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Selfishness, pride, greed, lust for wealth, power and pleasures, are the main reasons that either a person or a society end up badly. Humans are more prone to follow the ‘downward path’ than put effort to reach ‘higher’. Continue reading “What reasons cause people or even entire civilizations to self-destruct? Is it inevitable in some cases?”
Positive interactions on social media are not making young adults feel more connected, whereas negative experiences increase the likelihood of them reporting loneliness, scientists with the University of Pittsburgh Center for Research on Media Technology and Health (MTH) report today in the American Journal of Health Promotion. Continue reading “Negative experiences on social media tied to higher odds of feeling lonely”
The piezoelectric materials that inhabit everything from our cell phones to musical greeting cards may be getting an upgrade thanks to work discussed in the journal Nature Materials released online Jan 21. Continue reading “Mechanical engineers develop process to 3-D print piezoelectric materials”
An international research team led by the University of Liverpool and McMaster University has made a significant breakthrough in the search for new states of matter. Continue reading “Scientists discover new quantum spin liquid”
Here we present some timeless words of Saint Basil the Great on Usury and Debt. Let us all think on them in parallel with the situation we experience in our times. Continue reading “Saint Basil on Usury and Debt”
Here we present selected parts of the very interesting paper “Surgery on Aneurysms in Byzantine Times (324-1453 A.D.)“, Eur J Vasc Endovasc Surg 15, 110-114 (1998), by J. Lascaratos, C. Liapis and C. Ionidis. Continue reading “Surgery on Aneurysms in Byzantine Times”
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