Our brains are similar to remarkably improved computers. They consist of billions of little, interconnected parts that work in harmony through programmed ways to create thoughts, emotions, and acts....
Category: Science
The Social Leap by William Von Hippel [Book Summary – Review]
If you were to describe human-beings, which words would you choose? Are we naturally unkind and revengeful? Are our instincts noble or are they egoistic and mean? All these might be true but the...
You needn't bother with a chemistry certificate to realize that this field is packed with captivating characters, unforeseen new developments, and a lot of sensational revelations. Now and again...
The Third Chimpanzee by Jared Diamond [Book Summary – Review]
Our interest in chimpanzees and different primates is the same old thing. Lord Kong, Tarzan, the multitude of primates in Planet of the Apes, the orangutans at the zoo – with regards to silly...
The Alchemy of Us by Ainissa Ramirez [Book Summary – Review]
It's amazing how technology has evolved at this level over the last few years. While recently illuminating our nights with candlelight, phone and computer screens now fulfill the lighting task. The...
Prior to more than 3,5 billion years, in a primordial soup of molecules, the earliest, most basic form of life on earth began to exist: a molecule that can replicate itself, known as a...
