Social Science

The Whorfian Hypothesis, otherwise known as the Sapir-Whorf hypothesis, is a linguistic theory developed by Benjamin Lee Whorf and his mentor, Edward Sapir, in the early 20th century. The Whorfian hypothesis basically states that language influences thought, and the way…
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Anthropologists do many things. There are different branches of anthropology i.e. cultural, archaeology, and physical anthropology. They work differently across each branch. They are scientists, in which their process to entering a newly discovered community, (seldom any today) or working…
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When reading informative articles, you may occasionally notice jargon that is difficult to decipher for the casual reader.  Most specialties have their own acronyms, abbreviations and shorthands which, while they do save time and space, are not always known to…
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It is hard to write an overview of prehistoric Oceania because so much of it is yet to be discovered. Archeologists have discovered that people came to Australia, New Guinea and neighbouring islands as far north as the Solomons over…
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UFO believers ascertain that there is evidence in ancient texts that clearly describes ancient aerial battles taking place in ancient time. Did ancient cultures have somehow the power of flight before the invention of aircraft? The ability to fly has…
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Isolation and Identification of Arboviruses from the Sultanate of Oman Arboviruses are the name given to arthropod-borne viruses that are transferred by invertebrate animals (arthropods). Scholars are increasingly interested in this subject as it can help the treatment of animals…
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Sahelanthropus tchadensis is the species name given to a cranium and some jaw and tooth fragments believed to be about seven million years old, which may be the remains of an as-yet-unknown early hominid species. They were discovered in Chad…
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I can only imagine how much some of my cohorts have wasted on gambling and the lottery. I know people who buy one, two or three tickets a week that win next to nothing, yet continue to play. They probably…
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Perhaps intelligence exists in all life forms in ways we cannot define. We consider insects as non-feeling bugs following some kind of instinctive pattern that is characteristic to species yet what about a hive of bees? Hive intelligence is a…
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The phrase: “Survival of the fittest” is confusing.  This is because Evolution is driven by environment.  The environment, at least over the time it takes for mutated changes to affect evolution, has nothing to do with whether somebody, be it…
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