In my view, the main difference between science and philosophy is that the former examines how things work; while the latter, the WHY.

My opinion is that in the world of knowledge the idea of good appears last of all, and is seen only with an effort; and, when seen, is also inferred to...

Taimyr Wolfdogs? What are those?

I admit: the name doesn't exist. Not yet, anyway. But, read on.

A 2015 genetic study of a 35,000-year-old, extinct wolf, whose DNA came from a rib found in 2010 in the Taimyr Peninsula in Northern Siberia (Russia) proved that up to 27.3% of the...

So you think humans are unique because of our big, highly-developed brains and because we are the only species on the planet who can talk, right?

Think again. Sperm whales have brains 6 times the size of ours; live in pods which resemble family units; and, according to some researchers,...

On January 8, 2014, a meteor was detected in close proximity to Earth. It was moving much faster than expected of a meteor--faster than the escape velocity of the Sun.

According to NASA, it was also made of something tougher than all the regular space rock catalogued by them--even...

Ocean Gate's Titan submersible had been lost for almost a week, and yesterday it was finally confirmed what many had suspected all along: instead of having been stranded at the bottom of the ocean or entangled in the wreckage of the Titanic, the fiber-carbon sub had imploded, killing...

Who were the famous Ancient Roman gladiators?

In Latin, gladiator means swordsman. More broadly, gladiators were armed combatants who fought--and often died--in the arena for the spectators' entertainment.

Ancient Rome's gladiator games, which could be thought of as extreme blood...

What does Mars really look like? In real color? And what would it have looked like hundreds of millions--or even billions--of years ago?

Mars's thin atmosphere is very dusty, so it has taken European Space Agency's Mars Express spacecraft thousands of passes around the planet--and tens...

Yes, the Romans used concrete. Lots of it. And many of their buildings still stand today while our own 20th-century concrete stadiums and freeways slowly crumble.

It appears MIT and Harvard researchers and engineers have finally cracked the secret of ancient Roman concrete's durability. Long...

Did you know that at least one species of jellyfish is biologically immortal? Like, it can live forever?

Before you say "no way!" imagine this: all jellyfish go through a life cycle of two stages, polyp and medusa. (And before you ask: "like Medusa the Gorgon?"--yes, that Greek name made it all...

Before Ancient Greece, there was Ancient Egypt.

If you're interested in Ancient Egypt--and who isn't--you'd better check out the two documentaries below. 

The first one is supposedly about mummies, although it's really about ancient Egypt itself and its incredible culture.

The second one...

King Minos of Crete was very powerful. Every year, the small town of Athens had to send him 7 young men and 7 young women--as food for the Minotaur. The Minotaur was half-man, half-bull--a monster who lived in the labyrinth under Minos's palace. 

Theseus was the son of the king of Athens,...

Perseus was the son of Zeus and princess Danae. King Polydectes, who was in love with Danae, forced Perseus to find and kill Medusa the Gorgon for him. When he was on his way looking for Medusa, Perseus was helped by Athena and Hermes, who gave Perseus a reflective shield, a sickle, and a pair of...