In 1914, the Panama Canal was opened, allowing ships to import and export goods much faster than usual. Each year more than 14,000 ships pass through it carrying more than 203 million tons of cargo. The canal connects the Atlantic…
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A sociopath could be sitting right next to you at this minute and you might never realize it, it could be the co-worker who tells tall stories, the boyfriend who dumps you at the drop of a hat, the friend…
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The oldest living plant is the Bristlecone Pine in the White Mountains of California. It is a historical figure. What has it done? It has lived for over 4,700 years. That is all. It has lived for longer than any…
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There exists a curious chapter in history that takes placebetween the West (Europe) and China that is not oftendiscussed but which in a twist of fate is important tothe context of the current relationship between eastand west. Today in western…
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Steven Levitt is an economics professor at the University of Chicago. Levitt has been declared brilliant by some; he definitely has the credentials to be deemed so. He was an undergraduate at Harvard, received his PhD at MIT, and has…
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People are of course utterly dependent upon air, water, food and shelter so are still connected to nature, although the relationship is now less appreciated and more exploitative. People no longer live, breathe and experience sources of food, water, air…
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Coincidentally my credentials in this bizarre subject are at the opposite end of the psychological spectrum. I am a State Certified Lunatic who therefore is validated in discussing all the weird things which are within the scope of this article. …
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A sacred trust. A sacred cow. A sacred agreement. The word “sacred” has been used to describe everything from the last hundred dollars in a savings account to a prized pair of sewing scissors that no one else is supposed…
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“Written text” can mean one of three things: (1) handwritten words on a physical piece of paper; (2) mechanically printed material on physical paper; and (3) written language either on physical paper or in an electronic medium. In all three…
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Six Degrees of Seperation is a phenomena discovered in the 1960’s, based on the belief that any one person in the world can be connected to any other person in the world (excluding third world countries) in six degrees of…
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