Why Yawns Are Contagious
by Sara G. MillerThe next time you're sitting near someone who yawns, try this: do not yawn. The odds are, you will find that it very difficult to hold back.The reason that it's hard to stifle a yawn,...
View ArticleNeglected Important Artists, No. 40: The Religious Modern Art Of He Qi
He QiWe are living in a time where there is much violence. There is little peace. We need to listen to the voice of heaven. - He QiDoctor. He Qi (pronounced “huh chee”) is a professor of philosophy at...
View ArticleBad Art
BAD ARTby Abigail CainOccasionally, bad art is easy to spot. Take the famously botched restoration of Elías García Martínez’s Ecce Homo, which transformed the work into the Beast Jesus, or the Ronaldo...
View ArticleDiscovered: The Oldest Traces Of Italian Wine
The oldest traces of Italian wine have been discovered in a cave in Sicily, researchers announced.Wine residues were found on a large ceramic jar that was stored nearly 6,000 years ago in the caverns...
View ArticleThree Great Poems by Unknown Authors
My Three Lovers by an unknown authorI cannot remember Yesterday,He went away.I asked him what the trouble was,He would not say;Just looked at me with a cool kind of conviction,Wishing things were...
View ArticleThe History of Motorcycles
The history of the motorcycle begins in the second half of the 19th century. Motorcycles are descended from the "safety bicycle," a bicycle with front and rear wheels of the same size and a pedal crank...
View ArticleA Letter To My Senator
A Letter To My SenatorDear Senator,In the nine months since Donald Trump became president, he has proven to be a liar, a bigot, ignorant, and a know-it-all. He has appointed people to positions who...
View ArticleWhy Climate Change Is Making Hurricane Season Worse
Hurricanes Irma and Harvey have reignited discussions about the link between global warming and extreme weather, with climate scientists now saying they can show the connections between the two...
View ArticleHate, Hate Mongers and Religion
Many people in Florida are putting hurricane shutters on their houses today and then driving to Georgia to avoid the path of Hurricane Irma, which is apparently one of the strongest storms ever...
View ArticleTrump: Everything the Founding Fathers Feared
byJeremi SuriJeremi Suri is a professor in the Department of History and the Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs at the University of Texas at Austin, where he holds the Mack Brown...
View ArticleGreat Thinkers, Great Thoughts: Martin Luther
Theologian Martin Luther forever changed Christianity when he began the Protestant Reformation in 16th-century Europe. Here is how.____________________________________Who Was Martin Luther?Martin...
View ArticleThree New Poems by Carmine Giordano
Three Poems by Camine GiordanoBy Dawn's Early Light So the flood -all of us pants downbare-assedforked animalswading through waterour pomps floatingin sewagewith the mattressesonion peels...
View ArticleWhat Your Dreams Actually Mean
If dreams were movies, they wouldn't make a dime. They're often banal, frequently fleeting and they're screened for an audience of just one. As for the storyline? You're in a supermarket, only it's...
View ArticleBecoming Poor In America
Poverty in the U.S. A. is nearly the same as in North Korea.A Chart of Aries of Poverity in the U.S.A.Things get shabby. Paint peels off the house. The car gets older and older and you keep fixing it...
View ArticleLost Language, Code or Hoax?
by Stephanie PappasThe story was tailor-made for headlines: The indecipherable Voynich Manuscript that once stumped the best code breakers of World War II had finally been cracked, and it was a simple...
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