The Metaphysical versus the Modern Sense of the Idea of Infinite
Although we speak casually of infinity and the infinite in our daily lives, the notion of infinite is…
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It’s Me Peter, Your Blood
Peter, normally you only see me when you have a cut on your skin and do not care…
Rebuilding the Heart: Regeneration
Regeneration is the ability to restore and renew lost or damaged tissues or organs. The body is equipped…
Metaphors, Metaphysics, Mathematics, etc.
Analogies, metaphors, and similes are essential elements of human cognition and this makes them an indispensable tool in…
It is Just a Measurement!
It was in the second grade when I came across measurement and units for the first time. Our…
It’s Me Peter, Your Nervous System
Dear Peter! Finally, I have come to say goodbye to you. As you probably know, there is a…
Keep Your Blood Pressure under Control
Hypertension occurs when the force of blood in the veins rises higher than the normal level. So what…
Quantum-Inspired World of Computers: Science or Fiction?
When we draw even a simple line using a computer program, we usually ignore what our computer actually…
Sugar and the Human Body
In the world we live in today, while great efforts are being made to improve human health, diabetes…
Mathematics and the Universe
People have very different attitudes to mathematics. While some love it, some find it very difficult and some…
Action and Coincidence
It is not easy for people living today to believe that every object, every law and every incident…
Infinity: A Window on Divinity
The infinite! No other question has ever moved so profoundly the spirit of man; no other idea has…
What Algorithms Imply for Us
Different people have different styles of handling situations; as the proverb says “Different strokes for different folks.” Another…
A Miraculous Mechanism: DNA Repair
We live in a world full of technological devices, instruments and machines. Even if we buy them from…
Is Redundancy Always Redundant?
Normally, we associate the idea of redundancy with such concepts as wastefulness, uselessness repetition, and superfluity. However, there…