I know an old Chinese man, who almost angrily complained to some christians in a Bible study group: “You teach that God forgives everything. But then you will be judged!” He found these two tenets not going together. The people in the Bible study group did only grin abashedly. So will God forgive everything or […]

According to Confucius, the wŭcháng (五常) or Five Virtues are rén (仁) or humanity, yì (義) or righteousness, lĭ (禮) or abiding by the old ways (literally only the rites, but this tells nothing, while Confucius often explained that the rites of previous centuries should be practiced), zhì (智) or knowledge (according to Confucius nothing […]

In this article series, I did already show the one or other Temple. I don’t want to hide that most Temples in Hong-Kong are dedicated to Tin Hau, who is a tutelary goddess of seafarers, fishermen and the patron goddess of Hong-Kong. She hence is, under some variants of her name, worshiped all along the […]

On the fourth Wednesday of January in each year is the USA’s National Library Shelfie Day. A shelfie is a picture taken of a bookshelf and as well as this fancy holiday an invention of the New York Public Library. The fancy holiday exists since 2014. Thus books are still good for at least something […]

In previous articles of this series, I described the physical basis of computers. Yet most people wouldn’t know anything to do with the mere physical basis. Some protocols are necessary for making the different components of a computer or of a computer network communicate with each other. You need additional devices like mouse, screen, or […]

Hedwig is asteroid #476 and also known as 1901 QB (according to the IAU, which has the absolute authority on naming planets, while Wikipedia gives the asteroid designation as 1901 GQ). Hedwig is of the type P (Tholen) or X (SMASS II). Hedwig’s orbit is characterized by a semi-major axis of 2.65 Astronomical Units, an […]

I know what you think: “The what?!” Am I going to tell y’all that the Amazons had been real? But yes, exactly that! While I was studying sinology, I had a female fellow, who already worked on her doctoral thesis and this was on mummies, which were found in the Taklamakan desert, which is in […]

I already had a look at some of the Chinese names of the named asteroids in order to get some more insights, which the Chinese perspective could offer. I treated the asteroids until #143 so far. I continue now from #144 to #146. Vibilia is asteroid #144. Her Chinese name is Lǚ-Shén-Xīng (旅神星). This literally […]

Gene-editing tools of the type of CRISPR/ Cas-9 aren’t new. They were used in research already thirty years ago and were new, while I (in the previous millennium!) was studying biology. There’s only since the discovery of CRISPR/ Cas-9 some years ago a big hype because this tool is somehow more successful than previous tools […]

Ocllo is asteroid #475 and also known as 1901 HN. Ocllo is of the type X and a Mars-orbit-crosser. Ocllo’s orbit is characterized by a semi-major axis of 2.59 Astronomical Units, an eccentricity of 0.38, a period of revolution of 1 524 days, and an inclination of 18.9 degrees. Ocllo was discovered by the American […]