Category: Science

8 People Who Received Their PhDs Before Age 20

One of the most important lessons I learned in graduate school was that having a PhD does not make someone a genius. More than anything it's indicative of discipline and perseverance. In the case of child prodigies who push that hard, it can lead to dysfunction with their family.

30-Jun

2020

You Are A Gold Mine!

Other, Science

When you hear the word "pretentious", the mind usually pictures people who are haughty and condescending, who think of themselves as being above everyone else. However, the word "pretense" has a much broader meaning. Exhibiting pretense means attempting pass yourself off as something other than your true self. So a pretentious.

29-Jun

2020

Finding Balance Between The Digital and Natural Worlds

Other, Science

Finding Balance Between The Digital and Natural Worlds

Lately, I've caught myself feeling an urgency to keep up with the myriad of new technologies, social networks, programming languages and website innovations that continually flood the digital market-o-sphere. I've been enamored with the digital world for 30 years. In many ways, it has served me well. The countless hours.

12-Jun

2020

Maker Movement Encourages Next Level Genius

Maker Movement Encourages Next Level Genius

DIY, that means do it yourself. I don't sit around waitin' for someone's help. I don't sit back and say "Good enough." I keep on striving, reinventing, keepin' it off the cuff. - The Beastie Boys, "The Scoop." When I first heard Mike Diamond rap the above lyrics in 1994.

4-Jun

2020

The map as history: Animated maps

History, Science, Uncategorized

The entire history of the World from the rise of civilisation to the present day The entire history of the World from the rise of civilisation to the present day History of the Romans: Every Year See the entire history and progression of Roman civilization from the city-state Kingdom all the way.

16-May

2020

The Weird Science of Tycho Brahe

History, Science

Comedian Dan Telfer covers the gamut of Brahe's eccentricities: an enslaved psychic jester named Jepp, a pet elk that got drunk and died falling down a set of stairs, and of course, a mathematical sword duel resulting in the loss of Brahe's nose... which was later replaced by a.

16-May

2020

The Silent Lucidity of Keith Hearne’s Dream Machine

The Silent Lucidity of Keith Hearne's Dream Machine

Keith Hearne's first lucid dream sounds a bit like the cover to an erotic romance novel. He imagined a beautiful woman with him on a beach and "she came straight towards me, took my hand and said 'Hello, my name is Jane.' She was rather short, with black hair.

7-May

2020

Death Metal from Space

Science, Uncategorized

Let's hope the words, "commence the orbital bombardment" don't enter our vernacular in the near future. Imagine a bundle of metal telephone poles dropped from Earth's orbit onto a target. They'd reach a speed of Mach 10 and have the impact of a nuclear weapon, minus the radiation. This.

7-May

2020

Creative Geniuses Know Mental Illness Best