It sounds completely counterintuitive, but solar panels actually perform better in cooler temperatures than in blazing heat. Like most electronic devices, solar panels become less efficient as they get hot. A crisp, sunny winter day can actually produce energy more efficiently than a suffocatingly hot afternoon in the desert. Many times, we think we will be strongest when life is easy, warm, and comfortable. We think we will have more faith when everything is going well, when

It's #SiblingSaturday! I grew up in Armenia during the early 1990s, when the country was passing through painful and difficult days. Life was not easy. Even among young boys, the hardship of those days sometimes showed itself in tension between neighborhoods. One winter day, my brother Arsen and I were walking through the snow on our way to judo practice. Along the way, we met some boys from another neighborhood, and suddenly a fight broke out. At one point, I fell into the s

During one of my recent visits to Boston, I came across an old locomotive. It stood there like a witness from another time, a reminder of the days when trains carried people across mountains, valleys, and open fields, long before airplanes and modern electric trains became part of everyday life. Those great engines were massive, noisy, and powerful. But their strength came from something very simple: water, fire, and pressure. In Armenian, such locomotives are called շոգեկառք