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The History of Popular New Year's Traditions Getty Images By Tuan C. Nguyen Los Angeles Times, Published on December 01, 2017 For many, the start of a new year represents a moment of transition. It's an opportunity to reflect on the past and to look ahead to what the future might hold. Whether it was the best year of our lives or one we'd rather forget, the hope is that better days are ahead. Th..

Colonial India in Cartoons By Kallie Szczepanski Thought Co., Updated on May 20, 2018 The Indian Mutiny - Political Cartoon Sir Colin Campbell offers India to Lord Palmerston, who shelters behind a chair. Hulton Archive/Print Collectors/Getty Images This cartoon appeared in Punch in 1858, at the end of the Indian Mutiny (also called the Sepoy Rebellion). Sir Colin Campbell, the 1st Baron Clyde, ..

i The problem with ‘han’ 한 恨 Korean culture is characterised by an untranslatably profound sorrow and regret. Or is that just another stereotype? by Minsoo Kang + BIO Aeon. 18 March 2022 As a Korean resident of the United States, I have been both amazed and bewildered by the recent success of Korean popular culture in the country. When I first came to the US in the mid-1980s, despite South Korea..

South Korea's Moon Jae-in to give up dogs gifted by Kim Jong-un IMAGE SOURCE,REUTERS Image caption, Moon Jae-in said he was able to continue as their caretaker after he left his post By George Wright BBC News, 7 November, 2022 South Korea's former President Moon Jae-in says he plans to give up a pair of dogs sent by North Korean leader Kim Jong-un as a gift. The decision appears to be due to dif..

The Aegean Sea. Photo by Krista Rossow/National Geographic The sea was never blue The Greek colour experience was made of movement and shimmer. Can we ever glimpse what they saw when gazing out to sea? by Maria Michela Sassi + BIO Aeon, 31 July 2017 Maria Michela Sassi is professor of ancient philosophy at Pisa University. She has written a number of essays published in international journals on..

Illustration by Richard Wilkinson Radical dimensions Relativity says we live in four dimensions. String theory says it’s 10. What are ‘dimensions’ and how do they affect reality? by Margaret Wertheim + BIO Aeon, 10 January 2018 Margaret Wertheim writes about the cultural resonances of science and mathematics. Her books include The Pearly Gates of Cyberspace (1999) and Physics on the Fringe (2012..

「ヘンリー王子夫妻の称号を剥奪すべき」王室専門家の間で論争 問題の回顧録が来年発売 New Sphere Nov 3 2022 Random House Group via AP ヘンリー王子夫妻に関し、称号剥奪（はくだつ）の議論が加速している。サセックス公爵および公爵夫人と呼ばれている二人だが、これらの称号はもはやふさわしくないのではないかとの意見が聞かれるようになった。 ◆元BBCジャーナリストが指摘する剥奪論 英インデペンデント紙（11月1日）はこうした議論が、イギリスの王室専門家らの間で盛んになっていると報じている。記事によると朝の情報番組『グッド・モーニング・ブリテン』に複数の専門家らが出演し、称号剥奪の可能性を議論した。 このなかで、元BBCジャーナリストで著述家のトム・バウワー氏は、ヘンリー王子が来年1月に刊行を予定している王室回顧録『Spare（原題）』について、英王室..

Coloured scanning electron micrograph of a macrophage white blood cell (purple) engulfing a tuberculosis (Mycobacterium tuberculosis) bacterium (pink). Photo by Science Photo Library i Life with purpose Biologists balk at any talk of ‘goals’ or ‘intentions’ – but a bold new research agenda has put agency back on the table by Philip Ball + BIO Aeon, 13 November 2020 Philip Ball is a British scien..

「日本が韓国にＧ７の地位を奪われる日がくるかも」…日本の碩学の苦言 ⓒ 中央日報/中央日報日本語版 2022.01.10 Yahoo Japan 日本の経済状況に連日、警告の声を出している野口悠紀雄一橋大学名誉教授 ［写真＝野口教授提供］ 「日本は２０年後に経済規模で韓国に追い抜かれる」。「給料上がらない日本と上がった韓国は何が違うか」。 昨年１２月１２日に日本の「現代ビジネス」と「東洋経済」に掲載されたコラムのタイトルだ。コラムを書いたのは経済学者の野口悠紀雄一橋大学名誉教授。大蔵省（現財務省）官僚だった野口教授は日本経済・金融理論分野の碩学と呼ばれる。野口教授はなぜ連日、韓国を比較対象にした内容で日本人の心を刺激しているのだろうか。昨年１２月２９日、野口教授にズーム（ＺＯＯＭ）でインタビューした。 －－日本経済の危機を説明するうえで韓国のデータを積極的に引用している。 「理由がある..

Photo by Schellhorn/ullstein bild via Getty Local links run the world Networks regulate everything from ant colonies and middle schools to epidemics and the internet. Here’s how they work by Deborah M Gordon + BIO AEON, 1 February 2018 Deborah M Gordon is a professor of biology at Stanford University in California. She has written about her research for publications such as Scientific American a..