The Psychological Impact of the Human Lifespan Suddenly Doubling
In the past century alone, the average human life expectancy has more than doubled. In 1900, growing up, you might expect to live 31...
Hank Felsman
Jun 6, 2017
A Winter’s Day in Montreal
The smell of fresh snow, old snow, dirty snow and clean, untouched snow perching atop branches like the birds that perch atop them. A...
Z Nalywayko
May 26, 2017
The Worst Place in Singapore
I have 24 hours in Singapore and know very little about the city. But it is hot, and because I am on vacation, after all, it makes sense...
Hank Felsman
May 24, 2017
Untapped Sources of Alternative Energy and the Next Billion-Dollar Idea
An old cliché says that the best answers are often the most obvious ones, or similarly, that the very thing we’ve been searching for all...
Hank Felsman
May 24, 2017
Smokin' Betty
Betty is a short woman, powerful but small. She is a veritable bundle of energy and movement, all wrapped up in the body of someone scant...
Z Nalywayko
Apr 5, 2017
Love and English as the Global Second Language
The Korean language is effectively a Chinese dialect that had long used Chinese characters. When King Sejong, in 1650, created a new...
Hank Felsman
Mar 23, 2017
Grandma and the Horror of the iPad
Grandma has lived alone for the last seven years, without a computer or smart phone. She doesn’t e-mail, and she sure as hell doesn’t...
Hank Felsman
Mar 7, 2017