n the margins of the dramatic situation in Ukraine, the possibility of nuclear war has been opened up again, and with recurrent statements from the leaders of the Russian Federation and the USA, as well as with the announced ‘suspension’ of the so-called START treaty, the media have analyzed the danger of a potential nuclear …
Will you pull the lever at the crucial moment and kill a person, or you won’t do anything and let a trolley kill five people? This famous dilemma, shown in the illustration, in modern philosophy, is known as the trolley problem, which is the name that has recently been accepted in our country as well. …
The photo shows a Macaque monkey yawning. Look once again. He is tired and so sleepy that his eyelids are drooping; he is gently putting his hand on his mouth and sighing deeply, exhaling loudly with pleasure. What are you doing now? Can it be that you have yawned? Believe it or not, scientists do …
A part of a wonderfully vivid fresco from the Akrotiri site on the Aegean island of Thera (nowadays called Santorini) in the photo shows two boy boxers who obviously belong to a developed culture and judging by jewellery, distinct social circles. Believe it or not, this amazing fresco was created over 3,500 years ago, centuries …
Many stories, cartoons, fables and fairy tales created worldwide speak about storks which deliver babies to their parents. Have you ever wondered how come and why storks exactly and not some other animals? Storks are believed to be gentle and peaceful, friendly and gracious animals, which are not afraid of people. In many parts of …
It was the year 1512. Across Europe, an all-out war had been raging for four years between a Roman pope and the Republic of Venice – in this war, papal states, Venice, Spain, France, England and several other kingdoms and dukedoms in succession joined ‘holy’ confederations and coalitions. Although this unrest resembled so many previous …
In the autumn of 1665, on a yeoman estate in the hamlet Woolsthorpe Manor, ripe apples fell on the wet ground. Their fall, an accelerated movement under the influence of gravity, was being watched by Isaac Newton, a twenty-two-year-old student of Trinity College in Cambridge. He had just returned to the family farm from London, …
By Marija Djuric/Photo:Pixabay Do you know the plant in the picture? There is a great chance that you have already consumed it today, perhaps even several times. Yesterday, too It’s coffee. According to The Coffee Book: Anatomy of an Industry from Crop to the Last Drop, coffee was first consumed by the members of the …
Ten wolves, ten pet dogs and ten shelter dogs of various types and breeds were put to a test. They were supposed to open a box which contained a treat for them, a task that required some effort. The task, designed by Monique Udell, a professor at Oregon State University, was successfully solved by eight …
By Slobodan Bubnjevic/Photo: Southold Historical Society The famous summer photograph from the family archives of a certain David Rothman, who is shown in it with casually dressed Albert Einstein, was taken on a rock at Horseshoe Cove on Long Island in 1939, the time when World War II was just starting in Europe. According to …