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30/11/2016 - 15:25

Whether we are believers or not, none of us can fully escape the influence of religion in our culture. Religion is one of the oldest parts... →

26/11/2016 - 13:19

If you are meeting some friends for lunch, your prospective memory reminds you to turn up on the right day, but you can also picture... →

20/11/2016 - 14:19

Maybe we really should loosen up a little. Maybe what’s happening today isn’t as serious as it looks? The problem is that as one reads... →

12/11/2016 - 19:10

We know about human sacrifice in Aztec culture from an array evidence. First of all, we have prehispanic codices that have survived. In... →

04/11/2016 - 17:12

Vladimir Putin’s rule accelerated and deepened Russia’s decline. Putin came to power in 1999 at a time when 70% of the Russian economy was... →

29/10/2016 - 14:30

One obstacle is what you already know. Even if a lie sounds plausible, why would you set what you know aside just because you heard the lie... →

23/10/2016 - 13:21

But when Glushkov entered the cavernous room that morning, he noticed two empty chairs at the long table: his two strongest allies were... →

18/10/2016 - 16:20

This is the story underlying “The New Jewish Diaspora” – the tale of immigrants to three countries, as told and interpreted by sociologists... →

11/10/2016 - 14:14

Serendipitous delivery to the White House At first, Szilard, Wigner and Einstein thought to write to the Belgian government. Wigner however... →

02/10/2016 - 12:28

Time in Classical and Quantum Mechanics In classical physics, time is absolute and invariable. All clocks tick at the same rate and... →

27/09/2016 - 13:12

The Jewish Autonomous Republic was established 8,000 kms (5,000 miles) from Moscow, in a place whose the soil was not suitable for farming... →

22/09/2016 - 15:15

On almost every page of Sapiens, a bible of mankind’s cultural and economic and philosophical evolution, our millennial battles with plague... →

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