Personal blog of Christian Haschek

Scientists from Trinity College Dublin have taken a giant stride towards solving a riddle that would provide the world with entirely renewable, clean energy from which water would be the only waste product.

“Uitwaaien” is a popular activity around Amsterdam—one believed to have important psychological benefits.Photograph by John…

A court in Iowa found that a murderer who was revived “is either still alive, in which case he must remain in prison, or he is actually dead, in which case this appeal is moot.”

Takedowns and clever quips are easy, but empathy and persuasion are better

The long read: A search for the mysterious author of a counterculture classic led to someone else entirely. Or did it?

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An undergraduate archaeologist is trying to make sure the prewar city isn't forgotten.

painting series by Mikalojus Konstantinas Čiurlionis

Telecommunications regulators have levied hefty financial penalties against illegal robocallers and demanded that bad actors repay millions to their victims. But years later, little money has been collected.

With its cheap geothermal energy and low crime rate, Iceland has become the world’s leading miner of digital currency. Then the crypto-crooks showed up.

Samples of lung fluid from patients with the mysterious illness led to a breakthrough in finding a possible cause. More than 2,000 people have been sickened, many from illicit marijuana-based products.

Ignore the Noise, Go to the Signal In a former life I was a history student. I wasn’t very good at it, and one of my weaknesses was an unwillingness to cut out the second-hand nonsense and re…