Did you ever wonder about the mysteries of plant blossoms. Take a minute to pause, during this Easter week, and reflect on the beauty of nature surrounding us and read The Empirical Problem, our latest in a series of poems by Peter Davis. We would like to invite our readers to contribute their won poems, by submitting them to editor[at]euroscience.orgRead more […]
This week’s poem has been written by Rebecca Kylie Law, who is a Sydney based poet, essayist and reviewer. The title of her contribution is ’An illustration for nest-builders’ which brings some inspiration taken from her observation of every life scences. We welcome poems submissions in any European language, to inspire our readers in their daily lives. Read more […]
Today’s post is a new contribution to our new poetry section. We would like to widen the geographical scope of this section and invite readers to submit their work in any European language. This week’s poem is a third submission by Peter Davis, called Integral. Enjoy! Read more […]
Today’s post is a new contribution to our new poetry section. We would like to widen the geographical scope of this section and invite readers to submit their work in any European language. This week’s poem is a second submission by Peter Davis on the theme of Chaos. Enjoy! Read more […]
The EuroScientist is opening a new section dedicated to poetry related to science. Readers are invited to submit their work to the editor. We will select the most relevant work, which will feature in our new Poetry sub-section, under the Lifestyle heading of the magazine. We hope to give all poets inspired by science an opportunity to share their vision of the world with the community. Read more […]
The science of Christmas has become one of the most popular angles adopted in recent news stories in the mainstream press. The Euroscientist team has made a selection from the restricted pool of publications available in English, for your greatest entertainment. You will find stories related to Christmas trees, the science of eating, an unconventional study on the disappearance of chocolates in hospital wards, questions regarding the sustainability of Christmas, as well as scientifically accurate versions of the original Christmas story. The last part of this review will, of course, focus on Santa Claus, the man himself, and is superhuman capabilities. Read more […]
The Deceived Wisdom: The classic Stradivarius violin has a unique sound that justifies the reverence with which these instruments are held and the million-pound price tags. That’s as may be, but scientific analysis of Stradivarius violins reveals there was actually no secret sauce in the wood nor the varnish used by the luthier ClassicFM’s Tim Lihoreau refers to as the Cremonese Creator. Indeed, repeated blind tests with expert listeners and virtuoso players has shown that they really cannot distinguish between the absolute top-quality modern instrument and a classic Strad. Read more […]
It’s a moot point that perhaps only one of Einstein’s papers went through the modern scientific peer review process and I often wonder whether an email received from him today suggesting that he’s overturned Newton’s work with talk of warped space-time and wormholes wouldn’t simply fail at the first or second step of my ”Fraudulent Invention Debunkifier” flowchart mentioned around this time last year on the Pivot Points column. Read more […]
We all worry about passwords although some people are at the ”all-for-one and one-for-all” end of the spectrum where a pet’s name or even ”password1” is fine and others use only unique, multiple complex, randomized alphanumeric strings with mixed case character sets and symbols. Either way, your password can be cracked. Read more […]
As the last remnants of holiday dinners, lunches, high-teas, suppers and celebratory breakfasts are collated and one last binge with myriad mixed flavors indulged, thoughts turn to taste. Specifically flavor and the combinations thereof. We all know that celebrity chefs are gluttons for an odd mix: sweet and sour is nothing to the TV cook who garnishes peppered okra with crème Anglaise washed down with a curried champagne spritzer with a hint of flint. And there are those who wouldn’t think of leaving the supermarket without a good selection of cheese and wine. Read more […]
