THE RODIN COIL: Is It The Greatest Discovery Of All Time ?

Free energy is easily one of the hottest topics in the world within alternative news. While mainstream news continues to ignore the growing interest around the subject, alternative news outlets are providing new information about the inventions, science, mathematics and…

STANISLAV PETROF: The Man Who Saved The World

History remembers the winners and losers of war but rarely recognises the people who prevent it. Few people have heard of Stanislav Petrov, but we may all owe him our very existence. As a lieutenant colonel of the Soviet Air…

THE NEXT NOBEL PRIZE FOR PEACE, TO ICELANDER CITIZENS

The reason? Simply: When Iceland capped its Syrian refugees at 50, 10,000 icelanders responded by offering up their homes. In the midst of the Syrian crisis, Iceland recently announced it was willing to help with the growing humanitarian disaster by…

WHAT IS MATH FOR ?

Mathematician Eduardo Sáenz De Cabezón answers a question that’s wracked the brains of bored students the world over. He shows the beauty of math as the backbone of science — and shows that theorems, not diamonds, are forever. In Spanish,…

THE TEN SMARTEST PEOPLE IN THE WORLD

The infographic below lists the 10 smartest people in the world - at least, according to education site SuperScholar.org. Their list was based on a mix of people's IQs and achievements, and while most of the entries are pretty expected,…

EINSTEIN’S CREDO: Here’s What Einstein Believed In

Did you know that Einstein fancied himself something of a loner, and didn't believe in free will? Read Einstein's Credo, written during his last years in Berlin. In August 1932, Albert Einstein wrote “My Credo” in Caputh, Germany, outlining his…

DALAI LAMA: “I Am Marxist “

At a lecture in Kolkata, India’s Presidency University earlier this week, the Dalai Lama spoke about the growing divide between rich and poor. “We must have a human approach. As far as socioeconomic theory, I am Marxist,” he said in…

JEAN-PAUL SARTRE: The First Person To Decline The Nobel Prize

“A writer who adopts political, social, or literary positions must act only with the means that are his own — that is, the written word.” Despite its surprisingly dark origin, the Nobel Prize is regarded as the highest honor bestowed…

KIM PEEK: The Man That Remembers Everything

By the time Kim Peek passed away in 2009, he had perfectly memorized 12,000 books, simultaneously making him both the best and the worst person to be stuck next to on a bus. "Anyone up for a stirring monotone recitation…

THE MAN WHO INVENTED CYBERSPACE IN 1934

Some of us may be starting to feel that way about the Internet. As a handful of corporations continue to consolidate their grip over the network, the optimism of the early indie Web has given way to a much-chronicled backlash.…

JIDDU KRISHNAMURTI (1895-1986): One Of The Greatest Mind Ever

Was a renowned writer and speaker on philosophical and spiritual subjects. His subject matter included: psychological revolution, the nature of the mind, meditation, human relationships, and bringing about positive change in society. He constantly stressed the need for a revolution…