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Scientific American Mind 6 Ways to Boost Brain Power By Emily Anthes Adapted from the book The Instant Egghead Guide to the Mind, by Emily Anthes and Scientific American. © 2008 by Scientific American. Published by arrangement with St. Martin’s Press. About The Author: Emily Anthes is a freelance science and health writer living in…
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Home / Headlines / “Islam is the Solution” – Media Monitors Network (MMN) “Islam is the Solution”by Uri Avnery(Saturday, December 4, 2010) “In Turkey, the Ataturk revolution is now threatened by the upsurge of a rejuvenated Islam. In Israel, the new Hebrew nation is under siege by a fundamentalist, aggressive Judaism. All over the Arab…
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Leaked Cables Show U.S. Pressured Saudis to Accept Copenhagen Accord The handful of climate-related cables–among the hundreds of thousands of secret and unclassified messages released by the whistle-blower organization Wikileaks–show the United States put climate change at the center of its foreign policy relationship with the oil-producing giant By Lisa Friedman and Climatewire November 30,…
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Al-Jazari: The Mechanical Genius Professor Salim T S Al-Hassani * Al-Jazari was the most outstanding mechanical engineer of his time. His full name was Badi’ al-Zaman Abu-‘l-‘Izz Ibn Isma’il Ibn al-Razzaz al-Jazari. He lived in Diyar-Bakir (in Turkey) during the 6th century H (late 12th century-early 13th century CE). Large image Figure 1: Wash-basin in…
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About FSTC News & Events The Transfer of Science Between India, Europe and China via Muslim Heritage Professor Charles Burnett Abstract | Short biography Figure 1 Figure 2 Figure 1-2:Professor Charles Burnett presenting his lecture in the “1001 Inventions” conference. © FSTC 2010. The Islamic realms served as a crucible for scientific learning from the…
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Amidst National Islamophobic Upheaval, Arizonans Protest Mosque That’s Actually A Church In an era saturated with absurd moments of anti-Muslim fear-mongering, mosques have become a touchstone for Islamophobia. Even unbuilt mosques have set off a wave of anti-Muslim sentiment in Tennessee, Texas, California, and most notably, New York. Not to be outdone, the people of…
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