Social Science

Have you ever fantasised about living in an underwater city? Well, Project Atlantica may soon give you a chance to do just that. Project Atlantica is the first project that aims to establish a permanent human settlement on the sea…
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To solve a problem it is fundamental to understand the roots of the impairment. With racism, there are many roots. Pretend racism is like a broken car and there is no given reason the vehicle is working. You take it…
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The Occupy Wallstreet Movement may have dwindled on the journalistic radar, but it is still going strong on the streets. With a movement so large, controversial, and seemingly unorganized in their demands, it’s hard to get an overview of what…
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At the end of the Victorian era, a young doctor named Freud changed the world by discovery of what is now known as the unconscious. His work was pivotal, but necessarily added to by others as the field of psychology…
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Evolution is the science that no one wants. People are alright with light years in astronomy, okay with fossils found in geology, and even plate tectonics is not disputed, but people somehow feel a great loss came with knowing our…
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Functionalism is a viewpoint in sociology that is slowly losing credibility. Wrapped up in the thoughts that items like classism, sexism, homophobia, racism, and other versions of inequality serve as a necessary evil to hold up other institutions of society,…
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Existentialism is a system of thought popularized by French philosophers Albert Camus and Jean-Paul Sartre in the mid-20th century but tracing it’s roots to Danish philosopher Soren Kierkegaard in the early nineteenth century. One of it’s signature characteristics are that…
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In an article published on June 6, 2012 in the Journal of the American Medical Association,  researchers from McGill University in Montreal, using data from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, have noted an increase in life expectancy…
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There is big money these days in perpetuating and inventing conspiracy theories. Sadly there is no money in refuting and debunking them. There is enough about phony conspiracy theories to fill a book and several have been written none of…
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“Pylos, located in mainland Greece on the southwest coast of the Peloponesus, is the site of one of the most important Mycenaean settlements. It is considered one of the best preserved and best excavated of the major palaces. It dates…
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