Inquisition Archives
Historian Carlo Ginzburg on forbidden books, the depletion of the Central Archive, and a letter to the Pope
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history
September 16, 2015
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neuroscience
September 14, 2015
Neurophilosophy and Moral Values
Neurophilosopher Patricia Churchland on altruism, the hormone of sociality, and moral dilemmas
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September 11, 2015
The Thirty Years’ War (1914-1945)
Historian Jay Winter on the article 231 of the Peace Treaty of 1918, the godfather of Chinese communism, and t...
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economics
September 9, 2015
The global financial crisis: two camps
Economist Assaf Razin on financial deregulation, risk-shifting behaviour and the Philips curve
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Space
September 4, 2015
Search for Life in Solar Vicinity
Astronomer Jean-Loup Bertaux on the Doppler Shift, HARPS-spectrograph, and the habitable zone.
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history
September 3, 2015
Before Command: The Russian Economy from Emancipat...
Historian Paul Gregory on the agrarian crisis hypothesis, smychka, and the agricultural performance of Siberia
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Space
September 2, 2015
Observation of the D/H ratio in comets
Physicist Paul Hartogh on primordial materials, escape of the atmosphere, and the Giotto mission
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history
August 27, 2015
Problems of Modernization in Russia
Historian of science Loren R. Graham on the mistakes Russian leaders make, intellectual property and risky inv...
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deepTech
August 26, 2015
Quantum Cascade Laser
Physicist Federico Capasso on semiconductor materials, industrial process control, and beam engineering
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sociology
August 25, 2015
Religion and Immigration
Sociologist Peter Kivisto on differences in the treatment of immigrant populations in Western Europe and the U...
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biology
August 24, 2015
Allelic Architecture of Complex Traits
Geneticist Shamil Sunyaev on the difference between Mendelian and complex traits, linkage methods in genetics,...
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physics
August 21, 2015
Induced-Charge Electro-Osmosis
Martin Z. Bazant on elecroosmotic flows, Janus patricles, and electrokinetic phenomena
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