The Nose and the Miraculous Ability to Smell
Aromatherapy involved inhaling pleasant smells and is a non-medicinal form of treatment for various psychological disorders. A nice…
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Beyond the Rainbow
Have you ever seen a rainbow? Until recently, I had looked at many rainbows, but had never truly…
Is Freezing By Heating Possible?
Are cities the same as water? It’s possible to look at chemistry for new understandings of social dynamics.…
Hot, But Can’t Do Without: The wisdom behind the hotness of peppers
Like all omnivorous foods, peppers – both hot and sweet – have been created in unique, wise ways…
The Quest for a Habitable Planet
A planet outside the solar system was first discovered in 1995. As of 2013, the number of planets…
Dispersing Hopelessness from the Depressive Thoughts: Is There Any Way?
Depression is a major medical illness that causes feelings of dispassion and lessens productivity in individuals. It is…
Southern Pine Beetle: A Pest Using Pesticides
The use of pesticides by farmers for fighting against pests harming their crops is a common yet controversial…
Towards the dream of Star Trek: Antimatter
In physics, matter is defined as the composition of particles such as electrons, protons, and neutrons. Antimatter is…
The Difficulty of Modeling the Brain with Artificial Neurons
“The human brain, then, is the most complicated organization of matter that we know.”Isaac Asimov If someone asks…
The Power Law
The desire of explaining things and trends around us has been a decisive component of wisdom. The complexity…
Bridging the Nano and Macro Worlds: Shadowing and Reemission
Understanding the dynamics involved in the formation and development of physical structures on both atomic and galactic scales…
The Influence of Islamic Art on M.C. Escher
Although most of us do not remember or have not ever heard the name M.C. Escher, we are…
Endocytosis: How Cells Eat
The smallest life forms that constitute our bodies, that is, cells, are fairly well organized structures. Even though…
The Tiniest Captains of the Ocean
The date of invention for compass still is not known with certainty. Some historians think that it was…
Spirals: Windows to Reflective Thought
Spirals and helices are each a work-of-art and they are found in many dimensions of existence, from galaxies…