Hunger in the world is a well known topic, but there are so many different opinions that it’s not really clear when the arguments are close to reality or not. Is is that the planet is over populated ? Is there too many waste in our way of life ? Is it both ?
Puuung is a Korean artist that does amazing illustrations to show the daily life of a couple. She tries and with success I might add, to freeze small moments that concentrate all the meaning and feelings of an imaginary young couple.
Today let’s discover an extraordinary talented and adventurous photograph : Gregory Colbert. What is absolutely astonishing with him is his sense of poetry, it is obvious with his project called : Ashes and Snow. Indeed the theme in this project is the relation between human and animals. it’s an ongoing project comprised of photographic artworks,…
Picture of the comet C/2014 Q2 (Lovejoy) on 12 February 2015 from 50km south of Paris. Credits: F. Noel Comets are frozen but sometimes, gravitational disturbance sends the comets to the sun where it gets hot and deliver gases. Passing near the sun by end of January 2015, for the first time, “We found that comet…
It is well known that not everyone has access to drinkable water on earth while those others have more than what they need. Stereotypes a part, we will review here 8 scientifically verified facts about water on earth, the needs, and the consumptions.
Arthur Conan Doyle (1859-1930) was a brillant author and he also happened to be a « detective ». Indeed, he personnaly investigated two cases already judged. He contributed to free two innocents condamned (George Eladji and Oscar Slater). What is more estonishing is that he had an interest in mystical subjects. Indeed in 1887 he joined the Society for Psychical Research and…
Before talking about the famous formula’s history, it is good to understand what E=mc2 means. In physics, mass–energy equivalence is the concept that the mass of an object or system is a measure of its energy content. For instance, adding 25 kilowatt-hours (90 megajoules) of any form of energy to any object increases its mass…
Curiosity is not the simple result of environmental stimulus. Just like the color of our eyes or of our hairs, curiosity is also geneticaly predetermined. The Gene DRD4-7R* predisposes us to the taste of discovery, curiosity. Although, it can be not so astonishing for many people as in our languages we have many expressions that…
Henry McCarty (1859 – 1881), better known as Billy the Kid. He was a gunman who is famous because he participated in the Lincoln County War. He also became an outlaw in the Old West. It is said that he killed between 8 to more than 20 men; never the less what is certain is that his first…
John Henry “Doc” Holliday (1851 – 1887) was an American dentist gambler, shooter, and famous for his friendship with Wyatt Earp. At the age of 20, Holliday earned a degree in dentistry from the Pennsylvania College of Dental Surgery. He started in Atlanta, Georgia but he was soon diagnosed with tuberculosis. He transmitted this diseaes to all his patient. By then, doctors weren’t aware of the fact…
The “Love Song for Shu-Sin” a Sumerian king is the world’s oldest known love poetry (2000 BCE), it was written most probably by a bride chosen for the king. According to the Sumerian belief, it was a sacred duty for the king to marry every year a priestess instead of Inanna, the goddess of fertility and…
Walter Elias “Walt” Disney (1901 – 1966) was an American business magnate, cartoonist, animator, voice actor, and film producer. The great-grandfather of Walt Disney was a descendant of Robert d’Isigny, a French who came in England with William the Conqueror in 1066. From D’Isigny it became Disney in english. Disney passion for drawing came in 1906…
Gabrielle Bonheur Chanel (19 August 1883 – 10 January 1971) was the founder of the French Chanel brand. Chanel, 37 years old Her mother died in 1895 when she was only 12. Channel’s father placed her and her 2 sisters in an orphanage where she developed her mythomania, indeed she invented a life concerning…
Joseph Wilson Swan born in 1828 died in 1914 is the inventor of the incandescent light bulb. He demonstrated the light bulb in 1878 but received a patent only in 1880. His house in England was the first to be lit by light bulb in the world. The first public building to be lit…
Born in 1821 and died in 1967 at 46 years old. Charles Beaudelaire lost his father at the age of 6. He had an agitated life. Indeed, he failed in high school, was even expelled from college. After that he was addicted to drugs, and had major debts, so many that he lived in more…
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