Yesterday (April 3) was Marlon Brando’s birthday, and in tribute to the legend that is one of the greatest and most influential thespians (actor) of the 20th century, we will take a look at the movie that started it all, not just for him, but also for Elia Kazan, the Read more
On World Theater Day, what else can we talk about but Greek Theater, the start of everything, the origin of Theater that evolved into modern cinema and tv. Greek theater began in the 6th century BCE in Athens, where it was part of a religious festival honoring the god Dionysus, Read more
Astrology has been around for thousands of years, and the Greeks were one of the first civilizations to develop a system of astrology that is still used today. Greek astrology was closely associated with philosophy, which helped shape the philosophical basis for astrology. It was believed that celestial events had an Read more
March 14 is International Day of Mathematics (as well as Pi (π) day), but since we have already written various blog posts about some of the bigger topics, this year we will talk about someone we haven’t written about yet : Pythagoras. Before we get into him, if you want Read more
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 ancient Greece by the Greek architectural style chosen for his Read more
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 Engineers week (Feb. 21-27) into this post. Greek civilization has Read more
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 discovered soon). Greek mythology has had a significant impact on Read more
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 was surpassed by his student Aristotle, it was Plato that Read more
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 from DeepMind, a Google owned AI company, created AlphaFold, a Read more
For World Philosophy Day, you might guess that we will talk about ancient Greece, considering Philosophy is a Greek word meaning the Love of Wisdom. Greek philosophy is a system of thought that originated in ancient Greece in the 6th century BCE. It was informed by a focus on the Read more