A Stunning Chronicle of Unbelievers. The history of skepticism and the process of doubt that drives all human knowledge.
The history of skepticism and the process of doubt that drives all human knowledge.
A Stunning Chronicle of Unbelievers
REQUERIMIENTO PARA PROCEDER A LA CONQUISTA DE AMERICA
El requerimiento
Antes de proceder a las conquistas, los capitanes españoles tenían órdenes de leer a los nativos el requerimiento que sigue, el cual estuvo escrito originalmente en latín. Al cabo del tiempo el nombre del rey Fernando fue sustituido por el de Carlos I.
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Volcano Tungurahua, Pic
Erupts Volcano Tungurahua erupted spectacularly last year. Pictured above, molten rock so hot it glows visibly pours down the sides of the 5,000-meter high Tungurahua, while a cloud of dark ash is seen being ejected toward the left. Wispy white clouds flow around the lava-lit peak, while a star-lit sky shines in the distance. The above image was captured last year as ash fell around the adventurous photographer. Located in Ecuador, Tungurahua has become active roughly every 90 years since for the last 1,300 years. Volcano Tungurahua has started erupting again this year and continues erupting at a lower lever even today.
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Saturn's Iapetus Moon, Pic
Kilometers Above Saturn's Iapetus What does the surface of Saturn's mysterious moon Iapetus look like? To help find out, the robotic Cassini spacecraft now orbiting Saturn was sent soaring last week just 2,000 kilometers from the unique equatorial ridge of the unusual walnut-shaped two-toned moon. The above image from Cassini is from about 4,000 kilometers out and allows objects under 100-meters across to be resolved. Cassini found an ancient and battered landscape of craters, sloping hills, and mountains as high as 10 kilometers and so rival the 8.8-kilometer height of Mt. Everest on Earth. Just above the center of this image is a small bright patch where an impacting rock might have uncovered deep clean water ice. Space scientists will be studying flyby images like this for clues to the origin of Iapetus' unusual shape and coloring with particular emphasis because no more close flybys of the enigmatic world are planned.
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Astronomy and the Universe,
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The Manipulation of Human Behavior
Description: ALBERT D. BIDERMAN
Bureau of Social Science Research, Inc.
HERBERT ZIMMER
Associate Professor of Psychology
University of Georgia
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Homo politicus Brain function of liberals, conservatives differs
Description: The brain neurons of liberals and conservatives fire differently when confronted with tough choices, suggesting that some political divides may be hard-wired
Homo politicus Brain function of liberals, conservatives differs: " "
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Researchers Demonstrate How Placebo Effect Works in the Brain
Columbia University scientists, with colleagues from the University of Michigan, have shown how the neurochemistry of the placebo effect can relieve pain in humans. The scientists found that the placebo effect caused the brains of test volunteers to release more of a natural painkiller.
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Flirting Fascination, By Joann Ellison Rodgers
Description: The science of flirting. The capacity of men and women to flirt turns out to be a remarkable set of behaviors embedded deep in our psyches.
Flirting Fascination: "Description: The science of flirting. The capacity of men and women to flirt turns out to be a remarkable set of behaviors embedded deep in our psyches. "
Separation of Church and State
Description: a more accurate phrase than “separation of church and state” might be something like “separation of organized religion and civil authority,” because religious and civil authorities are not and should not be invested in the same people or organizations. In practice, this means that civil authority cannot dictate to or control organized religious bodies. The state cannot tell religious bodies what to preach, how to preach or when to preach. Civil authority must exercise a “hands off” approach, neither helping nor hindering religion.
Separation of Church and State 101 (from About com)
THE MIND IN THE MAKING
The Relation of Intelligence to Social Reform
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It's All in the Brain
An exploration of the findings of neurocience as it relates to political behavior
It's All in the Brain: "An exploration of the findings of neurocience as it relates to political behavior "
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Human Behavior,
Our Brain
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Art History
Late Italian Renaissance to Dutch portraiture and genre painting.
Art!!!: "Late Italian Renaissance to Dutch portraiture and genre painting. "
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Societies and Cultures
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