There was a trinity of rare natural occurrences yesterday, March 20th 2015—solar eclipse, supermoon and spring equinox.
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Meditations
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It’s difficult to conceive, but a few decades ago nature was largely seen as a dangerously untamed force. Now only when there are natural disasters, such as the recent cyclone…
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The headline in the science section of the New York Times said it all, “Suddenly, It Seems, Water Is Everywhere in Solar System.” That means humankind has now come as…
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With the first step out of the car, the feeling of early spring at about 1000 meters in the mountains is palpable. Despite the drought, the small reservoir is about…
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Does human aggression and violence have a biological basis, or is it rooted in human psychology? Beyond the nature-nurture dichotomy, is nature and evolution the primary source of individual and…
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The most urgent question, which neither science nor philosophy are truly asking, pertains to the relationship between humans and nature. Specifically, how did Homo sapiens, which evolved along with all…
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For many years, people in the United States, Europe and Russia lived under the threat of nuclear annihilation. Then the Cold War seemed to end as quickly as it began,…
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Self-awareness and sentience are difficult terms. Even scientists can’t agree on the difference between self-awareness and consciousness. So what is the distinction between awareness of self, self-awareness and self-knowing?