Firehawks – Birds Which Use Fire to Hunt

Only humans can use tools and fire There are two things which are believed to have helped the humans obtain the evolutionary advantage and put them well above all other animal species: the use of…

Things You See Only in Shop

There was a granny with a giant trolley entering the grocery shop right in front of me. She was one of what I call a “thinking type”. As it happens ever so often, just as…

Chasing the Wind

When Solon, one of the seven sages of the ancient Greece, visited Egypt to obtain some knowledge from this fabulous civilization, the high priest laughed as he said to him that Greeks were like children…

On a White Lie

There might be few saints walking this Earth who have never lied, but I have not met any. Yet. And I am not saying that I have not met any holy men – we a…

Sketch: Mr Jenkins

The state of things around us is said to be a matter of individual perception. Things are neither good nor bad. What makes them such is the way we look at them. Hence, to some…

Anno Domini 12,020 And Our Illusion of Time

Our current understanding of years count and thus history is one of the things which we accept as the matter-of-fact and do not question it. But aren’t we missing out on something important here?

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