The Greatest Minds

Welcome (back) to The Greatest Minds! Things have been rather quiet on here in recent months, but a lot has been going on behind the scenes, so I would like ...

Xavier Lopez reports: In an effectively infinite universe, The Greatest Minds believes that it is possible that life may exist outside of Planet Earth. As fa...

Birds are some of the most remarkable creatures on the planet- in the third part of "The Cheering-Up Birds" Victoria Neblik picks some of her favourite freak...

Today's Great Minds quotes are about striving and about making a better world. ..

In Part 6 of "Books & Brainfood", Marc Salazaar takes his pick of the best, brightest and most quirkily interesting stuff on the web- from gemstone chemistr...

Notes by Victoria Neblik for TheGreatestMinds.co.uk Israel, like Turkey, Jordan, The Lebanon and The Palestinian Territories enjoys a great location for wild...

Marc Salazaar picks the top Science, Popular Science & Inspiration online. Book/Documentary/Photo-gallery of the Month: As the first mists gathered over the ...

You don't have to look very far or very wide in London to be blown away by the Steampunkery nestled amongst the modern shop fronts. Although the city enjoyed...

Victoria Neblik writes: They say that when you design a logo- for a corporation or a project, you should always be sure it looks great in black and white. Pa...

You do not have to be a zoologist to find the very existence of some animals just makes you happy. I feel that way particularly about butterflies and birds. ...

Marc Salazaar picks the top Science, Popular Science, Art & Books: This Month’s Inspiration: Is one of my oldest favourite internet sites- Omniglot.com The s...

After last month's sojourn in the wilds of hot and sticky Willesden Green (see “ All The London Geeks” ), this month’s tasks have included the usual rounds o...

Xavier Lopez writes: Steampunk is famous for its beautiful and distinctive aesthetic, but a lot of people would struggle to name 10 Steampunk artists, let al...

Marc Salazaar takes his pick of top inspiring content online. This Month's Inspiration: …Is the treasury of Hindu scriptures on Vedabase.com. It makes intere...

Of all Europe's capitals, Brussels is perhaps one of the more workaday. Sure, there is the beautiful Grand Place at its heart and the imposing, neoclassical ...

V. Neblik talks flamboyant, gorgeous and absurd birds: Several years ago, I ran a wildlife blog called Weirdbeautiful. Over time (and with regular shameless ...

Sometimes even the greatest minds need a little inspiration . To that end, Marc Salazaar's picks out some of the top Science, Popular Science, Art & Books on...

Born on 22nd September 1791, Michael Faraday is most famous for discovering " the principles underlying electromagnetic induction, diamagnetism and electroly...

In her second "Letter from a Ragged Human", M. N. Jones writes on an oasis of Nerd/Geek-culture at the heart of hot and sticky London, Welcome to “The Ragged...