By Dr. Fabian Klose Historian Leibniz-Institute of European History Abstract Decolonization is a central historical trend. Occurring in four broad phases from 1776 up to 1991, it has shaped the present-day global system of states through the release of revolutionary forces. The term “decolonization” refers to the process through which colonial rule dissolved, and it[…]
Pastor Roger Jimenez By John Prager / 06.21.2016 Pastor Roger Jimenez made national news after the most recent mass shooting at a gay night club in Orlando when he decided to share what God thinks on the matter — specifically that more “sodomites” should be dead. Unfortunately for him, his god is a spiteful one[…]
Antibiotics image via www.shutterstock.com. By John Gums, Pharm.D., FCCP Associate Dean for Clinical Affairs and Professor of Pharmacy and Medicine University of Florida May’s announcement that a strain of bacteria with genes conferring resistance to colistin, our antibiotic of last resort, was identified in the United States, is just the latest report highlighting the growing[…]
An international team of astronomers have detected glowing oxygen in a distant galaxy seen just 700 million years after the Big Bang. This is the most distant galaxy in which oxygen has ever been unambiguously detected, and it is most likely being ionised by powerful radiation from young giant stars. This galaxy could be an[…]
In the year 43, Vietnam came under the rule of the Chinese Han dynasty. This foreign domination was to last for hundreds of years, with the Chinese campaigning to “civilize” and assimilate the native people. Though the Chinese ruled Vietnam for hundreds of years, their rule was not accepted by the Vietnamese and there were[…]
By Dr. Al Carroll Professor of History Northern Virginia Community College Given how immigrant bashing is central to his appeal, it’s best to rebrand Mr. Drumpf (Trump) by his original family name. The man best known for hatred of immigrants has a grandfather, mother, wife, and ex-wife who are immigrants. Some accounts point to the[…]
From Bec Crew at Science Alert / 06.20.2016: A small clinical trial of 10 patients with early Alzheimer’s disease has shown that the memory loss and cognitive impairment can be reversed. Not only were improvements sustained, but some patients returned to work, regained their ability to speak different languages, and showed an increase in brain[…]
Homo Sapiens (Wikipedia) By Dr. Yuval Noah Harari Professor of History Hebrew University of Jerusalem Excerpt from Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind The ability to create an imagined reality out of words enabled large numbers of strangers to cooperate effectively. But it also did something more. Since large-scale human cooperation is based on myths,[…]
By Deepak Ramola / 06.21.2016 What Can We Learn from the Dying? Rooted in the hearts of many Hindus is the belief that if you breathe your last in Kashi (Varanasi) you attain what is popularly known as ‘Kashi Labh’ or ‘the fruit of Kashi’—moksh or “release from the cycle of rebirth impelled by the[…]
Miles McEntee died on June 2, 2015 of a heroin overdose in the apartment he shared with his sister, Taylor, right. Their mother wonders whether Naloxone might have saved his life. By Isabelle Taft / 06.21.2016 Just before his 25th birthday, Miles McEntee died of a heroin overdose last June in the Austin apartment he shared with[…]