not enough to reach Mars, but at least they could move satellites, or even a space station. http://www.gizmag.com/rings-satellite-iss/28712/
These children who murdered their parents
Murder stories are often quite sordid if you look into the motives and the details of the murderer’s actions. What could possibly push a young man or woman to murder...
What’s hidden behing your wallpaper? A painting masterpiece?
Looking at a wall with a daub painted on it, digging a little, to find a wonderful wall art by a handful of extraordinary artists, this doesn’t happen every day....
True horsepower: horses in a locomotive
When I imagine a world without gas, I always think of Steampunk alternative universes, where steam power would replace petrol. But why using steam when good old horses would suffice?...
Body instruments for movement-based music
Music is such a great par of our lives that I’m sometimes surprised that we didn’t invent many new musical instruments during the past 50 years. Of course, we electrified...
Sustainable new energies: do we need a new industrial revolution?
Speaker in a Stanford University seminar, Arun Majumdar explores interesting angles on new energies for a sustainable future… http://ieet.org/index.php/IEET/more/majumdar20130818
Knights 101, ten little facts about chivalry
If you’re not really into Prince Charming and other fairytale knights, you might want to check a few facts about these brave knights, the real ones. Lots of them were...
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