science-technology
Robot clean-up crews tackle litter on Europe’s seabed
A ship with a crane floats in the Mediterranean sun at a marina in Marseille, France. The crane whirs as it hauls waste from the seabed and, when the wire…
science-technology
Making a splash: bringing ocean learning into every classroom
Around 40% of the EU’s population lives within 50 kilometres of the coast, and large parts of the continent’s economy, climate resilience and wellbeing depend on healthy oceans and seas.…
science-technology
Scientists hunt dark matter ‘stars’ that mimic black holes
In 2019, a strange event was observed in the depths of space. Called GW190521, the event sent out gravitational waves – invisible ripples in the universe – that were picked…
Archeology
Achaemenids, a dynasty of Persian kings (2)
By Fr. Dmitry Yurevich Darius [Old Persian - preserving good; Hebrew: ; Greek: Ϫαρεῖος], the name of three Persian kings of the Achaemenid dynasty, as well as a Mede mentioned…
Archeology
Nabonidus
By V. V. Minaeva Nabonidus [Akkadian - "[the god] Nabu is exalted"], the last king of the Neo-Babylonian Empire, reigned from 556 to 539 BCE and was overthrown by the…
Archeology
Achaemenids, a dynasty of Persian kings (1)
By A. A. Nemirovsky Artaxerxes [Persian: Khshayârshâ, Greek: ̓Αρταξέρξης], the name of the Persian king Xerxes I (c. 486-465 BC) of the Achaemenid dynasty, used in the Synodal translation of…
science-technology
Tiny particles, big impact: towards less invasive brain stimulation
treating serious brain disorders has often meant making a difficult trade-off.
Christianity
Orthodox Fundamentalism: Social Portrait and Sources (part 2)
By Konstantin Kostyuk The Two Moralities It would be a grave sin against truth and Orthodox Christianity if we derived fundamentalism and its cultural aggression from that spiritual call that…
Christianity
Orthodox Fundamentalism: Social Portrait and Sources (part 1)
By Konstantin Kostyuk Among the social changes in the post-Soviet period, a phenomenon such as Orthodox fundamentalism has increasingly attracted attention. Due to the long atheistic tradition and the secular…
Europe
Building Europe’s frontline against future pandemics
Being prepared for emerging infectious diseases is not only about responding to emergencies. It also means having the right research systems in place every day, so that new knowledge can…