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Hanami Tradition: A Fragrant Tradition

Have you ever noticed the transience of life and the importance of staying in the…

Culture/Arts

1 day ago

Invitation to Dance: A Strange Epidemic

In the summer of 1518, a mother in Strasbourg throws her baby in her arms…

Biology

3 days ago

Louis Pasteur: Father of Microbiology

Louis Pasteur, a microbiologist and chemist known for discovering the rabies vaccine, was born in…

Culture/Arts

4 days ago

Agility and Agile Processes in Business Life

As we know, business life is generally an order consisting of strict rules and clear roles.…

Chemistry

5 days ago

Nobel Chemistry Award – 1903 – Svante August Arrhenius

“due to the electrolytic theory of decomposition” Born in 1859 in Sweden, Svante August Arrhenius…

Biology

6 days ago

Is Playing a Musical Instrument Really Important for Brain Development?

Many of us have had an interest in art at some point in our lives.…

Culture/Arts

1 week ago

A Technique That Makes Peace with Time: Pomodoro

In these days when everything is moving much faster, our efforts to catch up with…

History

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World War II

The history of world wars has witnessed many bloody wars, crimes against humanity, and interesting…

Culture/Arts

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Founders of Turkish Literature: Gokturks and Karakhanids

We may have seen Turkish tribes and states briefly in middle school, high school, or…

Psychology/Sociology

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The Seligman Experiment: Getting Used to Helplessness

Have you ever heard of the Seligman experiment? For those of you who haven’t heard…

Chemistry

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Nobel Chemistry Award – 1902 – Hermann Emil Fischer

“for his work on sugar and purine synthesis” The second Nobel Prizes were awarded in…

Biology

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The Fallen’s Friend: The Accidental Discovery of Viagra

Today, we are going to learn the story of the accidental discovery of the well-known…

On Living

Tufan Özdemir7 December 2022

Is Sapiens The End of Our Species?

There is only one human species today. Homo sapiens. But when we look over the human history, we come across many species of humans. Moreover, among them, there are those who are stronger than modern humans, “homo sapiens“. So how did we, the relatively “weak” ones, survive while other species went extinct? Will we go extinct like the others? Species or Genus? We have all seen in biology lessons that living things are divided into…
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Mete Esencan21 August 2021

One of the Biggest Problems of the Modern World: Not Keeping Up With Life

Perhaps one of the most important problems of the modern world is not being able to keep up with the pace of life. We all complain about not having time for something. This river of life flows so endlessly that we complain about not being able to create even a time to breathe. We are drowning more and more every day. Sometimes we take action and start rowing in order to play this river game…
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