Documentaries
Abraham Lincoln & Euclid
Feb. 12 was Lincoln Day in the US, a day to remember him and his impact on US history. What many people are not aware of is the impact of ancient Greece on Lincoln. You can see his tribute to …
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National Engineers Week & Inventors Day
Last week was National Inventors Day (Feb. 11) in the USA, marking Thomas Edison’s birthday. To mark the occasion let’s take a look at some ancient Greek inventors, and because they were usually also Engineers, we will also mix National …
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Feb. 7 : National Periodic Table Day & Mythology
On National Periodic Table Day (in the USA) we will take a look at how the elements got their names. There are currently 118 elements, with the latest 4 being discovered as recently as 2016 (and more predicted to be …
Short Stories
You know Aesop’s Fables, you just don’t realize it
Ask somebody if they have heard of Aesop’s Fables and they will probably say no, but ask them if they have heard of the Boy Who Cried Wolf, or the race of the Tortoise (Turtle) and the Hare (Rabbit), and …
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Jan. 24 : International Day of Education & Plato
On International Day of Education, we remember Plato, who founded Plato’s Academy, the first institution of higher learning, in 387 BC. Plato, who was the student of Socrates, had a huge impact on the development of education, and while he …
Documentaries Random Thoughts
Scientific breakthrough in Biology will change everything!
For the past 50 years, Biologists have been stuck on a problem, the “protein folding problem”, to predict in what shapes proteins fold into. Despite all their attempts, they could not solve it. Until now. Just last month a team …
Sports
SJS Spartans : Mountain West Champions 2020!!
On Saturday (Dec. 19) the San Jose State Spartans won the Mountain West college football championship for the first time ever in their history, and they did it undefeated. Now they will play in the Arizona Bowl on Dec. 31, …
Sports
FC Flora : Estonian Champions 2020!!
FC Flora just won their 2nd Estonian Meistriliiga championship in a row (13th overall), proving again why they are the most successful football (soccer) club in Estonia. Flora is the Roman goddess of flowers, known as Khloris to the Greeks. …
Sports
Uni of California San Diego Triton Athletics reach Div. I
As of July 1st, 2020, UC San Diego Athletics (the Tritons) got promoted to Division I of NCAA college sports in the USA! Triton was a Greek god, the son of Poseidon, making them the only Div. I US college …
New Releases Video Games
Immortals : Fenyx Rising out now!
After the success of Assassin’s Creed Odyssey, it is not surprising that Ubisoft decided to make another game based on Greek mythology. Originally called Gods & Monsters, Immortals : Fenyx Rising is available on all platforms from Dec. 3. Online …