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02/08/2018 - 11:56

This thesis is often confused with the claim that we shouldn’t do anything to help people in the present generation. But the long... →

24/07/2018 - 21:55

If the Pilgrims had been like many people today and simply tossed their empty bottles and wrappers over the side, Atlantic waves and... →

17/07/2018 - 12:15

Both in popular culture and in academia, eugenics is thought of as long-past, going extinct shortly after 1945 due to the extreme forms it... →

10/07/2018 - 13:42

Published last October, the book is a collaborative effort involving Moore — the Frederick G.L. Huetwell Professor of History and Judaic... →

30/06/2018 - 15:16

Sixty-six million years ago, a celestial body crashed into the Earth and wiped out the dinosaurs. With that, there was space for the rise... →

24/06/2018 - 18:07

Published by Skyhorse Publishing, the book revolves around Himmler, who, in the words of its publicity material, “was deceived into ending... →

20/06/2018 - 13:36

Rarely in history has a small number of metropolises bundled as much economic, political and cultural power over such vast swathes of... →

15/06/2018 - 18:15

There is, on the one hand, the naturalistic side of Buddhism, featuring ideas that would fit easily into a college psychology or philosophy... →

03/06/2018 - 13:51

Loneliness is all about isolation Feeling lonely is not the same as being alone. Loneliness is a feeling of disconnection. It’s... →

28/05/2018 - 10:51

“The immediate cause of the Chernobyl accident was a turbine test that went wrong,” Serhii Plokhy writes in his gripping, meticulously... →

12/05/2018 - 11:02

Caught in his net are 13 Russian nationals and three Russian entities. They stand accused of “violating US criminal laws in order to... →

05/05/2018 - 11:55

Since the Reformations of the sixteenth century, religious conflicts had been settled not only by the sword, but with the potent weapon of... →

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