The troposphere, the bottommost layer of Earth’s atmosphere, is the densest of the five atmospheric layers and extends from ground level up to about 10 kilometers in altitude. This is the layer where humans live and breathe, as it contains the air we depend on for survival. The tropospher...
To be sure, a church does meet many needs. Most importantly, a church should offer to people a way to fulfill their need for God. Closely related to this, church can be a place where people meet their need for deep, committed relationship with others. But this does not mean the church...
If we want to be picky, we might note that the Greek word “cheír”, insofar as our anatomy is concerned, can mean “hand”, but it can also mean “finger” or “hand and arm”, the later so much so that in some contexts additional words are added to denote “hand” as distinct...
Millenia later, we are still fascinated by the cosmos, and while the site at Nabta Playa can be viewed as the very beginning of astronomy, in the modern age, our fascination has also manifested in a very different way — namely astrology. In the 21st century, both astronomy and astrology ...
Was feeling in need of a cheer up this week so we went to the theatre to see that feelgood classicWaiting for Godot...(!) Yesterday we got into conversation with someone and asked “If Beckett was into punk what would have been his favourite band?” (Samuel Beckett does look a bit ...
Support in MapForce 2025 has been added for Cosmos DB, a NoSQL database offered by Microsoft and used by default on the Azure platform. Cosmos DB support adds to the long list of database connections available in MapForce and fulfils a frequent customer request. ...
(Narcissus family) standing tall and bright, a sign that spring has arrived. The name Narcissus actually came from a character in Greek mythology. This sun-like bloom, native to Europe, Western Asia, and North Africa brings joy and brightness, just like your spring baby does. The daffodil ...
The presence of water is the linchpin in three main questions about Mars: Could we live there? Did something else live there? Doessomething else live there? And questions like that are exactly what the Mars rovers were sent to the planet to explore. ...
What do economists mean when they talk about “capital accumulation”? Surprisingly, the answer to this question is anything but clear, and it seems the most unclear in times of turmoil. Consider the “financial crisis” of the late 2000s. The very term already attests to the presumed nature...
We use music to make sense of the world and of being human, and we use it to communicate things that are impossible (or at least difficult) to say using verbal language.In other words, music is all about who we are.With any music, we can always ask: what does it mean for these ...