Many insect species are declining, becoming endangered, or disappearing altogether. Scientists warn that this could lead to a catastrophic collapse, because insects are a crucial part of the planet’s balance. Without them, plants, animals, and humans all suffer. They say…
Chow Yun-Fat, the Hong Kong actor and filmmaker, is a millionaire, yet he lives on a modest budget, takes public transportation, and buys clothes only on sale, saying, “As long as it is comfortable, I do not need anything else.”…
What would I gain by knowing what will happen to me in a week, a month, a year, or even twenty years? Nothing of real value. In fact, it is much more interesting to live without knowing. The mystery itself…
When you try to “buy” your child with sneakers, tablets, or toys, you miss out the real purchase. You “buy” a child by showing them that you are their friend, that you are on their level. To do so, you…
On one hand, there are forces of good and evil, positive and negative, and light and darkness. On the other hand, over the generations sages have spoken about balance, connection between opposites, and the need for complementarity. Did anyone listen…
Neurobiologist and psycholinguist Dr. Tatyana Chernigovskaya recently remarked that “the future is already here. It’s a different world—not the one we lived in just five years ago.” She insists that children today must be trained to memorize efficiently, filter and…
There was a time when having a child brought natural joy. It was a continuation of the self, a future we could hold in our arms. That joy came from seeing our lineage carried forward, biologically, emotionally, and spiritually. It…
Indeed, the number of atheists in the world is rising. Some estimate it to be close to a billion people, and the trend appears to be increasing. However, this comes as no surprise. It reflects a deeper process of human…
When we fear something, we are like small rabbits trembling under bushes. Fear affects all of us, whether we are big or small, rich or poor, educated or not, we all feel fear deep inside. Today, more than ever, people…
Jerusalem is indeed a unique city, not just geographically, historically, or religiously, but experientially. People visit Jerusalem from all over the world and many report strange emotional states, a sense of heightened meaning, and even psychological disturbances. This phenomenon, known…
Today, scientists boast about new technologies that can read human thoughts and express them through synthetic speech or written text. Some envision a future where one machine links us all, merging our thoughts into a single common network, a so-called…
We are used to living with a certain level of uncertainty. We incorporate it into formulas, define probabilities for different scenarios, and prepare possible responses. However, when a great threat stands before us and we suddenly lose control and everything…