Nothing Ever Happens

I read the interview for Wired (with horror pictures from Abu Ghraib) with Stanford psychology professor emeritus Philip Zimbardo, who’s new book The Lucifer Effect summarizes more than 30 years of research on factors that can create a “perfect storm” which leads good people to engage in evil actions. And then there his hope […]

An impoverished surfer has drawn up a new theory of the universe, seen by some as the Holy Grail of physics, and has received rave reviews from scientists, calling it “One of the most compelling unification models I’ve seen in many, many years”. Read the article. Also good overview from New Scientist.
“The mathematics of the […]

Who are we really? Imagine what it would feel like to lose all of your emotional baggage, say by getting a stroke in your left brain hemisphere. This is truly a remarkable story by Jill Bolte Taylor, a neuroanatomist.

I was in Israel. A country, a nation and a mystery. Beautiful and breathtaking. From the super modern Tel Aviv and his endless beaches to the electrifying Jerusalem with 1204 synagogues, 158 churches, and 73 mosques within the city.. I am thrilled and I don’t know why, but something wants me back. Perhaps my curiosity […]

More than half the people on earth now live in cities. By 2050, it will be more than 2/3 of us. However, we are currently not prepared for life in these intensely urban hubs.
Check out this super cool project, which aim is to study 19 cities with 20 million people to better understand population’s effect […]

This time it’s not the adorable fugu, but tuna- according to a recent research by The New York Times, even two or three pieces of tuna sushi a week could be really harmful. Dr. Mercola explains why and gives some good advice how to safely devour your o-toro. Seems Litvinenko was not a victim of […]

It’s a fantastic article about inheritance and about how much wealth you should leave to your children. Every parent and entrepreneur should read it twice.
But it’s also an article about happiness and hope, about how you can really influence on our kids’ life, and about why you really want to work hard to create wealth. […]

I am so sad to tell you that Dott. Ernesto Illy, the father of espresso coffee, chairman of Illy Caffe, a curious brain observer, and a teacher who inspired me most, has passed away at the age of 82.
“Love,” he said once, when I first met him in Milan, “is the answer to the biggest […]