Common era

The world may have transitioned into the digital era, but the timeless practice of commonplacing – the act of collecting and recording pieces of knowledge and wisdom – is far from outdated. The his…

In the 150 years since Charles Darwin speculated that humans originated in Africa, the number of species in the human family tree has exploded, but so has the level of dispute concerning early human evolution. Fossil apes are often at the center of the debate, with some scientists dismissing their importance to the origins of the human lineage (the "hominins"), and others conferring them starring evolutionary roles. A new review out on May 7 in the journal Science looks at the major…

Have we arrived in an era of global literature, or is it important that writers share a common language, culture – or at least context – with their readers?

ABBREVIATIONS WITH YEARS ( AD, BC, CE, BCE … ) We can see some abbreviations which are written with years. Let see these abbreviations and their using. 1) BC / AD We sometimes see AD, BC which are added after years such as AD 1000, 200 BC. BC is the abbreviated form of “Before Christ”. It refers to a year before Jesus Christ was born in English. “BC” is always written after the year. Real money online gambling is quite usual in NZ. So gamblers should know a few important factors like…

“The list is the origin of culture,” Umberto Eco famously proclaimed. (Leonardo da Vinci, John Lennon, and Woody Guthrie would have all agreed.) But the list, it turns out, might also b…

Year-round education would be less stressful for teachers, parents and children.

Kepler was born on 27th December, 1571, at the Imperial Free City of Weil der Stadt (now part of the Stuttgart Region in the German state of Baden-Wurttemberg).

THE PHILIPPINE EXPERIENCES OF AN AMERICAN TEACHER. A narrative of work and travel in the Philippine Islands during the early 1900's by William B. Freer, makes an interesting read not only for its keen observation on the Filipino way of life during the transition from Spanish to American influence, but more so because a part of…

Ancient Manu Script of Kanheri Caves.