In 1914, Richard Platz, a 20-year-old son of a baker, was hiking when he threw a message in a bottle into the Baltic Sea. Little did he know that it would take over a century before anyone would read his message. Earlier this year, a fisherman named Konrad Fischer pulled the beer … [Read more...]
Frozen Future
Maybe death is just another disease that doctors will one day cure. That was the dream of Professor Robert Ettinger, who is the godfather of cryonics. First dreamed up by Ettinger in the 1960s, cryonics is the freezing of bodies in the hopes of one day being able to bring them … [Read more...]
Can The Language You Speak Make You Healthier?
According to research on language and culture, your health and even your finances are related to the language you speak. Linguists have long known that language can directly influence your perception of the world. For example, in the Kuuk Thaayorre language, there are no words … [Read more...]
Time Traveling Seeds And Satellites
There are more than 200,000 species of plant life on planet earth, but this is just the tip of the iceberg. The history of land plants is 420 million years old, and no one can say how many species have lived and died off over the years. While many of these species are gone for … [Read more...]
Names Affect Children’s Future
‘A rose by any other name would smell as sweet’ is a common Shakespeare reference from Romeo and Juliet. In the play, Juliet tells Romeo that his family name is not important. Their love is what matters. To many soon-to-be mothers and fathers, names do matter. Young parents … [Read more...]
A World Without Bees
When most people think of honeybees, they think of honey. And while honey is delicious, honeybees actually serve a larger purpose: pollination. Pollination is the process of transferring pollen, which is necessary for many plants to reproduce. Unfortunately though, the days … [Read more...]
Do You Really Need Food To Survive?
Soylent Green is an old science fiction movie about a future where food is scarce. Most people don’t have fresh food and instead eat an artificial food called Soylent Green. If you haven’t seen the movie, stop listening now, because I don’t want to spoil it for you. The end of … [Read more...]
Vision Boards: Making Your Dreams a Reality?
We humans love tools. We have tools for just about everything. We have tools for building things, getting around town, keeping our bodies healthy, communicating with each other, and so on. But what if there were a tool for making our dreams come true? Some people believe that … [Read more...]