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A New History for Humanity – The Human Era / Kurzgesagt – In a Nutshell           As cultural mingling becomes more and more common, wrapping your head around different calendars in different cultures might become confusing.   In our Gregorian calendar it is year 2017, in the Hebrew calendar it’s 5777 in China it’s year 4714 and those are not even all calendars that are out there!  Now what if we went back in time, to the point where there were no different cultures as we understand it? Back to the point where we, as a species, became a civilization and started measuring time from that point? Not only would it make things much easier but also put our history, as an advancing species into a much clearer perspective. Right now we measure our time by splitting it into our era – Anno Domini and ancient times, but does that line ma ke any sense? Looking at our history without this artificial separation can help us see how much we have achi...

           An average Pole produces about 270 kilograms of waste annually according to the Central Statistical Office. More and more people try to reduce their waste production and pay more attention to what products they buy and consume. Zero Waste Lifestyle is a cleaner, balanced and more eco-friendly way of living - it's goal is to reduce one's waste production to as little as one jar a year. Zero Waste is known as a philosophy, which aims at reusing things. SOURCE           Zero Waste is a goal that is ethical, economical, efficient and visionary, to guide people in changing their lifestyles and practices to emulate sustainable natural cycles, where all discarded materials are designed to become resources for others to use. Zero Waste means designing and managing products and processes to systematically avoid and eliminate the volume and toxicity of waste and materials, conserve and recover all resources, and no...

http://www.15min.lt/images/photos/618976/original/maistas-kuriame-gausu-baltymu-551939d69a6b5.jpg What is protein? Protein is one of the most important ingredients, which we should give our bodies with food. It consists of carbon, hydrogen, oxygen, nitrogen, sulphur. Every protein which we eat is made of aminoacid which we use to build our body. What kinds of protien are there? Complete protein with high value. They are for example protein from egg, milk, breast milk, cheese, meat, poultry and fish. Incomplete protein with low value. They are for example protein from grain, vagetables, potatoes. Leguminous plant have the most value. In our diets we should have the most food from animals. They give our body the most aminoacid and minerals which body needs to function. How much protein should we eat every day? protein is 12%-14% of what we need. This is why Dukan diet is not good. In Dukan diet you eliminate carbohydrate and fats and you eat a lot of protein. In this...

One slice of wheat bread makes sugar level higher like two tablespoons of sugar. Should we avoild wheat more than gluten? Of course! Wheat has changed in the past years. http://krytykakulinarna.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/pszenica-1170x777.jpeg How to choose good bread? Wheat is in a lot of products: bread , cakes, soups and alcohol. For many years it was modified, so it is difficult to find wheat like our grandmothers used to bake bread. Nutritional value and quality of wheat has dropped. Why do we gain weight? You may think that it is because of gluten, which is main part of wheat. But it is not all, there are a lot of substances which are fattening. Starch works like sugar What happens in body after you eat sugar? Starch = amylopectin is substance which is very fattening. It doesn't matter if you eat white or dark bread, every bread can raise your sugar level from 70 to 120 mg. Because of starch we have more fat, which also covers our organs. It is very dang...

We all know about the phenomenon of global warming. This term sounds like a terrible fairy tale from childhood - scientists talk about climate change for many years, but in fact ... Nothing happens! I learned about the global warming in 10 years, and since then nothing has happened - no floods, tsunamis, and in general catastrophes associated with climate change. Donald Trump, for example, believes that it is too early to switch to alternative energy sources, oil is cheaper and more efficient, and rumors of global warming are just rumors. So is it really worth worrying about climate change on our planet? Let's find out. The second link is a 17-minute TED presentation for those who are interested in this topic (and who has time for it): https://www.ted.com/talks/james_hansen_why_i_must_speak_out_about_climate_change#t-364462 How do you think, is global warming can lead to a catastrophe? If yes, do you have any idea how to stop global warming?

One day, in the middle of the 17th century, in one of London's newly opened coffee houses, Edmund Halley and Robert Hook met with Christopher Wren. Some of the greatest minds of all time gathered to discuss not less important puzzles: what controls the movement of the planets around the sun? How do comets move? Edmund Halley guessed that the cosmic bodies are moving along an ellipse, but he couldn't make the necessary calculations in order to describe it mathematically. None of them could. And then Halley made one of the most important historical decisions in his life: he turned to Isaac Newton. Newton lived in Cambridge, and he lived there, like a hermit. When Halley asked him to help find the answer, he sad: - Yep, the force of gravity weakens with the square of the distance. That 's why their orbits have the shape of an ellipse. - But... How did you figured it out?!! - Halley asked. - Well, I calculated this. About 10 years ago. Isaac Newton ...

Graphic Designer’s nightmares In my free time I work as a graphic designer maybe as some of you. I would like you to present some nightmares and problems that designers have to face while working with clients. I have a lot of experience with clients and I could present many examples of irritating ideas and behaviors, but I will mention only a few.  Office assistant who “designs” in Paint or Microsoft Word. I’m not joking. It has happened to me a few times that I have received a client’s version of a project made in Paint. I understand that not everyone knows how to use Photoshop or Illustrator, but these people think that it’s the best version of a project and a designer is actually not necessary. Really? If you are an expert, why do you hire me?  Thousands of corrections This one is the most irritating. Clients very often receive a project and they don’t look at all of my work – they send me some remarks which concentrate on one detail. Then I send them the...

Driverless world I think that most of us have struggled with traffic in Warsaw. I don’t know how it works, but there are places where we can observe traffic almost all the time. We all have heard about driverless cars. There are obviously pros and cons of this idea which has been discussed many times. I would like to show you a short movie presenting what a driverless world would look like.  http://www.ted.com/talks/wanis_kabbaj_what_a_driverless_world_could_look_like#t-677888 I think that it’s actually a great idea. As always – there could be some disadvantages of this kind of solution like a huge amount of money and time necessary to make the world driverless, but in my opinion it is worth implementing. Do you see more disadvantages or advantages? How much time would it take to implement such a solution? Will we be able to see it? Please feel free to share your opinions and ideas J