Reliability of common wisdom - models and power
Universal preschool's and cause and effect in education
Navigating the 'human terrain' - Los Angeles Times
Anthropology.net | Beyond bones & stones
Anthropology.net | Beyond bones & stones
Anthropology is defined as the study of humankind and their origins throughout different places and times. The study focuses in detail on cultural, biological, linguistic, and archaeological research.
'Gay weddings' become law in UK
BBC NEWS | UK | 'Gay weddings' become law in UK
Hundreds of gay couples are preparing to form civil partnerships in the coming weeks as the law changes after decades of campaigning.
Kazakhstan and the principles of democracy
World News Article | Reuters.co.uk
Kazakhstan's President Nursultan Nazarbayev won re-election by a landslide on Monday, official preliminary results showed, but the opposition in the former Soviet republic alleged vote-rigging.
Common sense vs.hypocrisy
Be realistic about death penalty: PM - National Breaking News - Breaking News 24/7 - NEWS.com.au
"But I think we have to be a little bit realistic in suggesting that the Government should complain as loudly as a death sentence being carried out on Saddam Hussein as we did in relation to Nguyen [Australian citizen executed in Singapore] is a bit unrealistic," [Australian prime minister Howard] said."Call it hypocrisy if you like, I think call it just normal human common sense."
Authors and texts
Narnia's lion really is Jesus - Sunday Times - Times Online
AN unpublished letter from the novelist C S Lewis has provided conclusive proof of the Christian message in his Narnia childrenâs books.In the letter [to be published in a new collection of Lewis' letters], sent to a child fan in 1961, Lewis writes: âThe whole Narnian story is about Christ.â?
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Identity and modularity
news @ nature.com - Mind trick 'whittles the waist' - Illusion helps scientists to spot brain regions that shape our body image.
Scientists have harnessed a perceptual trick known as the 'Pinocchio illusion' to help pinpoint the brain regions that control how we view our bodies. They made the discovery by scanning the brains of volunteers experiencing the illusion, which involved stimulating their wrist tendons to make them feel thinner.
Digitizing literature and styles of reading
