Chinese scientists have signed a deal to establish a commercial animal cloning center in the northern port city of Tianjin, edging the controversial science closer to mainstream acceptance. The plant in the Tianjin Economic and Technological Development Area (TEDA), a government-sponsored business development park, will clone animals including sniffer and pet dogs, beef cattle and […]
We associate the art of classical antiquity with white marble. The word “classical” itself implies it. “Classical” means harmony of human body, profound meaning, respectful time distance and grand echo in the unbreakable silence of the museum, doesn’t it? A glimpse of white tunic in the midst of the colorful Mediterranean crowd or a white […]
Recently, the company I worked for was acquired by another company, and the new owner decided to close Denver office. Suddenly, I had to face the unpleasant necessity to sell myself on the job market again. Last time I did it five years ago and, since then, the programming job landscape has changed. The most […]
Roberto Oros di Bartini was a genius. The only difference between him and a few well known greatest scientists of all times is that his name is familiar only to the specialists in the aviation industry, due to many specific reasons. First, as a young Italian communist, he probably worked for Russian intelligence. Second, after […]
Reading about the research into the human life span extension is fascinating. One of the researches – Aubrey De Grey from Cambridge University – estimates that in 25 years from now, people will start living 1,000 years and more. By the way, De Grey is also an international adjunct professor of the Moscow Institute of Physics […]
This engraving is about 13,800 years old, but I cannot resist the feeling of connection with the person – an artist, who made it. It was found in Spain, about 30 miles west of Barcelona. The huts in the engraving are arranged in three levels across a slab that measures 7 inches wide and 3 […]
For quite awhile, we are already connected via the internet and multitudes of communication devices, so the idea of connection straight between brains comes naturally. But the progress of the implementation is staggering. It is actually already here. Boy, I am looking forward to stop writing you and starting just thinking together! On July 9, […]
Civilization and its development depend on the availability of the resources and the skills to utilize them. The Middle East and Europe had in this respect a definite advantage.
Big thanks to Volodia Timofeev who responded to my previous blog Elephant Inside by sending me pictures of Kopeikin’s paintings with elephants. One of my readers told me that the animal inside is independent only as long as the task at hand is not aligned with our main purpose in life. Because, as soon as […]
It is almost 12,000 years old. Those who visited the site reported unforgettable experience. When I look at the images, curved on the pillars, I cannot avoid the feeling that it was done by a very talented contemporary artist. Not that I have superiority complex over ancient civilizations. Far from it. I think the humanity […]