Social Science

What happens when archaeology threatens the tourist trade?An amateur archaeologist and historian claims to have worked out the real island where Homer’s hero Odysseus lived. And it’s not the one the Greek tourist authorities have been profiting from for years…
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The magnitude of natural disasters determine the magnitude of the fluctuations in social stasis. In a well developed and relatively wealthy country, well developed disaster response and relief can turn major disasters into relatively minor disruptions in physical loss, leadership…
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Maybe I am not seeing the full picture because I have only been studying the criminal justice system for just over 2 years now but I do not see how any of the sentencing goals can be truly reached when…
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Conspiracies exist when groups as small as two individuals or whole governments work together to conceal actions which might be illegal, beyond their lawful authority, or destructive of others. Individuals can be arrested on conspiracy charges in most countries, even…
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Should we be legally responsible for every word that comes out of our mouths? “I’m going to beat that kid!”, “Something bad is going to happen to that woman, wait and see”, “One of these days, somebody’s going to make…
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Surprised scientists unearthed solid evidence that a quarter million years ago Neanderthals were painting the town red—or at least their cavern homes. The revelation came by accident during a research dig in the Netherlands where a team of archaeologists were…
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A sound theory is based partially on fact, sound logical premises and enough evidence to argue in favor of the claims that are made. A conspiracy theory generally is based on an inability to obtain complete proof, but on evidence…
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The Potawatomi Nation is a Native American group who lived occupied the Great Lakes and Upper Mississippi River Basin.  The Potawatomi traditionally spoke the Potawatomi language, which belongs to the Algonquian language family.  Today, however, many people of Potawatomi descent…
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British naturalist Charles Darwin is best known as the first person to accurately explain how evolution works.  Around the same time that Darwin was formulating his theory of evolution, the less well-known Scottish naturalist, Alfred Russel Wallace, arrived independently at…
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You might be wondering what the difference between urban and suburban are. I think it is one of those things that you know it when you see it, but what exactly is the real difference between urban living and suburban…
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