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Singapore Abolishes Exams Because “Learning Is Not a Competition” – My Modern Met
“Learning is not a competition, but a self-discipline they need to master for life.” Lately, governments around the world have been taking extra steps to ensure the well-being of younger generations. In Oregon, students are encouraged to take mental health … Continue reading
Neighboring Communities Playfully Connect Atop Neon Pink Teetertotters Slotted Through the U.S.-Mexico Border Wall
Ronald Rael and Virginia San Fratello have long worked in activating structures in projects that blur the line between art and architecture. The Oakland-based duo, who self-describe as pursuing “applied architectural research”, also have a longstanding interest in the United States-Mexico … Continue reading
Disease Is Soaring in Brazil. So Why Isn’t Bolsonaro Taking It Seriously?
Hundreds have died of dengue this year, and scientists predict it’s only going to get worse. Authorities in Brazil have reported an explosion in the number of cases of dengue fever as increasingly extreme weather patterns fuel the spread … Continue reading
How I figured out the Achilles heel of Vladimir Putin | William Browder | TEDxBerlin
TEDx Talks Published on 14 Aug 2018 For more information on William Browder, please visit our website http://www.tedxberlin.de.
Five things you need to know about: the science of refugee integration – Horizon
In the last few years, the integration of refugees into European societies has become an urgent issue. Since 2015, nearly 4 million people have applied for asylum in the EU and many are now beginning to make new lives here. What … Continue reading
Kant & Categorical Imperatives: Crash Course Philosophy #35
CrashCourse Published on 15 Nov 2016 Our next stop on our tour of ethics is Kant’s ethics. Today Hank explains hypothetical and categorical imperatives, the universalizability principle, autonomy, and what it means to treat people as ends-in-themselves, rather than as … Continue reading
Brazil under Bolsonaro: A Different Form of “Hybrid War” — Russia News Now
Brazil’s long-running Hybrid War crisis never really went away, it just took a few months for it to change form and turn against its original initiators after they failed to close the Pandora’s Box of regime change protest potential that … Continue reading
Colorized Photos Reveal the Historic Discovery of King Tut’s Tomb
29th/30th October 1925, Tutankhamun’s Tomb | The gold mask (Carter no. 256a) in situ on the mummy of the King, still inside the third (innermost) solid gold coffin. (©️ Griffith Institute, University of Oxford, colorized by Dynamichrome) When the tomb … Continue reading
Spencer Tunick Stages a Mass Nude Photo Shoot Outside Facebook HQ to Protest the Platform’s Nipple Censorship | artnet News
The photographer Spencer Tunick staged a mass nude photo shoot outside Facebook’s headquarters to protest its nudity policies. As dawn broke on Sunday and most of New York City was still asleep, 125 people gathered outside Facebook’s headquarters in Manhattan, … Continue reading
Who really owns the past? – Aeon
European tourists having a picnic in a temple in Egypt, 1898. Photo by LL/Roger Viollet/Getty Images Mosul’s old city lies in ruins. A major section of the third largest city in Iraq has been destroyed by war. Two years … Continue reading
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