making your own luck
<photo: not sitting around, Kew Gardens, London> opportunity, it is said, knocks but once and you should seize it because it's not going...
strength and flaw-tolerance
<photo: sunrise on spider web at MacRitchie Reservoir, Singapore> spider silk is commonly known for its unusual strength, having been...
前人栽树,后人乘凉
<photo: children in Phortse, Nepal> 前人栽树,后人乘凉 is a Chinese idiom which literally translated means "one generation plants the trees under...
do not go gentle into that good night
<photo: sunset at Mount Rinjani> <photo: sunset at Mount Kinabalu> <photo: sunset at the Himalayas> Do not go gentle into that good...
how heavy is a glass of water?
<photo: Christmas in San Francisco, 2015> it's coming to the end of October 2016 and the shops are already displaying Christmas items for...
be like water
<photo: winter at Yosemite National Park, USA> water is an amazing thing. it covers 71% of the Earth's surface, and is vital for life as...