2/ Instead of seeing religion as always reactionary, we can acknowledge that religion operates across the political spectrum. Historically, religion played a role in the Haitan slave revolution, the US civil rights movement and South American liberation theology
There's a 90s alternate #history novel by Harry Turtledove where aliens arrive during #WW2 and sell tactical nukes to the inhabitants of the Warsaw ghetto.
Everything you wanted to know about Victory Day in Europe in seven facts.
The 78th anniversary of the defeat of Nazi Germany is being celebrated in countries across Europe, with national holidays to honour the occasion.
Victory in Europe Day marks the formal acceptance of Germany's unconditional surrender of its armed forces by the Allies, and the official end of World War II in Europe on the Eastern Front.
The short stories of modern Iraqi writers Hassan Blasim and Diaa Jubaili show the heart of contemporary Iraqi literature -- and are a good entry point for the American interested in understanding the Iraqi viewpoint, 20 years after the US invasion.
“If we can share our bedrooms with strangers through Airbnb and our back seats through Uber, why can’t we share things in the lab?”
Neuroscientist Garry Cooper, who started an online platform for sharing excess laboratory materials, says that misguided competitiveness can lead to hoarding — but that labs have a responsibility to moderate their outsize environmental impact.
Today in 1928, Barbara Ann Scott was born in Ottawa.
In her figure-skating career, she won the 1948 Olympic gold, 2 world championships & 4 Canadian championships.
She is the only Canadian to win the ladies singles gold at the Olympics.
She died on Sept. 30, 2012.
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Ancient ruins, I love them. Stepping back in time, walking where others have walked but are no longer with us. Thought provoking #history. This is the Pecos ruins in New Mexico, adobe church or what is left of it. Fascinating history between the Pecos Indians and the Spanish.