Pitesti Prison. Squeezing information out of people. Inspired by the URSS model It’s not a secret that in most of the communist prison torture was applied, but varied from country to country. Romania, unfortunately, applied one of the worst treatments. In 1948 the Communism Regin rose to power in Romania…

Something called Mirror Neurons Mirror Neurons Introduction What Mirror Neurons do? How were they discovered? Influences over language, behavior, and diseases Introduction Sounds and music can be transcripted into musical notes on a paper. …

Your own personality should matter Habit refers to consistency. When talking about success, every media channel refers to success as an outcome of a certain habit. These media channels are useful because they are a constant reminder of our potential. …

A place where Hercules took a bath to recover his strength Somewhere in the Romanian Carpathian Mountains, there is this place of legend that goes back to the heroic adventures of Hercules, and that carries his name up until this day. And the Romanians never believed in Greek gods. The legend Long…

And I’m not talking about the Vatican Not to start on the wrong foot, I have nothing against God, whatever you choose to call Him. Yet, we live in the 21 century, our planet population riched 7.8 …

No time to rest. No fear to go back. People with great stories and astonishing ways of life are quite rare to be encountered these days, especially if you isolated yourself in this civilized bubble. Let’s face it. The more technology evolves, somehow we hide from trouble, danger, pain. …

My answer to plants vs meat debate There are 3 general rules for healthy nutrition: Don’t eat too much fat or sugar Eat as many vegetables and fruits as possible 2L of water per day I also have a sort of genetically inherited stomach disease and my doctor added a…

Scientific discoveries and an old school grandma. Just like most smartphones, our battery gets drained after a long exhausting day. The thing is that these phones now have a fast charger while we don’t. Science can’t say for sure how sleep works, why do we need it, and how to…

Might as well be The Change At least once in a lifetime, we heard somebody saying that books make us smarter. Did anyone explain that more specifically? Probably not. I grow up in a house with a big library filled with old books and my parents would tell me an…