Every day, countless substances cling to surfaces around us without becoming part of the material itself. This fascinating process is known as adsorption, and the verb that describes it is adsorb. Although it is often confused with absorption, the two processes are fundamentally different. While absorption involves a substance being taken into the interior of […]
A sign displaying the name of the rebranded Donald J Trump International Airport in West Palm Beach (Picture credit: AP) A South Florida airport officially changed its name on Thursday to President Donald J. Trump International Airport, replacing the long-standing Palm Beach International Airport name as part of a state-approved move honouring the US president.The […]
Franz Kafka | Anniversary of the author’s death – 3 June 1924 A chess player abandons a winning-looking attack because the position demands a retreat. A scientist abandons a familiar theory after years of defending it. A person leaves a secure career to pursue a path that seems, from the outside, like a step backward. […]
Diogenes of Sinope lived on the streets, ate with dogs A poor philosopher was walking through the streets carrying almost nothing. His clothes were worn, his possessions could fit into a small bundle, and among the few objects he still owned was a wooden drinking cup. Then he noticed a child kneeling beside a fountain. […]
Charlie Kirk said he hated the word empathy. In 2022, Charlie Kirk, the late conservative political activist and the co-founder of Turning Point USA, made these remarks about sympathy and empathy. “I can’t stand the word empathy, actually. I think empathy is a made-up, new-age term, and it does a lot of damage,” Kirk said. […]
Quote of the day by Carl Jung on coincidence and synchronicity, and why one can see the future in dreams. Carl Jung introduced the concept of synchronicity, which means that not everything is a coincidence. The concept says that when several things happen by chance, which we think are just by coincidence, are not actually […]
Football makes people feel things few other games manage. A single goal can lift an entire city. A missed penalty can ruin a Saturday for millions. Somewhere between all that drama and devotion sits a line from Queen Elizabeth II that sums the whole thing up in one breath: “Football’s a difficult business, and aren’t […]
You Have to Prove Yourself Every Time: Why Michael Schumacher’s Words Still Define Excellence Picture an athlete standing on the podium, champagne still dripping from a hard-earned victory. The crowd is roaring, cameras are flashing, and for a brief moment the world seems settled: This is the champion. Yet within days, perhaps even hours, that […]
When Giorgia Meloni said: ‘If I were fascist, I would say that I am fascist” Just before she became the Prime Minister of Italy. Giorgia Meloni addressed the question head-on. Why was her party labeled as ‘far right’ and not ‘fascist’. In an interview with The Spectator in 2022. Meloni, who would soon become the […]
