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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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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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“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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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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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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So many stars above an Australian cemetery. Flickr/Indigo Skies Photography, CC BY-NC-ND Brad E Tucker, Australian National University About once a week, I receive an email like this (note that any identifying details have been removed): I was wondering if you could help me. We are coming to Canberra for 2 nights with our friends…
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The things you can do with an amaterur telescope. Shutterstock/AstroStar Michael J. I. Brown, Monash University For people like me, light years, the expanding universe and the Big Bang are part of daily language. You might perceive these as distant and abstract concepts, best left to professional astronomers with million-dollar telescopes. Or perhaps not. I…
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Space travel is on the horizon, with long journeys and new challenges to contend with. (Shutterstock) Katerina Stepanova, Simon Fraser University It takes seven months to get to Mars in an efficiently engineered spaceship, covering the distance of 480 million kilometres. On this journey, a crew would have to survive in a confined space with…