Could the traditional filament light bulb, with its comforting warm glow, make a comeback? That is the prospect raised by a team in the US, who say they’ve found a way of using nanotechnology to make the bulbs more eco-friendly. Edison bulbs heat a thin tungsten wire to a temperature of 2,700°C, but 95% of …
Imagine a gorgeous home for your next getaway: a well-stocked kitchen, pool out the patio doors, nice linens, flowers on the bedside table. Sounds great, right? Here’s the problem: That house: stolen. That land: stolen. The roads on that stolen land to take you to the stolen house: segregated. The borders and checkpoints and airports …
On a Yahoo discussion site I came across a contributor, claiming to be a follower of Epicurus, advocating the idea that Epicureans should “free-ride” on the hard work and success of the billionaires like Bill Gates and Jeff Bezos, who could afford to let Epicureans live a life of leisure, and suggesting that the poor …
“Courtesy is a science of the highest importance. It is, like grace and beauty in the body, which charm at first sight, and leads on to further intimacy and friendship, opening a door that we may derive instruction from the example of others, and at the same time enabling us to benefit them by our …
It seems that resting in a quiet room for 10 minutes without distractions can boost our ability to remember new information. “A lot of people think the brain is a muscle that needs to be continually stimulated, but perhaps that’s not the best way,” says Michaela Dewar at Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh. To store them long-term, new memories …
