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Goodbye Wheelchair: It is the Exoskeleton Time
(Health and Diseases)

If you are a fan of the “Iron Man” comic books and movie series, you are probably fascinated with the powered, flight-capable suit of armor that fictional industrialist Tony Stark puts on when he goes out to battle evildoers. Would not it be great to have one of those around?

Inventions that changed the Course of History: The Clock
(Inventions and Innovations)

The invention of clocks, have had a tremendous impact on history. Anything that is scheduled require knowledge of time in order to work, countless scientific experiments required a stopwatch, and so on and so forth. The clock has helped keep everything organized.

Agriculture and Civilization
(Earth Sciences)

Only with agriculture did humans really become humans. It is when Man lifted himself out of the savage life of foraging: living in caves, searching for food from dawn until dusk, chasing beasts or being chased by them, always hungry and worried where to find the next meal.

Inventions that changed the Course of History: Anesthesia
(Inventions and Innovations)

Anesthesia is the temporary loss of sensation induced by drugs that interfere with how nerves communicate. 

Inventions that changed the Course of History: Dynamite
(Inventions and Innovations)

Almost everyone knows the story behind the Nobel Prize. We know how Alfred Nobel’s invention of dynamite made him feel obliged to create an icon of peace that neutralizes the unintentional evil uses of his invention.

In the Name of Geoengineering: Delusional Scientists Can Destroy Life
(Earth Sciences)

Science may destroy the Earth! It is time to believe that. 

Inventions that changed the Course of History: The Engine
(Inventions and Innovations)

Ever since the dawn of history and until maybe the late 18th century, all sources of energy available for mankind were confined to human strength, animals, wind energy, and water energy. 

An Inconvenient Truth
(Science in Arts and Culture)

An Inconvenient Truth is a 2006 provocative documentary on global warming directed by Davis Guggenheim.

Esperanto: A Universal Language
(Education, Business, and Society)

Would it not be amazing if we all had a shared language? 

The Last of His Tribe
(Education, Business, and Society)

Cooking for one, hunting for one, taking care of your house by yourself, having no one to talk to because no one speaks your language; this is the life a man leads in the heart of the Amazon rainforest. He is the last of his tribe.

Can the Next Tsunami Strike Home?
(Earth Sciences)

On the morning of 21 July 365 CE, a powerful earthquake off the coast of Greece triggered a killer Mediterranean tsunami, more than 30 m high, that devastated our home city of Alexandria. 

Water Shaping Human Civilization
(Earth Sciences)

Water is the most powerful element on the planet. 

Easter Island: A Lesson for Humanity
(Earth Sciences)

Easter Island is a Polynesian island in the Southeast Pacific Ocean.

Scientists Discover the Largest Structure in the Universe
(Astronomy and Space Sciences)

If you think the Sun is big, think again. 

Placebo Effect
(Health and Diseases)

Feed a sick man a dummy pill that he thinks will cure him, and often his health will improve in a similar way to someone taking real drugs. In other words, a bunch of nothing can improve your health.

The Threat of Antibiotic Resistance
(Health and Diseases)

More than eight decades ago, the discovery of antibiotics caused a revolution in the treatment of infections, transforming once deadly diseases that killed thousands every year into manageable health problems, treatable by a simple course of antibiotics.

World War II
(Education, Business, and Society)

World War II was a long and bloody war that lasted for six years.

Geothermal Energy
(Earth Sciences)

As we are encountering the forthcoming crisis of fossil fuels depletion, many regions of the world started to depend on geothermal energy as an affordable, sustainable, reliable, and environmentally friendly solution. 

Household Vampires
(Physical and Chemical Sciences)

Power bills represent a monthly nightmare for every household; they require much money from the monthly budget. 

Compressors
(Physical and Chemical Sciences)

Compressed air can be used in a variety of ways, but we have to know how we can obtain compressed air.

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