Catalonia’s bid for independence from Spain explained

The crisis first flared in October 2017, when a banned independence referendum was met with a heavy police crackdown. Madrid imposed direct rule on the region shortly after. It is the country’s biggest political crisis since democracy was restored in 1975, after the death of military dictator General Francisco Franco. Read more

Largest Ever Family Tree Reveals Origins Of All Humanity

Almost all of us, if we go back far enough in our family trees, come from somewhere else. Maybe it was your mom or dad; maybe it was a distant ancestor who lived more than twelve thousand years ago, but eventually, you’re going to find someone, at some point, who left their homeland in search …

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Suicide Rates by State 2022

Suicide is a serious issue. But something to consider regarding suicide rates in the United States of America is that many suicides are the result of circumstances beyond avoidable circumstances. One thing that is a heavy commonality among people who die by suicide is an unshakeable feeling of dread, despair, loneliness, and hopelessness. These adjectives can be …

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Suicide Rates by Country 2022 (World Population Review)

Suicide occurs throughout the world, affecting individuals of all nations, cultures, religions, genders, and classes. Other innate factors, such as disorders of the mind and abnormalities at birth, can heighten someone’s propensity for experiencing depression, whether as the occasional episode or a lifelong ailment. To lower the rates of deaths resulting from suicide, countries need …

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Uniformitarianism

Have you seen a news clip or a video showing a volcano erupting, or an earthquake shaking a city? One of the interesting things about those events is that they occur today in the same way that they have in the past. Scientists look at modern-day geologic events—whether as sudden as an earthquake or as slow as the erosion of a …

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Five Most Recommended Philosophy Books

After interviewing hundreds of philosophers, these are the most recommended philosophy books. If you click on ‘expert recommendations’, you’ll see what various experts we’ve interviewed say about each book and why they chose it. Read more