The main goal of sex is to make babies, right? That’s what we see everywhere in nature. Seen in that way, I have now used sex properly for the first time in my life. Still, when we look at the history of mankind, it turns out that it is not that simple. In the age …
From the earth
For a moment I think I am looking at an old swimming pool with green, smelly water. But then I see a big bubble coming to the surface, and then another one. We are in Bath, a town in South West England, where a hot spring is the center of an ancient complex of Roman baths. …
Cheap labour
In April 2013 Rana Plaza collapsed, a random factory building in Dhaka turned into a name that is engraved in the history of Bangladesh. The day before the disaster it was clear that something was wrong because cracks appeared in the walls. That is why the shops on the ground floor had already closed their …
Forest of Peace
We recently watched the BBC series Planet Oil. An interesting story about the history of oil, but with a depressing ending. Our addiction to fossil fuels has thoroughly disrupted the ecological balance of the planet. It is frustrating to see how slow alternative energy is developing, mainly because nothing happens at the policy level. In …