Author Archives: Nicolae Sfetcu

“Publishing my own book” can mean two very different things: You self-publish through a platform (Amazon KDP, Draft2Digital, IngramSpark, etc.). You sign with a traditional publisher (they publish it; you’re the author). Your autonomy depends on which path you take—and … Read More

Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian said Iran is locked in a “total war” with the United States, Israel and Europe, casting the confrontation as a broad campaign designed to weaken the Islamic Republic on political, economic and security fronts. Iranian Parliament … Read More

The Topics, in their practical applications, provide the means to determine which of these classes a given attribute belongs to; for example, an attribute will only be recognized as a genus of the subject if it is verified that it … Read More

Ask ten mathematicians whether math is invented or discovered and you’ll get at least eleven answers—because the question pokes at something slippery: what exactly is “math”? Is it a human-made language like chess notation, or is it a landscape of … Read More

Reports that Nvidia is “buying” AI chip start-up Groq are being walked back after both companies outlined a structure that stops short of a full takeover: Nvidia has secured a non-exclusive license to Groq’s inference technology and is hiring Groq’s … Read More

Gold prices surged to new all-time highs on Monday, extending a year-long bull run that has been driven by expectations of lower U.S. interest rates, a softer dollar and persistent demand for safe-haven assets. Spot gold was up about 1.7% … Read More

A “classic” Christmas movie isn’t just old—it’s rewatchable. It’s the kind of film (or TV special) people return to every December because it delivers something reliable: comfort, laughs, a hit of nostalgia, or that one scene everyone quotes at the … Read More

Sfetcu, Nicolae (2025). ”The Books on the History of Science: Global Evolution, Romanian Contributions, and Perspectives”, in Index Academic, I 2025, DOI: 10.58679/IA18613, https://www.indexacademic.ro/pdf/the-books-on-the-history-of-science/   Abstract The field of history of science has evolved from a niche scholarly pursuit into … Read More

If you’ve ever followed a recipe, weighed a package, or tried to convert a grocery scale reading, you’ve probably run into the classic question: How many ounces are in a pound? The everyday answer In the standard system used for … Read More

A fast website feels better, ranks better, converts better, and costs less (because you’re shipping fewer bytes and doing less work on the server). The good news: most speed wins come from a handful of repeatable fixes. Below is a … Read More

There are other immediate evidences besides sensation and passion; every question, in order to be asked and understood, implies that we already possess the notion of the thing asked; do the gods exist? Is this animal that is advancing an … Read More

Oracle Corp. (NYSE: ORCL) shares came under pressure after the company reported fiscal 2026 second-quarter results that beat profit expectations but missed some key revenue and cloud forecasts, while unveiling a sharp increase in planned spending on AI-focused data centers. … Read More