A Small Change in Perspective Can Change The World
If I have seen further, it is by standing on the shoulders of giants.
— Isaac Newton
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Category: Science
How Caffeine Accelerated The Scientific Enlightenment
“It’s not an accident that the ‘age of reason’ accompanies the rise of caffeinated beverages…
The culture is moving from a depressant to a stimulant.”
― Steven Johnson
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Is The Moon Actually a Planet?
“Any planet is ‘Earth’ to those that live on it.”
― Isaac Asimov, Pebble in the Sky
Forest Fires & Lunar Eclipses: Blog Story
“But to my surprise when I looked up in a weary upward-dog, the sun wasn’t there… In fact, I couldn’t even see the tops of the nearest trees!”
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The Big Bang & Quantum Physics
“If the fate of the universe was decided in a single moment at the instant of the Big Bang, that was the most creative moment of all.”
― Deepak Chopra
The Neuroscience of Sleep & Computer Screens
“Any man could,
if he were so inclined,
be the sculptor of his own brain.”
― Santiago Ramón y Cajal,
Advice for a Young Investigator
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Chasing Rocks: The Future Of Space Travel?
“In more than one respect, the exploring of the Solar System and homesteading other worlds constitutes the beginning, much more than the end, of history.”
— Carl Sagan
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