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Nobel Chemistry Award – 1905 – Johann Friedrich Wilhelm Adolf von Baeyer

“In recognition of his services in the advancement of organic chemistry and the chemical…

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God of War: Ragnarok

There are many definitions of art and many ways of showing it. According to some,…

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Star Game of the Year 2023: Baldur’s Gate 3

There are genres that everyone knows in the gaming world. The most played genres are…

Philosophy

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The Trolley Dilemma: Journey on the Tracks of Goodness

Philosophy is such a bottomless pit that the answer you give to any question involuntarily…

Culture/Arts

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SCRUM Method in Business Life

We know that authoritarian systems no longer yield results in the family, at school or…

Chemistry

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Nobel Chemistry Award – 1904 – Sir William Ramsay

“In recognition of his services in the discovery of the inert gaseous elements in air,…

Culture/Arts

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Hanami Tradition: A Fragrant Tradition

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

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Invitation to Dance: A Strange Epidemic

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

Biology

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Louis Pasteur: Father of Microbiology

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

Culture/Arts

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Agility and Agile Processes in Business Life

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

Chemistry

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Nobel Chemistry Award – 1903 – Svante August Arrhenius

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

Biology

17 June 2025

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.…

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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