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By Anatoly Liberman at OUP Blog: Every English dictionary with even minimal information on word origins, will tell us that lord and lady are so-called disguised compounds. Unlike skyline or
Continue readingFrom Rags to Riches, or the Multifaceted Progress of Lady
Stoicism teaches the development of self-control as a means of overcoming destructive emotions; the philosophy holds that becoming a clear and unbiased thinker allows one to understand the universal reason.
Matt Huston at Psyche: Babies have plenty in common with each other – the crying, the crawling, the sleeping – but their own little personalities are on display too. One
Continue readingHow Babies’ and Children’s Temperament Varies Around the World
By Devika Rao at The Week: The sun is currently at solar maximum. This means that the celestial body is at its peak activity, releasing higher levels of radiation and
Continue readingGetting to the Red Planet Requires Planning and a Whole Lot of Knowledge
Toby Walsh at The Conversation: Google has rolled out its latest experimental search feature on Chrome, Firefox and the Google app browser to hundreds of millions of users. “AI Overviews”
by Rebecca Baumgartner at 3 Quarks Daily: A little over a year ago, in Allen, Texas, we saw the precise moment when a “good guy with a gun” became a
by Santiago Ramos at Wisdom of Crowds: I’m moving, which means I’ve spent the last few days disoriented between pillars of boxes, lost without my daily routine and familiar living
J.D. Tuccille at the Reason: “Cash was once a staple in the economy, but it’s fast becoming a relic of the past,” according to an April report on Australia’s financial
Continue readingAustralians Abandon Physical Cash and the Freedom It Protects
at Poetic Outlaws: Nothing has a more divisive and alienating effect upon society than… moral complacency and lack of responsibility, and nothing promotes understanding and rapprochement more than the mutual
Continue readingCarl Jung: Where Love Stops, Power Begins, and Violence, and Terror
Casey Fiesler in The Conversation: A parent asked a question in a private Facebook group in April 2024: Does anyone with a child who is both gifted and disabled have
How things were going for Pakistan during the period 1960 thru 1991 (30 years). And what happened over the next 30 years (1991 thru 2022). 3 graphs below–out of the
Mark R Rank at Psyche: On 18 August 1913, at a casino in Monte Carlo, a roulette wheel was spun, and the ball fell on black. This is not unusual.
Continue readingWhat We Gain by Recognising the Role of Chance