Gehenna
Gehenna
Gehenna is a place of misery, or a state of misery.
Gehenna is derived from...
Wit, Wits, Wit’s End or Wits’ End
WIT, WITS, At One’s Wit’s End or At One’s Wits’ End?
WIT:
Wit means reasoning power,...
Nobel Prize Winner in Physics in 1912
Nils Gustaf Dalén’s motto was: Be Optimistic. He demonstrated this motto to himself: when lost his vision in an explosion while working...
Feng Shui (風水)
Feng Shui
Feng shui (風水) is a pseudoscientific traditional practice of ancient China using energy forces to harmonize individuals...
Jacaranda Mimosifolia
Jacaranda is a tree of the genus Jacaranda: pinnate-leaved tropical American trees of the trumpet-creeper family with bright blue flowers in panciles.
Decoction
Decoction means a process, or action, of extracting the essence of something from something. Decoction is a concentrated liquor resulting from heating...
Novel (Not, Noval), Naval, Navel
Is Covid-19 a noval coronavirus or novel coronavirus? Is there a difference between noval and novel? In the advertisement issued in the...
Grandfather of the Future
Dr. Richard Buckminster Fuller (1895-1983) is recognised for his work on the Geodesic Dome. A geodesic dome is a hemispherical thin-shell structure,...
Taoism, Taoist
Taoism is a Chinese religion, (tao means the way), and also a philosophy. Taoism emphasizes doing what is natural, or going with...
Matterhorn
Matterhorn is the name of a mountain in Switzerland. It is the highest summer ski region in Europe and is open throughout...