Mike Colagrossi
Mike Colagrossi is a writer and founder of Alchemist City, an urban development & tech newsletter publication along with Colagrossi Media, an email marketing agency.
Mike's eclectic writing expertise ranges from the domains of urban planning and tech to digital marketing.
How your brain can predict the future
New research suggests brains anticipate future events through a process called anticipatory timing.
How Christians co-opted the winter solstice
Christmas has many pagan and secular traditions that early Christians incorporated into this new holiday.
Inventions: 7 ways to come up with money-making ideas
Learn how to enter into the mindset of a successful inventor.
Stockdale Paradox: Why confronting reality is vital to success
Balancing realism and optimism in a dire situation is a key to success.
How humans evolved to live in the cold
Humans evolved to live in the cold through a number of environmental and genetic factors.
How non-industrial cultures view mental illness
Culture determines how mental illness or aberrant mental behavior is viewed and dealt with.
Psychopaths are attracted to other psychopaths
New psychological research suggests that psychopaths are attracted to others with their same disposition.
Halloween history: The ancient origins of these dark traditions
Why do we celebrate Halloween, and what have pumpkins got to do with it?
What is Titanic II, and will it set sail?
Extravagant plans to build Titanic II, a replica of the original White Star Line ship, are back in circulation.
Why the college dropout myth can hurt your prospects
The road from dropout to billionaire is more of a detour than a highway.
7 of the scariest monsters from Lovecraftian horror books
Who doesn't love a little existential fear every once in a while?
Why experts are certain another influenza pandemic will occur
It's been 100 years since the world's last deadliest flu pandemic. Experts warn that another one is inevitable, but are we ready?
‘Pantsdrunk’ and the Finnish art of relaxing
Drinking home alone in your underwear just might be what you need to be as relaxed as the Finnish.
Why voters value loyalty over honesty in politics
Researchers at Cornell found through new experiments that people will overlook dishonesty if it benefits them and the group they identify with.
Seven different ways of determining intelligence
Find out the multiple ways we classify and ascertain what constitutes intelligence.
Can creativity be taught?
All humans have a mindful capability for creative thought. Unleashing it is dependent on how we're taught to go about the creative process.
7 most valuable college majors for the future
The most valuable college majors will prepare students for a world right out a science fiction novel.
Paralyzed man can walk again thanks to a mind-controlled implant
A man paralyzed from the waist down was able to voluntarily control and move his legs with the help of an electrical implant in his spine.
Philosopher Alan Watts: ‘Why modern education is a hoax’
Explore a legendary philosopher's take on how society fails to prepare us for education and progress.
Why the world needs death to prosper
Scientists have developed new ways of understanding how the biological forces of death drive important life processes.
Scientists discover ice volcanos on Ceres
Cryovolcanoes that eject ice instead of magma have been confirmed to exist on Ceres, which will help studying this formation on other planets and moons throughout the solar system.
These 10 books will make you a better designer
You can learn good design through these books. Most of which is avoiding bad design.
The dangers of overspecialization in academia
Overspeciliazation may be hampering progress in the context of higher education and scientific research.
Why America is bad at math
Research shows that the way math is taught in schools and how its conceptualized as a subject is severely impairing American student's ability to learn and understand the material.