The vast majority of scientists agree that global climate change will be one of the main challenges in the next century. This, along with population stress, pollution, and the growing ‘income gap’ threaten the most basic principles of human security—principles such as access to food, water, and shelter. Competition over these resources is a huge […] Read more

Most of the surface of planet Earth is underwater; what lies beneath the waves is hidden from human eyes. But in 1869, the French science fiction author Jules Verne imagined the Nautilus: a vessel that could allow men to see the undersea world in all its glory. Verne’s novel, 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, brought […] Read more

In 1941, President Franklin Roosevelt and British Prime Minister Winston Churchill signed a “Declaration by United Nations,” proposing a set of principles by which the countries of the world could work together for peace and security. The notion of a “United Nations” continued to evolve until, in 1945 in San Francisco, the UN we know […] Read more

Urbanization is the occurrence of unequal growth in cities, and it is happening throughout the developing world. During this decade, developing country cities will need to accommodate 180,000 new urban dwellers each day – that is more than one million a week. It is estimated that there are currently 837 million slum dwellers in the […] Read more

May 1945, it’s the close of WW II and a group of German V2 Rocket scientists led by the modern “Father of Rocketry”, Wernher von Braun, gladly surrender to American troops in Germany. The team of more than 100 scientists were swept off to Ft. Bliss where they continued their rocket research program named Operation […] Read more

The world’s most legendary electronic musicians aren’t always DJs, as this Greek gentleman proves. His soundtrack to “Chariots of Fire” is his best known, with the theme song being often used in numerous dramatic sequences […] Read more

In 1946, ventilation standards for U.S. buildings were reduced by two-thirds — from an exchange rate of 30 cubic feet of air per minute per person, to a rate of 10 cubic feet of air. The old ventilation standard — enforced by law in 22 states — was swept aside by a new architectural concept: […] Read more

In 1946, ventilation standards for U.S. buildings were reduced by two-thirds — from an exchange rate of 30 cubic feet of air per minute per person, to a rate of 10 cubic feet of air. The old ventilation standard — enforced by law in 22 states — was swept aside by a new architectural concept: […] Read more

March 1962 – Operation Sunrise begins the Strategic Hamlet Resettlement program in which scattered rural populations in South Vietnam are uprooted from their ancestral farmlands and resettled into fortified villages defended by local militias. However, over 50 of the hamlets are soon infiltrated and easily taken over by Viet Cong who kill or intimidate village […] Read more