How to be Yourself? What most people mean when they say they want to be themselves is that they want to be relaxed and comfortable, authentic, and free to express themselves, and they don’t want to be worried about being judged for doing it. But being yourself isn’t as simple as it seems, because you don’t have just one self; there are multiple versions of who you are. There is the...

Nanoscale Materials Nanotechnology is science, engineering, and technology conducted at the nanoscale, which is about 1 to 100 nanometers. Nanoscience and nanotechnology are the study and application of extremely small things and can be used across all the other science fields, such as Chemistry, Biology, Physics, Materials Science, and Engineering. The ideas and concepts behind nanoscience and nanotechnology started with a talk entitled “There’s Plenty of Room at the Bottom” by...

Anaconda: Fact or Fiction? Is the giant anaconda the stuff of fact or fiction? In truth, the anaconda can grow to be truly massive. Often shrouded in mystery, many sightings have been made of the fabled giant anaconda, but in reality, the biggest spotted anacondas are pretty large. One of the two biggest snakes, and members of the python family, the anaconda can grow to a similar size as the reticulated...

Russian revolution Russia in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries was a massive empire, stretching from Poland to the Pacific, and home in 1914 to 165 million people of many languages, religions, and cultures. Ruling such a massive state was difficult, and the long-term problems within Russia were eroding the Romanov monarchy. In 1917 this decay finally produced a revolution which swept the old system away. Several key fault lines...