Month: July 2010

IN 1955, some of the world’s greatest scientists attending the annual meeting of Nobel laureates at Lindau in Germany, signed a manifesto opposing nuclear weapons. They warned that the devices could annihilate entire peoples. This […] […]

Brilliant article by Anna Wierzbicka, professor of linguistics at the Australian National University EVEN under the disguise of social sciences, the scope of the humanities is rarely understood by the public. MOST English speakers assume […] […]

Beneath New Zealand waters a secret language is being spoken, of which humans know little. Fish have been found to grunt, growl and “pop” at each other, according to University of Auckland marine scientist Shahriman […] […]