If you want to measure how advanced a civilization is, you should check on how the weak members of society are treated. Are the poor taken care of? Are the elderly living without fear and in comfort? These are the really important questions, because every single one of us aspires to become part of the [...]
On average every ten days a person jumps off the Golden Gate Bridge and dies. From its early days onwards the Golden Gate Bridge has attracted more than thirteenhundred people who jumped from its edge to a death in the waters of the Bay. It is at the same time incomprehensible, shocking, and maybe also [...]
The New Scientist has an article up with 13 Things That Do Not Make Sense. In this article the author is listing thirteen scientific problems that point at large gaps in our understanding of the basic principles that are the foundation of our being. Do read the article, it is very well written and you [...]