Alex Dobrenko

I remember hopelessly trying to make myself feel even the glimmer of anything good, turning to everything – the music, the friends – that had brought me so much joy before, only to find that I could no longer feel any of it but rather just, from somewhere afar, see and long for it while watching as the ever-darkening blackness in me instead... See more

Scientific ideas, especially the truly innovative ones, are like seeds: they need fertile ground and tender care in order to grow to their true potential.

Seeds of Science (ISSN: 2768-1254) is an open access journal (free to read, free to publish) dedicated to nurturing promising ideas and helping them blossom into scientific innovation. Peer... See more

And sometimes even the maker has difficulty with the meaning

Everyone is imperfect, and we just have to choose the imperfections we can love.

The Curta calculator patents are amazing!

I went first to school and then to the Middle School and then High School. In High School, I took Latin and English. As I was finishing up the Lower Middle School, my father said that it did not make sense to finish High School and to waste years studying technology there. Because, what was taught in our field at that time was uninteresting. A... See more

TO MY MIND, THOUGH, there is a third development that has altered our parenting experience above all others, and that is the wholesale transformation of the child’s role, both in the home and in society. Since the end of World War II, childhood has been completely redefined. Today, we work hard to shield children from life’s hardships. But... See more