In this blog post, we explore the impact that advances in biotechnology will have on the future of humanity, and how we will change and evolve as a result. What direction is humanity headed? Humanity has gradually evolved into a more advanced form, starting with Australopithecus about 4 million years ago. During this time, the Earth’s environment has been constantly changing, and as...
In this blog post, we’ll explore the influence of humanism on the formation of personal values and how social ideologies and personal choices interact. Whereas in the past, humans found all meaning in God, since the modern era, humans have begun to deny God with the development of science. As science became the primary tool for explaining the world, belief in God gradually faded, and...
In this blog post, we’ll explore how the foodservice industry plays an important role in shaping a sustainable food culture that goes beyond just serving meals. What is one activity that you typically don’t go a day without? The answer to that question is probably eating, or eating well. Whereas in the past, eating was almost exclusively a domestic activity, in the modern era...
In this blog post, we’ll discuss why selfish organisms sometimes choose altruistic behavior and the recurrent reciprocity hypothesis that explains it. The cuckoo, famous for its clockwork call to tell time, is also known for laying eggs in the nests of other birds of its species, such as buntings and warblers, when it’s time to raise their young. Cuckoos are well known for...
In this blog post, we’ll compare the similarities and differences between the principal at the center of a school’s operations and the controller of a mechanical system, explaining how both roles drive the system. What’s the difference between a school with a principal and a school without? A school without a principal would be disorganized and struggle to set and achieve...
In this blog post, we’ll explore the positive changes that technological advances are bringing to humanity, but also the unexpected risks. Science and technology have given us driverless cars that don’t need to be driven and the ability to dream of going to Mars. Humanity has entered a new era with innovative technologies that were previously unimaginable. These advancements...
In this blog post, we explore a future where the line between machines and humans is blurred, and ponder whether we will still be Homo sapiens. In the movie Iron Man, Tony Stark is attacked by terrorists and suffers shrapnel in his heart, but a scientist named Ho Ying-Sen saves Tony’s life by placing a mechanical device called an arc reactor in his heart. This device is more than...
In this blog post, we’ll explore how smartphones have evolved into computers in the palm of your hand, and the technological innovations and challenges along the way. In 2025, our day begins with a smartphone, where we search for news or check social media messages. During the workday, we use our smartphones to work, play games, chat, and de-stress. When we get home, we’ll...
In this blog post, we’ll take a look at why electrical engineering has become a core skill in robotics and how the fields of electronics, control, and computers contribute to the development of robots. What is electrical engineering and why do I need it to study robotics? As mentioned earlier, the core technology of robotics comes from electrical engineering. It’s hard to think...
In this blog post, we’ll explore how we can understand human origins through the different levels of evolution and natural selection. Let’s approach it from a scientific perspective. After being endowed with intelligence, humans made advances unparalleled by other animals: they knew how to utilize tools and had the thinking skills to solve problems. After moving away from...