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Determinants of civil war
The last three years have seen a downward trend in deaths from armed conflict. Still, the world has seen 280 distinct conflicts since 1946, with the vast majority being intrastate or civil wars
Read moreLiespotting Series: Decoding the language of lies
Paul Ekman was named one Time Magazine’s Top 100 most influential people in May 2009.
06.2020 | Alistair Duff
Physics for the philosophical investor
A good share of modern physics is based on the laws of thermodynamics, which help us to understand how matter and energy relate to one another in closed systems, such as the universe.
06.2020 | Jon Stillwell
Will machines ever become conscious?
The nature of consciousness is something that has been debated for centuries by philosophers, neuroscientists, ethicists, biologists and the like, with very little progress having been made.
06.2020 | Barry Morisse
My Special Place Series: Timothy Moloi
“A special place is somewhere you haven’t been for a while, it makes you happy, and you can forget about the world for bit,” says singer and media star Timothy Moloi.
05.2020 | Arja Salafranca
One size fits all - or does it?
Marketers tend to make sweeping statements about entire generations. Is it dangerous to create a ‘one size fits all’ scenario when talking about any group in particular?
05.2020 | Denise Slabbert
Can we trust the public with decisions?
Any survey worth its salt will clearly illustrate the current mindset of people worldwide.
05.2020 | Alistair Duff
Some facts about human’s best friend
As a person who grew up with dogs, I have loved some of my quadruped family members with so much of my heart that I grieved deeply when they invariably passed on.
04.2020 | Chrisoula Adonopoulos
Just because I’m good at it, does not mean I like it.
Psychometric testing is the best known and most highly regarded method for measuring individuals’ mental capabilities and behavioral styles.
04.2020 | Rachel Edelstein
What men can learn from women on the sports field
Different gender traits could make the difference between winning and losing on the sports field and in the workplace.
04.2020 | Martin Scheepers
Why TV is more violent now than ever before (and we love it that way!)
A serial killer drains his victims of blood, chops them into pieces and drops the body parts in the ocean. A horde of hungry zombies rip into the flesh of a wounded victim.
03.2020 | Jared Orlin
The art of reading body language
“You talking to me? You talking to me?
Remember the young Robert de Niro’s famous line in Taxi Driver? Oh, the on-screen menace he conveyed physically,
03.2020 | Athalie Russell Besseling
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