Modern Ghostbusters- Who ya Gonna Call?

I walked through an old Romanian cemetery today. There were no signs of life among the massive headstones, just a creepy feeling at the back of your neck, a sudden rush of cold air, and the impression that someone is watching, waiting. Here it is normal, but what do you do when these entities [...]

The Mosquitoes are Coming-Why should we care?

Rio De Janeiro is at war. The enemy is small, beady eyed, with long white striped legs and a thirst for humans. It bites during the day and likes warm, humid places. Politicians are quarreling over who will fight this tiny enemy. The infection is called Dengue Fever and comes [...]

Your Human Footprint

What effect does your individual life have on the planet? How many cups of coffee/tea do you consume each day- for the total sum of your existence? How much trash does an average person throw away? How many tears will you shed in the 2 billion 475 million, 5,076 seconds that you will [...]

Norway’s Doomsday Vault

Deep inside the Arctic circle is a giant vault that is being used to store up to 2 billion of the world’s agricultural seeds. This project is the brainchild of Professor Wangari Maatha, in collaboration with Monsanto and the Government of Norway. In theory, it was created as a safeguard for the diversity of the [...]

In Search of the “God” Atom

Scientists across the world are trying to find the one particle that is the source of our physical reality. It’s a multi-million dollar race with possibly devastating consequences.
Some locations:
A 17 mile long tunnel below the French- Swiss border
A 20 mile long machine in Beijing China
Fermi Laboratory- U.S.
To the normal person, quantum physics is beyond comprehension. [...]