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From fast-paced spy thrillers and moving family sagas to dramatic reimaginings of historical epochs, we asked historians to tell us which new history books they have enjoyed the most in 2021

How did ancient Greek thinkers influence modern astronomy? And how did ancient Greek astronomy shape ideas around humanity’s place in the universe?  Ancient Greek thinkers made huge contributions, along with other ancient civilisations, to accelerate our understanding of the stars…

Science Fiction & Fantasy   — by Andrew Liptak — There is no better example of how science fiction’s tendency to try and imagine a plausible future is like throwing a dart at a moving target than Larry Niven’s 1964 short story “The Coldest Place.” Up to that point, astronomers widely believed that the planet Mercury was tidally locked to the Sun: its rotation matched that of its orbit and as a result, only one side ever faced the Sun, meaning that its dark side would have been much...

Ruchika Sikri, Former Head of Wellbeing and Mindfulness Learning At Google, Named To Advisory Board Of Human Cosmos App And Cosmos City 2025 News provided by Share this article Share this article LOS ANGELES, April 28, 2021 /PRNewswire/ - Aliya Grig, the Founder and CEO of Cosmos City and Human Cosmos App, is excited to announce that Ruchika Sikri, former Head of Wellbeing and Mindfulness Learning Programs at Google has joined the Advisory Board of both companies. Ruchika will provide strategic...

The Convivial Society   To know the dark, go dark. Go without sight, and find that the dark, too, blooms and sings, and is traveled by dark feet and dark wings.” — Wendell Berry, “To know the dark” Welcome to the latest installment of the Convivial Society, especially to those of you who are relatively new around here. This is a full newsletter with a longish essay and much else. Also, this time around, I’m not addressing a crisis de jour, and I hope that comes off as a feature rat...

Show more Astrology – could there be something to it? asks Dan from Australia. Rutherford and Fry investigate the science that has investigated astrology. Professor Richard Wiseman, (sceptical of all things paranormal and a Virgo) and Professor in the Public Understanding of Psychology at the University of Hertfordshire, explains the long history of the scientific investigation of astrology. He has also run his own experiments to test whether astrology can help you play the st...