5 min read ⌚ The molecule that made the world Do you know the nature of oxygen? Do you know what happens when you breathe? Do you know the role oxygen has not only in keeping you alive but for the evolution of the species as well? If not, this is a good place to start […]
8 min read ⌚ A Personal Account of the Discovery of the Structure of DNA As far as you know, scientists are serious and rather dull guys in white coats doing experiments, talking gibberish and trying to get to the bottom of all things unexplained and seemingly unexplainable. Enter James Dewey Watson, an ambitious 24-year-old American […]
9 min read ⌚ Our Silent Spring PDF Summary examines how Rachel Carson’s famous book almost singlehandedly brought an end to the uncontrolled usage of DDT and other pesticides, and how it inspired ecologists and environmentalists worldwide to take a stand. In January 1958, Olga Owens Huckins, a worried American citizen, wrote a letter to “The […]
5 min read ⌚ The Evidence for Evolution By now, you’d think that developments in genetics should have vindicated Darwin once and for all. Unfortunately, one-third of Americans don’t believe in it, with another third thinking that it was actually guided by God. In “The Greatest Show on Earth,” Richard Dawkins tries to clear things up. […]
5 min read ⌚ Science as a Candle in the Dark If there’s any part of you interested even slightly in astronomy and cosmology, you probably owe a lot to Carl Sagan. He popularized these disciplines as nobody before him. And in “The Demon-Haunted World” you can see how he managed to popularize skeptical and scientific […]
2 min read ⌚ “The Really Big One” is an earthquake that “will destroy a sizable portion of the coastal Northwest. The question is when.” About Kathryn Schulz Kathryn Schulz is a Pulitzer-winner and The New Yorker staff writer. Book Summary Not long ago, scientists have discovered that there is a fault line in the […]
15 min read ⌚ MicroSummary: Sapiens presents a work on the evolution of humanity. In it, the author Yuval Noah Harari rewrites the history of the human being through time. Turning to striking facts such as the development of communication, the cognitive revolution, the agricultural revolution and the scientific revolution, the book addresses the central points […]
5 min read ⌚ Understanding How Good People Turn Evil How many times have you asked yourself “why are people so evil?” Well, we have the answer! It turns out that our nature is not the one that decides on which side of the good/evil line we fall, but the circumstances that surround us. Now, let’s […]
4 min read ⌚ The Hidden Influence of Probability and Statistics on Everything You Do An invisible force guides our lives. No, it is not God, it is statistics. But if numbers play such a vital role in our lives, why don’t we pay them more attention? In the following summary, we give you an overview […]
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