History
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Shamanism: A universal practice
There are those who travel spirit worlds. They may know that those worlds only exist in their minds, or they may believe that those worlds…
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In Patagonia: Arid wastes taking a firm possession of the mind
Bruce Chatwin’s most well-known work is In Patagonia. It’s a mix of travel writing, history and a fiction. It was first published in 1977. Below…
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The Soviet Space Shuttle: A futile technical success
The Soviet Union had its own space shuttle program called Buran. It looked and operated similarly to the U.S. Space Shuttle. One Buran shuttle was…
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Relax About the Population Collapse: Declining birth rates may be a net positive
There’s widespread agreement that a declining population is equivalent to declining fortunes, be it for cities, for countries or for the whole world. That fertility…
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The Smile Brace: Making you happy by forcing the corners of your mouth up
One of my ancestors was a medical doctor who was responsible for accompanying the corpse of Archduke Franz Ferdinand to his final resting place after…
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Moana: Could do worse when learning about Polynesia
My kids don’t care what I’m reading. Sometimes, when they have run out of other things to do, they leaf through my current book, only…
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