Sirius

  • Monsters Are Everywhere In The Bible – And Some Are Even Human

    A 12th-century commentary on the Book of Job shows Satan transmitting a disease to him. DeAgostini Picture Library via Getty Images Madadh Richey, Brandeis University What is a “monster”? For most Americans, this word sparks images of haunted houses and horror movies: scary creations, neither human nor animal, and usually evil. But it can be…

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  • What Is The True Meaning Of Mercy?

    Mercy matters. Romel, CC BY-NC-ND Mathew Schmalz, College of the Holy Cross The world seems to be witnessing increasing levels of violence, fear and hatred that challenge us each day. There are ongoing debates about how or whether to welcome immigrants and refugees to the United States; news headlines remind us about the plight of…

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  • From Ancient Jewish Texts to Androids to AI, A Sequence of Numbers or Letters Turns Matter Into Meaning

    The power of putting basic elements in just the right order is key to both Jewish mysticism and computer coding. WhataWin/iStock via Getty Images Plus Rhona Trauvitch, Florida International University Isaac Asimov’s iconic science fiction collection “I, Robot” tells the story of androids created at U.S. Robots and Mechanical Men, Inc. The androids range from…

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  • This Christian Text You’ve Never Heard of, The Shepherd of Hermas, Barely Mentions Jesus − But It Was A Favorite of Early Christians Far And Wide

    “Italian Coast Scene with Ruined Tower,” by 19th century American painter Thomas Cole. National Gallery of Art Chance Bonar, Tufts University People usually think about the Bible as a book with a fixed number of texts within its pages: 24 books in the Jewish version of the Bible; 66 for Protestants; 73 for Catholics; 81…

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  • Ancient Egyptians Measured The First Hour, And Changed How We Related To Time

    A detail from the astronomical ceiling at the Dendera temple in Egypt. (kairoinfo4u/flickr), CC BY-NC Robert Cockcroft, McMaster University and Sarah Symons, McMaster University Humanity’s relationship with telling time began before the first written word, making it a challenge today to investigate the origin of many timekeeping units. However, some time measurement units that derive…

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  • What Might Pluto Sound Like? Our Musical Love Affair With The Cosmos

    Music and astronomy have been intimately linked since antiquity. AAP Image/ NASA Liam Viney, The University of Queensland Fans of astronomy who also have a musical bent may have experienced a “what if” moment this week. With NASA’s New Horizons currently thrilling the world with the best ever images of the dwarf planet, it would…

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  • Why So Sirius & Secretive?

    While answers you seek may reveal themselves here, one needs foresight to embrace the ugliness behind what originally started as a beautiful secret. Do you have the courage to question and sense your old belief systems fading as each tragedy beckons you? Of course there is something off about the way the governing systems in…

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  • Supplementary Tablet of Thoth XIV & XV

    List ye, O Man, to the deep hidden wisdom, lost to the world since the time of the Dwellers, lost and forgotten by men of this age. Know ye this Earth is but a portal, guarded by powers unknown to man. Yet, the Dark Lords hide the entrance that leads to the Heaven-born land. Know ye, the way to the…

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