Big Business

The funny story of deodorants gives us the inspiration to talk about how the beauty industry has conquered the world. It is interesting to think how deodorants appeared over human history making hesitant steps in order to see whether they are necessary. The way they are released in the market...

The number 5 is found in many cases and is also used in the pentacles. Believe it or not, it is so important so it is even on the military badges. It is found on flags of states and on the decorations that decorate various offices. You see, The goddess...

It was September 7, 1888, when Edith Eleanor Mclean was the first baby to enter an incubator. The fate of premature babies in those years was prescribed. The medical community believed there was nothing we could do to save them. The first incubators for babies were developed by Stéphane Tarnier,...

We often talk about all the interesting things that keep us motivated and see where we could find sources of inspiration to keep the fire sparkling inside us but sometimes there are things that put us down and make us never want to get out of bed and claim the...

Science has been a part of human civilization long before the appearance of Christianity. All civilizations across the globe, regardless of whether they could communicate with each other or not, developed methods to explain the physical phenomena that surrounded their lives. The invention of religion was not enough to convince...

The so-called ''Tragedy of the commons'' is a general concept that describes how each individual has different personal interests that may be opposite to the interests of a group. Here, we do not talk about how people disagree, we talk about each person has to collide with a whole group...

Humans have been blessed with the gift of rational thinking and the ability to make assumptions and conclusions. The observation did not only help us survive but also allowed us to evolve. Today we will see how people copied nature and how they have worked on their own ideas as...

The concept of numbers, even as a counting tool, was born much older than any other element in the world of mathematics. This constantly evolving whole has been the foundation stone for every other discovery that has arisen later in the history of the sciences. The inherent need for man...

Weight loss was not always an issue. Having a look at how the market has evolved throughout the years we can also have a clue about society's needs and the changes across human history. The wonderful example of running machines and how they used to work in the past gives...

According to the tradition, many years ago there were three monks that used to live in China. The monks were good friends and were inseparable. Their names are not known because they never revealed them to anyone. In fact, the monks never spoke to anyone else. They only talked with...