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The Road to a Cancer Vaccine: How Close Are We Really?
A cancer vaccine has always been elusive for medicine and science. Is this situation changing? Is hope rising over the horizon?

Aisha Moon
3 days ago4 min read
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The Journey of Paper: From Ancient Invention to Modern Necessity
Paper allows all kinds of specifications and abstractions for our understanding of the world, life, and beyond- paper money, prayers imprinted on paper, talismans written on paper, secrets kept on paper, history documented on paper, maps drawn out on it, and all of our emotions and knowledge poured out on paper by scholars, poets, writers, scientists, etc. and common people. How did such a perishable object become the keeper of everything valuable to us?

Aisha Moon
Sep 266 min read
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Death and Near-Death Experiences: Insights into Consciousness and the Nature of Life and Death
Scientific investigations about death and NDE now seem to have entered a new phase. Before relegating the possibility of the continuity of consciousness as irrational thinking, one must review the new research findings.

Aisha Moon
Sep 2512 min read
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The Obsession of Hollywood With Animal Attack Films
In reality, the percentage of animal attacks as a reason for human deaths is insignificantly low. And why is there such an abundance of these movies in Hollywood compared to other parts of the world? What does it mean?

Aisha Moon
Sep 243 min read
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The Dark History of War Dogs and Their Unethical Roles in Conflict
Unknowingly, the dogs waged our wars and took part in our cruel ventures to oppress the weak so that the strong can always emerge victorious. It is a relief that unlike us, who bear the burden of the deeds of our ancestors, the dogs remain blissfully unaware of the horrific role that they had to play.

Aisha Moon
Sep 136 min read
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Unraveling the Curious Cat Laws of Medieval King Hywel the Good
The Welsh King Hywel the Good gave his country a set of laws full of common sense and compassion. Punishment was not the foundation of those laws, unlike the norm at that time.

Aisha Moon
Sep 112 min read
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The Impact of Footpaths and Trails on Our Lives
All the crucial journeys of an individual begin and end by walking them. For example, one's first walk to the school, the first journey for a job interview, and the first walk home with a special friend.

Aisha Moon
Sep 105 min read
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Understanding the Influence of Trade Winds and Westerlies on Global History
Half an hour before sunrise on a Friday morning, 3rd August 1492, three ships set sail from the port of Palos in Spain. The people who assembled to see the ships off were gloomy, and some were even crying as they bade goodbye to their friends and relatives traveling aboard the ships, as if they were never to meet them again. The names of the ships were Santa Maria, Pinta, and Nina. The captain of the fleet was Christopher Columbus.

Aisha Moon
Aug 3111 min read
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Legacy and Insights: An Interview With Felix Padel, Renowned Anthropologist and the Great-Great-Grandson of Charles Darwin
"A country chooses us. Since childhood, I was somehow fascinated by India. When I was at Oxford, India pulled me towards her. I did my PhD in Delhi University and my teachers were Andre Beteille, J.P.S Uberoi, Veena Das, and A.M. Shah. India took hold of me in my 20s."

Aisha Moon
Aug 259 min read
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Unraveling the History of the Silk Road and Its Cultural Impact
Before the world became Eurocentric, it had China as its crucible of progress and the mightiest trading empire. The two centuries around the Christian era saw the evolution of a network of trade routes, known as the Silk Route, connecting China to many major cities in Asia, Africa, and Europe. Readings of history point to this road network being the real beginning of globalisation.

Aisha Moon
Aug 245 min read
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The Legacy of Queen Elizabeth II: Reflections on a 70-Year Reign
Born in 1926, Queen Elizabeth II ascended to the throne at the age of 26. During her reign, she was a contemporary of notable figures such as Winston Churchill, Mao Zedong, Joseph Stalin, and Harry Truman.

Aisha Moon
Aug 226 min read
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Cultural Perspectives on Time: How Culture Shapes Our Understanding of Time
Time is indeed real for us. It brackets our life on this planet; it is real because it is one of the variables against which science measures the parameters of our universe, and we measure life and death. Time is a fleeting concept, yet how we experience it has a strong subjective element.Â

Aisha Moon
Aug 205 min read
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Crafting Language: Inside the Monumental Mission of Lexicographers and Their Dictionaries
Writing a dictionary can seem a daunting, almost impossible task when considering its immense size, volume, and the vast amount of information it contains. A few dedicated men, however, devoted their entire lives to this endeavour.

Aisha Moon
Aug 134 min read
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The Art of Ikebana: A Journey into Floral Arrangement
Ikebana is a noble hobby that involves flowers and everything else in life. It is more than putting some flowers and twigs in a vase. This article explores its philosophy and meaning.

Aisha Moon
Jul 287 min read
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Love Potatoes? Read About This Food That Changed World History
It was in 7000 BCE that the inhabitants of the Andes mountains in South America began to cultivate potatoes.

Aisha Moon
Dec 12, 20248 min read
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The Arctic Life: Traditional and Modern
People dig holes in the ice for this as the entire water surface is often covered in ice. Fish is eaten either frozen, boiled or fried.

Aisha Moon
Dec 7, 20246 min read
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Dr Diane Gendron: A Lifelong Friendship with Blue Whales
A woman who has spent 3 decades with the blue whales of the Gulf of California, Mexico.

Aisha Moon
Nov 17, 20246 min read
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Katalin Kariko: Winner of Nobel Prize for Medicine 2023: A Woman Scientist Who Made Possible the mRNA Vaccine for Covid
Kariko’s and Drew Weissman’s paper on mRNA became a worldwide sensation when the COVID-19 pandemic tightened its grip on the world in 2020.

Aisha Moon
Nov 16, 20246 min read
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Uighurs & Tibetans: Cultural Genocide and a Long History of Persecution
Uighurs undergo a slow and real genocide in Chinese re-education camps, known to the outside world as Chinese concentration camps.

Aisha Moon
Nov 15, 20246 min read
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The Story of Sunday: How The Day Came To Be
Romans in ancient times had an eight-day week. The eighth day was for shopping when markets would be alive with rural people

Aisha Moon
Nov 15, 20247 min read
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