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firefly
The Writer Who Reinvented Science Fiction
Centenary of the birth of Stanislaw Lem, whose unique writing combined science fiction, social criticism, linguistic virtuosity and satire
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Science History
Benjamin Franklin - The Man, Electricity and the United States
Benjamin Franklin, born in 1706, was an exceptional innovator in both science and social developments
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Science Panorama
The Almost Pandemic
As the world grapples with the major outbreak of the novel coronavirus, we revisit the movie Contagion. How did they cope with the pandemic?
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Science Panorama
Bringing the Museum into Your Living Room
Even if you’re stuck at home, you can still make an online visit to nature and science museums around the world
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Science Panorama
Petrifying Fear: Seeing Medusa
In honor of the night of monsters and terror: What does science say about our fear of snakes, and a disease that turns people into living statues?
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Science Panorama
The Undead Taking over the World
Noam Leviatan reviews the history of the living dead, the science of real and imaginary zombies, the link between zombies and public health, and ways to increase your chances of surviving a zombie apocalypse
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Science Panorama
Standing Waves in the Synagogue: The Physics of the Shofar
How do a shofar’s length and shape affect its sound? And can it be played like other wind instruments?
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Science Panorama
Where There's Smoke, There's a Message
Lag Ba'Omer bonfires commemorate how word of the Bar Kokhba Revolt spread. How else were messages conveyed in the ancient world?
