The Heart of Greece

12/08/2024

Thinking of all in Athens...for those that know the city, fire has reached the suburb of Vrillisia.. 😓

A major wildfire which raged out of control in the northern suburbs of Athens on Monday, August 12 has shown improvements.

10/08/2024

Most popular islands to purchase real estate?

Which Cycladic islands saw the most property sales in the last five years? Most people would probably say Santorini and Mykonos, the two most popular with visitors.

16/07/2024

So you've always dreamt of travelling to Mars? Well, here's an interesting take on that trip...
https://www.popsci.com/science/mars-kidneys/

11/07/2024

It really does have it all

Located in the cluster of the Cycladic islands, Paros has all the perfect ingredients when dreaming of a holiday on a Greek island.

10/07/2024

Top destination

The French magazine "Destination" praises Athens as one of the most authentic tourist destinations.

03/07/2024

There are no words 🇬🇷

Coldplay has released a music video filmed in Athens, Greece, and it is extraordinary. This is a must watch video for all Greece lovers.

02/07/2024

Say what now?

Pro-business government says measure is needed due to shrinking population and shortage of skilled workers

30/06/2024

The real impact of increased tourism in Greece. Interesting survey results...

Very few Greeks doubt the importance of tourism for the country’s economy. As numbers skyrocket, however, they are becoming increasingly alarmed about the impact all this is having on the environment and on the identity of the destinations.

30/06/2024

Greece's summer of hell...'walk' to the conditions!

Dubbed by Newsweek “Greece’s Summer of Hell,” the tourist season is off to a precarious start. At least 10 tourists have gone missing or been found dead over the past weeks in Greece.

29/06/2024

Off the beaten track anyone?

From wildlife spotting to wine tasting and cargo boat sailing, discover new ways to explore the mainland and islands

28/06/2024

Events and shows across Greece this summer:

More than 70 cultural events will be held this summer across Greece as part of the 5th “All of Greece, One Culture” initiative.

17/06/2024

Popular British actor and writer Stephen Fry has compared Lord Elgin’s removal of the Parthenon sculptures from Greece to N**i Germany stealing the Arc de Triomphe during the occupation of France.

17/06/2024

How to prevent being ripped off by the taxi 'mafia' in Greece....tips in the comments

Australian tourists who took a taxi to travel from Piraeus to Pangrati in Athens, Greece became victims of the 'taxi mafia.'

15/06/2024

Hypertourism and its impact on some Greek Islands. Bet you can immediately guess one of them...

The mayors of Santorini, Serifos and Lefkada have raised the banner of despair over the effects of hypertourism on the sustainability of resources on the Greek islands.

14/06/2024

Please don't go walking unprepared in Greece...

Call for better trail signage and backing for walking clubs as concerns grow over tourists encountering searing heat

13/06/2024

Greece just gets under your skin. 🇬🇷❤️

12/06/2024

What I wouldn't do for THIS and a Plomari ouzo (or 3!) about now!

11/06/2024

Cryogenics for donor kidneys? I've just read this post in a newsletter I receive (The Hustle). This could well become a way to save kidneys that can't be tested or matched within their viability time. Fascinating!

THE BIG IDEA
Three ice cubes with a brain, heart, and kidney frozen inside and a cloud of dry ice.

A child science prodigy building long-term hibernation pods to freeze bodies and thaw them hundreds of years later sounds like a sci-fi movie we’ve already watched.

But, it turns out, it’s becoming very real. Cradle Healthcare Co., founded by Laura Deming — who got her start in lab research at age 12 — and Hunter Davis, is looking to finally crack cryonics, per Bloomberg.

Cradle says it’s creating a “pause button for biology” with a focus on three medical use cases:

Neuroscientists often use rodent brain tissue samples for research since human samples can be difficult to find. Cryopreserving slices of human brain tissue would allow researchers to order a sample at any time.

Organ donation is a highly time-sensitive process that makes testing and matching organs and donors difficult. Freezing donated organs would remove time constraints.
Many patients die from diseases that don’t yet have cures. Cryonics could preserve a patient’s body and unthaw it once a cure to their disease was discovered to treat them.

Cool stuff
As Deming points out, cryopreserving living tissue is a technology that already exists, used for in vitro fertilization and in a recent University of Minnesota study that cryopreserved rat kidneys.

Cradle is looking to make the tricky jump into applying that science to bigger, human organs and, ultimately, whole bodies.

For now, it’s focusing on rodent brain slices, and has successfully cooled and rewarmed a sample while retaining the neurons’ electrical activity.

Of course, there are obstacles: Ice crystals from freezing can ruin cells and cryoprotectants that protect from crystallization are toxic.

The only problem? No one has been revived… yet.

30/05/2024

The 'addiction' of Greek coffee

Greeks consume 5.5 kilos of coffee annually per capita, putting the country into 15th position in a global list of top coffee drinkers.

21/05/2024

Looking for a local Athens activity? Go to an outdoor cinema, just for the experience!

Outdoor movies are an Athenian institution during the summer months. Every neighbourhood has at least one open-air cinema.

20/05/2024

This is a worry...noone should be coerced into donating a kidney
https://7news.com.au/spotlight/spotlight-exclusives/7news-spotlight-investigates-the-kidney-cult-inside-the-church-that-encourages-followers-to-donate-their-organs-c-14720590

18/05/2024

The capital of sweets!

Although it often ranks number two as a city in Greece, Thessaloniki is number one in the country when it comes to Greek sweets.

16/05/2024

Where is the clearest water n the world?

The Greek island of Kimolos in the Aegean has been awarded with the unofficial title of having the clearest water in the world.

05/05/2024

THE perfect Greek breakfast:

02/05/2024

Or not so hidden now..

The islands of Koufonisia have often been described as the hidden paradise of Greece and they remain a favorite destination for tourists.

01/05/2024

Καλή Πρωτομαγιά!
How Greeks celebrate the 1st of May:

The custom of Protomagia is a celebration of spring, nature, and flowers with roots in ancient Greece!

23/04/2024

African dust blanketing Athens

23/04/2024

African dust blanketing many parts of Greece. Athens:

20/04/2024

Greece isn't only Santorini:

There are more than 2000 Greek islands - why do we only visit four?

17/04/2024

Looking for an authentic Greek Island. Check out Astypalea:

International media and travel experts praise the island of Astypalea, “Butterfly of the Aegean,” for its tranquility and commitment to sustainable tourism.