Eye Colour & You
What makes up the colors of a human eye? Why are some people born with brown eyes, and others blue, while there are a few with green or hazel and even less with amber or violet eyes?…
Sugar: A Sweet History?
Sugar cane was originally harvested in the Bay of Bengal in India, and from their spreading its sweet influence out to Malaysia, Indonesia, Polynesia, and southern China. From there it made its way to Persia, and became a state secret…
Diamonds: Valuable or just Mythic?
Whether diamonds are a “girl’s best friend” or a symbol of everlasting love and commitment, it’s clear they are still valuable to many people around the world. Diamonds are formed from compressed carbon, and take over 1 billion years to grow naturally…
Earth’s Extreme Weather: the New Normal?
Weather: a common ground for small talk, a nuisance as it impacts our life, or a force of nature to be reckoned with. No matter how you like or don’t like the weather, it’s here, it’s changed, and it’s only going to keep changing…
Sun Weather & the effect on Earth
Every day we wake up to the sun rise, and we chart our method of tracking time based on the earth’s rotation around the sun. But what are some unknown effects the sun has on our earth?…
Speeding into Spring
Spring is fast coming upon us, as you may have noticed with your grass poking new green shoots, or the little buds emerging from the trees. But what does Spring mean for the modern human?…
Spring Projects: Planning for Success
Spring is a time of renewal, for people and nature. Some do a big clean, while others start a new project…
Desirable Difficulty & How We Can Learn Better
In choices about life and learning, most people wouldn’t choose “difficult”. But in learning, difficult can sometimes lead to better knowledge retention…
China & Coal: Powering a Developing Economy
Historically, many countries rely heavily on coal for their power generation needs when they are developing their economy…
Balancing: how transformation can change your outlook
The common river rock assumes a texture based on its placement within the river. Each rock is washed over for years and years, smoothing out the edges of the rock, changing the shape to conform to the water’s will. Transformations occur within nature as a matter of course; a caterpillar becomes a butterfly; a tree grows from a single seed into a towering giant…
Time is Running Out…Are You Christmas Ready?
Christmas is fast approaching! Are you ready? They say the christmas holidays are a time of relaxation…
Do you want to build a snowman?
If you’re someone who dreads the cold and dreary winter months, the…
Differences
Our ability as a society to create true change is most dependent on a …
Bolts: common object, or technological innovation?
Have you ever looked at a typical household object and wondered about its origin?…
Alchemy: Ancestor of Science?
We take for granted our modern ability to test and diagnose illness, to fix technology, and to understand things using the scientific method. But where did science really originate?…
New Year, New Success: Positive Attitude for the Win
Studies show that attitude really is everything – many studies cite the benefits of positive thinking in helping to open neural pathways and thus executing a kind of “brain-chain” of creativity, playfulness and a willingness to be more open. So how can you integrate these thoughts, and their benefits into your life and studies?…
Decisions, decisions: 3 approaches to making life choices
Life choices can be difficult. More than ever it’s easy to look at our peers and see the road not taken. With the prevalence of social media, we also have FOMO, or “Fear of Missing Out” and the anxiety that brings. As our world view has expanded because of technology, more choices about how we live our lives have opened up. But is more choice always better? How can we make a choice that is right for us in the face of so many options?…
Dreaming of Time
Do you know what a clock in a dream symbolizes? What is your subconscious mind trying to tell you? Let’s attempt to decode the universal meanings for clocks in dreams…
Kim Jong Un: Is this war?
For several years now since Kim Jong Un has replaced his father as dictator of the DPRK (Democratic People’s Republic of Korea)aka dictator held North Korea, he has been threatening escalation of the current stand-still war between North and South Korea…
Hot hot heat: signs of too much sun
It seems like summer might finally be here! Make sure you are getting enough water and wearing sun screen….
