What were the odds? The beauty (and sometimes peril) of chance encounters.
What chance encounters have shaped your life? Don’t you look back on them with a sense of wonder — what […]
awe-inspiring history
Libraries inspire wonder! Here are three reasons why, in nine minutes…
Even with the internet’s endless magic, libraries remain fascinating and important places. Come to the library with me in this
Samarkand and the marvelous observatory: did you ever think a place of serious science could look so magnificent?
Samarkand is a city of gorgeous tiled architecture, but in a way the most interesting site is the observatory of
Swarms of locusts — awe-full and awful
A horror show in August! Not all awe-inspiring phenomena are uplifting — this one surely isn’t, but it does inspire
The ruins of Rome: layers of time right before your eyes, what could be more awe-inspiring?
Here’s my take on why the ruins of ancient Rome are so awe-inspiring. Then think about ancient (or at least