“The wise man doesn’t give the right answers, he poses the right questions” (Claude Lèvi-Strauss)
Words of author’s words: Claude Lèvi-Strauss (1908-2009), Franco-Belgian anthropologist and linguist, in “Le Cru et Le Cuit”: “The …
“We are not descended from fearful men” (Edward R. Murrow)
Words of author of Edward R. Murrow (North Carolina1908 -1965) American CBS journalist, speaking in 1954 in “See It Now” about Senator Joseph R. …
“There are human voice and voice of their silence among sounds of the world” (Juan Mayorga)
Words of the author Juan Mayorga (Madrid, 1965) in the entrance speech to occupy the “M” armchair of the Royal Academy of the Language (RAE): “There …
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(Español) El hombre elaboraba pienso para perros ya en la Edad de Bronce
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66 WORDS IN CASTILIAN TO KNOW HUMAN BODY
Do you know human body? Here, you have a list with 66 words in Spanish (translated in English and Portuguese too) that will help you to memorize human …
Recklessness has little in common with genetic
Barcelona / There is no reason one person who is son of a reckless father or mother (or excessively reckless facing the dangers, according to the definition …
MUTATION OF A SINGLE GEN BECAME HUMANS INTO RUNNERS
London / The mutation of a single gene about two million years ago unleashed a series of changes in what would eventually become the modern human species, …
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THE OLDEST KNOW DRAWING WAS MADE ABOUT 73,000 YEARS AGO
Paris / The oldest known drawing was made by Homo sapiens about 73,000 years ago, about 30,000 before the abstract and figurative specimens discovered so far …
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THE POPE DECLARES DEATH PENALY IS INADMISSIBLE FOR CATHOLIC CATECHISM
Vatican / Pope Francis has approved a modification of the Catechism of the Church to declare death penalty is “inadmissible”. The new formulation has been …
HUMANS MADE BREAD 4,000 YEARS BEFORE DISCOVERING AGRICULTURE
Carlos López/ San Sebastián/ About 14,000 years ago, groups of hunters and gatherers in northeastern Jordan produced the first breads of humanity, 4,000 …
THE MYSTERIOUS LINK OF HUMAN EVOLUTION
Moscow / The discovery five years ago of the Homo naledi, a new species of hominid which lived in the South African savannah with the humans closest to modern …
(Español) “Bien sabemos que toda fortuna humana es obra del acaso” (Pere Gimferrer)
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WHY YOUNG PEOPLE DON’T LISTEN CLASSICAL MUSIC?
In the opinion of the director and pianist Daniel Barenboim, it’s no usual to see many young people in the concerts of classical music but “why are the …
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CHORDS OF THE SPERMATOZOA
Berlin / A team of scientists from several German research institutes have discovered how human spermatozoa navigate, which is compared to a string instrument …