Civilisation, it seems, is a lot older than we have been led to believe. Our current academic timeline has human civilisation beginning around 6000 years ago with the formation of the first human cities

I have a thought experiment that I'm still formulating in my mind but I thought I'd commit it to the good people of Steemit for some good old fashioned critical review. It stemmed from a conversation I

Quite the opposite I'd say! I've heard people telling me I can't complain about government because I don't vote and I often wonder if they know what they are saying or just regurgitating some buzz-phrase

The below three marketing campaigns have impacted their respective companies not only with massively increased profits but the invaluable brand recognition that has made them household names we know them

What can you do to increase the community of Steemit? Simple, talk about it. You can Tweet about it, repost onto Facebook, make YouTube videos or just talk about it with your friends and family! We all

For a cheap and eco-friendly hair net, simply walk through a cobweb Save money on fuel by fitting larger wheels to the back of your car. That way you will always be going downhill. Save money on expensive

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"The moon is the Rosetta stone of the planets." - Robert Jastrow, First Chairman, NASA Lunar Exploration Committee. After six moon landings and hundreds of experiments, after hundreds of years

A common theme when asking people the difference between right and wrong these days is the answer is 'It's subjective'. Is it really though? Does moral relativism really exist or do we abdicate responsibility

Original Post: THE BELOW IS NOT MY WRITING - Please see link above for original post. I just find it very interesting. “The only safe vaccine is one that is never used." -Dr. James R. Shannon, of

Deep beneath the lonely desert sands of New Mexico, a 4 star general was weeping. His body shuddered as he kept whimpers from escaping and with each spasm of sobs, his thoughts turned to his daughter and

If you ever have the urge to roll up a note and snort some ketamine, I thought you might like an insight into it's effect on your mind and some hints and tips. First of all, let me clarify something, I

Ask somebody what they think of when they hear the word ‘anarchy’ and a popular response is ‘chaos’. In fact, the opposite is true. Anarchy is peace, order and true freedom. The chaotic face of anarchy

The prophet lies in the desert as the air cools his shaven head and naked form in the twilight as he dreams of a mind that speaks to him though his subconscious. The mind within his mind says: The symbiosis

“Dissent is the highest form of patriotism” – a quote commonly attributed to Thomas Jefferson Try telling my friends that. In a society where being out of step with the way in which we are told to live

This question always seems to piss people off as they don't like to think about being stolen from. People can suffer from cognitive dissonance in regards to tax but lets break it down a bit and see if

“All reality is an illusion, albeit a persistent one” – Albert Einstein There is nothing as strange as reality. As an avid science fiction reader in my youth I would have categorically disagreed with this

“Look deep into nature and you will understand everything better” – Albert Einstein The seemingly chaotic workings of nature around us have in fact universal ratios that seem to be at play and they don’t

“Follow the evidence, wherever it leads” – Socrates. DNA: The first I heard about this mysterious stuff was from Richard Attenborough explaining to me how he had cloned dinosaurs using some ancient blood

“Each night, when I go to sleep, I die. And the next morning, when I wake up, I am reborn.” Mahatma Gandhi You’re going to die. It’s inescapable. This is a fact that we avoid in western culture. Death