The endless cycle of idea and action, Endless invention, endless experiment, Brings knowledge of motion, but not of stillness; Knowledge of speech, but not of silence; Knowledge of words, and ignorance of the Word. All our knowledge brings us nearer to our ignorance, All our ignorance brings us nearer to death, But nearness to death no nearer to God. Where is the Life we have lost in living? Where is the wisdom we have lost in knowledge? [Read More]

body { text-align: justify} What are pangolins? These peculiar creatures are nothing like any other animal, and they tend to create confusion for the people who see them for the first time. On a closer glimpse, they look like a hybrid between an anteater and a pinecone, which doesn’t really help to clear the confusion. They are weird enough to have at least one pokemon inspired after a pangolin - Sandslash. [Read More]

body { text-align: justify} #30DayMapChallenge is an initiative started on Twitter by Topi Tjukanov. The aim of the challenge is to create a map each day of the month on a given theme. Below are some of my contributions to the challenge. I usually choose whatever tool is appropriate for the vizualization task, but for this challenge I limited myself only to using ggplot2 so I can learn more about its mapping capabilities. [Read More]

h3 { /* Header 3 */ font-size: 0px; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; color: DarkBlue; } body { text-align: justify} In August 1959, NASA satellite Explorer 6 was launched. Its purpose was to study Earth’s magnetosphere and follow up on the research of Van Allen radiation belts which were discovered by a previous satellite from the same program - Explorer 1. Explorer 6 was the first satellite that captured a crude picture of Earth’s surface, starting a revolution in how we see and perceive the Earth. [Read More]