2025-01-29 19:15:27
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2025-01-26 03:52:03
What drives us to create zoos and natural history museums – is it a curiosity about the world, or a need to dominate it? https://aeon.co/videos/are-zoos-and-natural-history-museums-born-of-a-desire-to-understand-or-to-control
2025-01-26 01:08:01
Psychology studies cast doubt on old assumptions about legal objectivity. Lawyers and laypeople alike should take notice https://psyche.co/ideas/a-lawyers-view-of-irrelevant-influences-in-the-courtroom
2025-01-25 22:09:03
This documentary contemplates how humanity’s relationship with the natural world has evolved over the past two centuries, as well as where it might be headed in the future https://aeon.co/videos/are-zoos-and-natural-history-museums-born-of-a-desire-to-understand-or-to-control
2025-01-25 19:57:00
‘Factors such as the defendant’s appearance, the weather or even unexpected sports events might influence how cases are decided.’ A lawyer’s view of irrelevant influences in the courtroom
https://psyche.co/ideas/a-lawyers-view-of-irrelevant-influences-in-the-courtroom
2025-01-25 05:10:00
Often dismissed as the poor cousin of the sciences, chemistry has revealed natural laws that illuminate our Universe https://aeon.co/essays/the-neglected-laws-of-chemistry-and-why-they-matter