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In the mid-13th-century, in what is now Turkey, akingdom changed hands in exchange for a hat. In order to make sense of the world as best they could medieval people had lots ofsupernatural beliefs: elves and fairies; abductions and the undead. ...
August 19, 2020It’s not often a McKinsey Global Institute (MGI) report covers strategies for cultivating life on other planets—but The Bio Revolution: Innovations transforming economies, societies and our lives is an unusual report. Three years in the works, it details th...
However, wind speeds increase for each city with the altitude. The higher average wind speed is observed in Abidjan with a power density of 58 W/m2. The lower wind speed and power density are observed in Man, Bouaké and Korhogo. So, the coastline of Côte d’Ivoire has the higher ...
2,000 years ago about the “Wicked Priest” and “the Spouter of Lies” as well as “the Enemy.” Furthermore, “The Enemy” terminology is also strong and prevalent in the Pseudo-Clementines. For example, in Homilies the apparent Epistle of Peter to James the brother in Jerusalem, it...
but they just thought I was a zero. I didn’t make a science fiction reading friend until the tenth grade when I met James Joseph Andrew Connell, III. The experience of meeting another science fiction fan is whyAmong Othersby Jo Walton won the Hugo, Nebula, and British Fantasy Award. Ze...
Early Christian thinkers, such asSt. Augustine(354–430), emphasized the dual loyalty of Christians to both God and temporal rulers, with the clearimplicationthat the “heavenly city” is more important and durable than the earthly one. With this came an otherworldlydisdainfor politics. For eight...
Evolutionary-speaking, having a sense of taste helped humans to test the food they ate. A bitter taste, for instance, indicated that a plant might be poisonous. Something sweet, on the other hand, often meant the food wasrich in nutrients. ...
and worksheets of the study pathologist and peer-review pathologist, and draft versions of the study pathologist’s reports, are also not raw data, and retaining or archiving these documents after the final study report is signed is not necessary. For an excellent and more thorough review of th...
Jennifer Welsh is a Connecticut-based science writer and editor and a regular contributor to Live Science. She also has several years of bench work in cancer research and anti-viral drug discovery under her belt. She has previously written for Science News, VerywellHealth, The Scientist, Discove...