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03/06/2013 - 12:05

The word “El” appears close to the phrase “tent of Shem,” and might indicate that the intent was to “Hashem” as a synonym for God. By... →

28/05/2013 - 14:10

Wrangham, who is in his mid-60s, with an unlined face and a modest demeanor, has a fine pedigree as a primatologist, having studied... →

24/05/2013 - 12:38

It’s likely that many of these early trollers knew exactly what they were doing, and undoubtedly took a great deal of pleasure from their... →

21/05/2013 - 11:38

So far the debate has focused largely on which approach toward Russia leads to the best results for America: a more aggressive promotion of... →

19/05/2013 - 14:46

Энергетический аудит (ЭА) Появление новой сферы бизнеса – энергоменеджмента способствовало созданию методик анализа и реализации... →

16/05/2013 - 16:32

Murakami is a writer not only found in translation (in forty-plus languages, at the moment) but one who found himself in translation. He... →

10/05/2013 - 14:02

I’ve always considered myself to be “second-generation, Shoah-lite”: My parents survived the war in Soviet Russia, to which they escaped... →

05/05/2013 - 12:46

Much of the modern built environment we experience began its life in CAD software. In the Bio/Nano/Programmable Matter lab at Autodesk... →

30/04/2013 - 12:30

Yaakov Dov Agushewitz was born in 1911 in Swislocz, a town just outside of Bialystok, a descendant of illustrious rabbinical families on... →

24/04/2013 - 13:57

In the first experiment aimed at determining the brain’s “numeral area,” participants looked at single digits, letters, foreign numeral... →

20/04/2013 - 13:21

A paradox of war in the modern era -- a time distinguished by the mass production of advanced weapons and the ability to mobilize millions... →

14/04/2013 - 15:20

Almost $1b., about 28 percent of the budget, will be spent on defense, compared to 16% for education and 10% for medical services. In other... →

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