4 out of 10 people who get doctorates in Norway are foreign citizens
by4 out of 10 people who get doctorates in Norway are foreign citizens
Opinion
How Europe became so rich
byIt should be emphasised that Europe’s success was not the result of any inherent superiority of European (much less Christian) culture. It was rather…
Toronto’s Buds are Blooming
byPhotos by Saide Kardar via Samsung phone (8)
photo of the day – katydid nymph’s yoga
byAndreas Kay is a photographer who shares the wonders of the Amazon rainforest with us… In this photo he captured a moment that is much…
Iranian Scientist at Melbourne university turned carbon dioxide back into coal
byLead author, Dr Dorna Esrafilzadeh, a Vice-Chancellor’s Research Fellow in RMIT’s School of Engineering, developed the electrochemical technique to capture and convert atmospheric CO2…
In Praise of Short-Term Love
bySo much in our culture emphasizes long-term love; it may be time to hear a word or two in praise of the short-term approach.
Four Billion Years of Evolution in Six Minutes
byYou’re Wrong About Evolution. Mst people – probably even you – have been taught evolution wrong, according to Prosanta Chakrabarty, associate professor of ichthyology, evolution…
Japanese super-centenarian Masazo Nonaka
byAt 112 years, Japanese super-centenarian Masazo Nonaka has just been recognized as the world’s oldest man. The new record holder was born on July…
Persian Yellow Deer Got a Fawn
byIran Environment and Wild Life Watch reported that the endangered and one of the world’s rarest deer species had a new family member and…
West is not Bad
byIn general there is no Western human and its unique way of biological being that differs from the rest of the world… So there…
Just Say ‘I’m Sorry’
byAaccording to the psychologist and author Harriet Lerner, the wording of my apology was just what the “doctor” would have ordered. In the very…
The Hyperbole of Internet-Speak
byParents with young children up to 25 years old can not keep up with the the hyperbolic vocabularies, impressions, exaggerations that being used and…
Simple life Was Only Necessary
byThrough much of human history, frugal simplicity was not a choice but a necessity – and since necessary, it was also deemed a moral…
A Simple but Fantastic Illusion
byYou can not believe your eyes after looking at this picture that simply shows a brick wall. A wall that has crack in it…
Fact-Resistant Humans Killing the Earth
byScientists have discovered a powerful new strain of fact-resistant humans who are threatening the ability of Earth to sustain life, a sobering new study…
Debate Whether the World Exists
byYou might not think there’d be much overlap between neuroscience and philosophy, but that’s not what philosopher Alva Noë sees. Where philosophers have long…
Secularism in the Last Six Centuries
byThe religious implications of secularism are often misconstrued, too. Secularisation did not mean godlessness; for the most part, early modern Europeans were profoundly Christian….
Future of Islam
by“Those who control the present, control the past and those who control the past control the future.” ― George Orwell, 1984 These days every…
The girl in a veil
byIt was all we had on our minds: to hit on girls when they least expected it. We were teenage boys in junior high;…
My mother had no idea what "feminisim" means
byI was only six when me and my mother walked through the mountains for the first time, to get to our ancestral village in…
A philosophical Self-Knowledge Questionnaire
byAccording to the philosophers of Ancient Greece, the summit of achievement was to have followed the injunction to ‘know yourself.’ While we all have…
On the Internet, Everyone is a Critic
byOn the Internet, everyone is a critic — a Yelp-fueled takedown artist, an Amazon scholar, a cheerleader empowered by social media to Like and…
A Family Portrait That left on the Moon
byOn April 20, 1972, Apollo 16 astronaut Charles Duke took his first steps on the Moon. He was 36 at the time and is…
Dancing Kid in Iranian Religious Mourning Parade
by“Ever since the dawn of civilization, people have not been content to see events as unconnected and inexplicable. They have craved an understanding of…
Elephants’ Strategy to Fight Cancer
byIn 1977, a University of Oxford statistician named Richard Peto pointed out a simple yet puzzling biological fact: We humans should have a lot…
How Did Humans Spread Out Over the Earth?
byMost of human history is prehistory. Of the 200,000 or more years that humans have spent on Earth, only a tiny fraction have been…
Vsauce YouTube channel and Billion viewers
byThe concept that Mr Vsauce ( one of the most popular YouTube channel) explained in this 21 minutes video, is mind boggling. He start…
The Web is Dying
bySeven months ago, I sat down at the small table in the kitchen of my 1960s apartment, nestled on the top floor of a…
Will You Die in the Next Five Years?
byDoctors claim to have found a way to predict a person’s risk of dying in the next five years – using a simple questionnaire….
#ImNoAngel
byThe female body image debate is just as important for men as it is for women. This week has been particularly good for bringing…
Slow TV Movement
byThe concept started with the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation’s coverage of the, at that time, longest professional rail fan driver’s eye view, showing the complete…
Solitude is Enlightening But Could Go Wrong
byTo take oneself out into the wilderness as part of a spiritual quest is one thing, but to remain there in a kind of…
The Greatest Enemy of Truth
byApart from being one of the most revered scientists to ever live, Albert Einstein (1879-1955) was also an active supporter of various social causes…
A Shaolin Monk’s Tips On How To Stay Young
by1. Don’t think too much. Thinking takes energy. Thinking can make you look old. 2. Don’t talk too much. Most people either talk or…
Slap Her
byWhat happens when you put a boy in front of a girl and ask him to slap her? Here is how children react to…
Rich People Live Longer
byIt is widely known that countries with high per-capita wealth have long life expectancies, but just how strong is the correlation across the board?…
Brides Race to Win a Wedding Dress
byThe 150-metre dash requires competitors to don wedding gowns and running shoes in a sprint through the Serbian capital. Belgrade resident Sanja Cigoja was…
The Animal That Wouldn't Die
byA small freshwater animal – the uncommonly resilient hydra – challenges the belief that all living things must die. The idea that living organisms…
Cartoon for Hottest Year Ever; 2014
byAll of these scientific centres and global climate watchers claim that 2014 was the warmest year ever Global Analysis – Annual 2014 http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/sotc/global/ 2014…