https://youtu.be/Q-B_ONJIEcE?si=G-gGX3_QzZtAnETdIn this lecture, Steven Pinker, renowned linguist and Harvard Psychology Professor, discusses linguistics as a window to understanding the human brain.How is it that human beings have come to acquire language? Steven Pinker's introduction to the field includes thoughts...
Eric Ralls, earth.com Staff writerIn 1610, Galileo Galilei, renowned as the pioneer of modern astronomy, first laid eyes on Saturn's magnificent rings. His initial observations through an early, rudimentary telescope led him to describe these celestial features as resembling...
Image: TexBr on iStockAntonio NavalónThere is global unanimity that the 21st century, which has brought and contributed so much to the history of the modern world, has also witnessed an enormous depreciation in the quality of the political ruling...
Image: Pannawit Khongjaroenmaitree on iStockRicardo Pascoe PierceEvery budget reveals priorities and concerns; it conceals errors and keeps the skeletons hidden in the closet. Such is the budget for the year 2024 that the Chamber of Deputies has just approved.Graph:...
Ricardo Pascoe PierceOn the day López Obrador received his investiture as constitutional President of Mexico on December 1, 2018, in the Congress of the Union, he went to Mexico City's Zócalo to receive a baton from Carmen Santiago Alonso,...
Image: Pixelvario on ShutterstockLuis RubioAntinomy, a contradiction between two things, both apparently obtained by correct reasoning, such as laws or principles, describes the dilemma of Mexico well, but one which has been systematically sidestepped as if it were not...
https://youtu.be/K5tcwIicICg?si=WZaAxWoYzvcWtyFTIan Bremmer, a political scientist and president of Eurasia Group, joins us to discuss the historical and political context of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. In this conversation, Bremmer and our editor-in-chief, Robert Chapman-Smith, explore the current dynamics between Israel and...