The word “silver” is rooted from the anglo-saxon word “siolfur”.  The chemical symbol of silver is Ag on the periodical table and this is derived from argentum in Latin (meaning bright).  Silver is widely used since the ancient times.  Silver ...

I actually confused whether to include this knol review in Science or Offbeat Section, because it is funny and smart at the same time. Cartoons are supposedly funny - They can tell you ...

If you are involved in Software Engineering, books are one of your must-have resources. With literally thousands of books on Software Engineering topics, you are faced with the good, the bad and the ugly. To cut the chase ...

Can patent and science get along well? According to a knol written by Don Moyer, patent, on certain cases, can bring science 'to life' and offer benefits to ...

Knowledge is powerful. So powerful, that it is formed not on the basic true or false, or bad or good, but on what your decide to believe and how. An excellent knol ...

Do blogging and reading blogs actually help you learn things more and better?...

I just found another great portal knol. This time, it's on space-related knols. International Space Portal, a portal knol by Sebastien Requier, list many interesting ...

The theory of Relativity by Albert Einstein is one of the most known physics theories of all time. Not only the most known, but also the most interesting theories The theory that one of the implementations change the ...

One of the applications in go green movement today is carbon management. Carbon needs to be managed because everything we do that involve energy always leave carbon footprints. This includes office buildings. Carbon footprint is ...

Capitalism - you hate it but you need it. In fact, it is regarded as a force of nature that not even communism can handle. Why capitalism exist and prevail? I found a clue from an unexpected place - science. I have ...