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Re-enactment of the Industrial Revolution at the 2012 London Olympics. Source: CC BY 2.0
23 JUN 2025 · 8 MIN

Preparing for the AI Future: Echoes from the Industrial Revolution

Imagine a world where daily life was marked by the clink of a blacksmith’s hammer and the rustle of horse-drawn carts. This was the reality for much of humanity before the late…
Mouth of a mandrill – the modern world’s largest monkey. By Belgianchocolate. Source: CC BY 4.0
16 JUN 2025 · 4 MIN

A Time When Giant Monkeys Haunted Our Early Ancestors

In Earth’s grand evolutionary tale, some creatures influenced the lives of our ancestors by sharing their environments, rather than contributing to their direct lineage. On top of that, these creatures may have…
Zeus (Jupiter) observing the world of mortals from above, as eagles drive his chariot. By Flemish engraver Jan Sadeler I after Maarten de Vos. Circa 1585. Source: CC BY-NC-SA 4.0.
11 JUN 2025 · 8 MIN

When Zeus ‘Ate’ The Creator to Become Supreme God 

Zeus’s rise to ultimate power wasn’t just forged by thunderbolts and battles with Titans—it was an act of divine transcendence, rooted in an ancient Orphic tradition often overshadowed by Hesiod’s Theogony. Hesiod’s…