by Irena Curik | Jan 11, 2023 | Culture
he U.S. Secret Service wasn’t sure whether the counterfeit one-dollar bills that were popping up all over New York City were a hoax or a master plan, senseless as they seemed, yet so genius. It made no sense to go to all that trouble over a one-dollar bill. No...
by Irena Curik | Jan 10, 2023 | Politics
magine you’re the last person from your country in low Earth orbit, only 222 miles up in the air, and you don’t know if you’ll ever land on Earth again. You’re alone and beaten by politics, but you’re not lonely and desperate, because...
by Irena Curik | Jan 6, 2023 | Science
here will always be people who are fascinated by the idea of freezing a living being and bringing it back to life. The idea of preserving life has been a dream for many generations, and this is especially true in our doomsday era, where rapid climate change and...
by Irena Curik | Dec 22, 2022 | Culture, Science
hen did we stop using drugs for the things that matter, and why? Drugs have always been an important part of human evolution, and herbalists know that a microdose of poison acts as a cure. Of course, things changed significantly when we conquered the art of the...
by Irena Curik | Dec 19, 2022 | Science
enetics is confusing, and identity is confusing. It’s still hard to tell how much identity is due to genetics and how much is due to environment. But this is child’s play compared to the complex issues that increasingly arise with modern fertility...