Bus Rapid TransitRapid BusesTravel is fast, on the roadway that has no cars. When Charles Dickens wrote about them in the 19th century, horse-carriages were still new. Dickens marvelled at how fast these carriages coul...
neuroscienceCrossed WiringIn your telephone-line, it enables eavesdropping. In your brain, it could be the mechanism behind metaphors. I was speaking to a friend on the phone the other day, when I suddenly heard the ...
HumourCommon RelativityThere’s General Relativity and Special Relativity. And then, there’s the relativity we encounter every day. I’ve noticed that, when Einstein’s Theory of Relativity is discussed, it’s often d...
agricultureThe Story of my CarbonCarbon is not alive. But without carbon, there would be no life at all. This story can also be read on Medium [https://medium.com/snipette/the-story-of-my-carbon-9c8f6c2ca336?source=friends_...
communicationSpeaking to ComputersComputers are good at doing their job, but you should remember to tell them to do it. Have you ever spoken to a computer? I don’t mean saying hi to Siri or Alexa, or asking Google what the ...
historyMars’ Missing MagnetosphereIf Mars was magnetic, could Life have lived? Among the swirling clouds of cosmic dust, small lumps were slowly forming. Tiny particles happened to get together, and their combined gravity se...
