If you want to make it big in a capitalist, supposedly free market economy, not only do you need to reach as large a customer-base as possible, you also need to keep them coming back for more. Here's how

By PepaLove on pixabay.com My oh my, this is my third birthday on the Steem blockchain (not to be confused with my Steem birthday). Time keeps running and now I'm 23. Luckily, I have so far managed to

Now that the dust has settled and the new European Parliament (EP) is seated, I thought we could look at where we stand and where we come from. If you are not familiar with the messy EU parliamentary politics,

It's estimated that more than 70 million people were forcibly displaced by the end of last year, according to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR). Compared to a decade ago, the number

My researcher life is currently getting calmer, as announced in my last post, so that I have more time for my own blog and SteemSTEM. Today, I decided to focus on science communication (in the field of

In the 1980s I learned one of the most important life-lessons anyone can learn. And this lesson was given to me by none other than Spock, the Vulcan in Star Trek who always let logic prevail... or did

Joshua Beckford is a 13-year-old boy living with autism, and despite  his young age, he has been recognized as one of the top 30 most  remarkable people in the world with autism. Beckford

...CONTINUES from part 1 I've seen the future, brother, and it's murder The USA currently supports most of the world's dictatorships and we all know-how it has been imposing/deposing world leaders and

TL;DR: capitalism attacks and undermines the same institutions and rights that fascists would be attacking if in power and/or that are in place precisely to prevent fascists from taking or wielding ultimate

Hello there, Steemians. Now that climate protests are clearly on the rise, attempts to minimize what is at stake are also being increased. In many ways, the severity of climate change and its causes are

The earth's climate is full of balances that developed over time. But balances can be altered and some are characterized by a tipping point. This tipping point is a critical threshold at which a balance

As you may have noticed, I was quite absent during the last couple of weeks. But there is nothing to worry about that. I did not disappear, and actually only took the opportunity to take a short pre-Xmas

Where will man go to when all the forest disappear? @askanything is an educational tool, which upvotes questions. Our goal is to plant 1,000,000 trees by 2021. visit our blog and read more about our activities

In a couple of weeks or so it will be a year since I joined Steemit. Overall, I feel like I've had a pretty good experience so far and wanted to do a little retrospective (giveaway further down below for

It isn't a majority of people, but they account for 1-2% of the population at the absolute minimum. You and daddy trump are all fascists lmao, how about you go fuck yourselves people allow this because

A "lost" 1994 lecture by Carl Sagan has been found and published last week on November 9th (the 84th anniversary of his birth). In it, Sagan goes through many of his highlights, which include

This is a continuation of a previous post from last week. I'd recommend reading that one first. from CC BY-SA 4.0 source by Quince Media and from CC BY-SA 3.0 source by Marcus Werthmann The brain is sexually

Today, I’ll be continuing what I started in the previous entry, which serves as an introduction to this topic. You can find Part 1 here. In that intro, I explained how early twentieth century conservatism

Adapted from CC 2.0 source by Ted Eytan. An ultra far-right, authoritarian homophobe/transphobe will soon assume the presidency of Brazil[1] and according to a memo leaked a couple of weeks ago, the Trump

A growing number of babies are being born in France with birth defects and it's fueling an increasing cause for concern; babies have been born missing hands, arms, or forearms. Doctors and health officials