THE olfactory nerve of man is known to be a mere relic of what, on the evolution theory, it must once have been. As use strengthens and disuse weakens an organ or tissue, and as in course of time ...

Artie See has an interesting post up at his site from yesterday getting into the idea of economic development - specifically, how much of it the convention center project has to generate if it is ...

It is a revenge the devil sometimes takes upon the virtuous, that he entraps them by the force of the very passion they have suppressed and think themselves superior to.—George Santayana When we are ...

It is a revenge the devil sometimes takes upon the virtuous, that he entraps them by the force of the very passion they have suppressed and think themselves superior to.—George Santayana When we are ...

Schopenhauer’s account of sense perception contains an acute critique of Kant’s theory of cognition. His analysis of the role of the understanding in perception may be closer to Kant’s than he ...

Jevon Allen's Nov. 17 letter "Cleaning up after the natives" exposes at least two things about Japanese culture. First, the in-group/out-group thing, which might explain a lax attitude toward ...

When it came to tech, Steve Jobs had a clear vision: it had to be simple, minimalist and elegant. And according to those who knew and worked with him, this aesthetic sense developed early and was ...