The Future of Innovation in Ethiopia

The future of Innovation in Ethiopia looks bright. 70% of university students study science and engineering subjects, making Ethiopia the highest source of technical talent in Africa today. A rise in incubators and technology labs has seen a proliferation of innovative ideas but the commercialization of technology innovation has been an uphill struggle for many …

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የፌድራል ፖሊስ ኃይል የዕውቅና እና የምሥጋና ሥነ ሥርዓት

የኢትዮጵያ ፌድራል ፖሊስ በተለያዩ የኃይል ዘርፎች ተደራጅተው አገልግሎት ለሚሠጡ አባሎች ዕውቅና እና ምሥጋና በሠጠበት ወቅት የነበሩ ትዕይንቶች በዚህ ቪዲዮ አማካኝነት ቀርበዋል። በጣም የሚደንቁ እና ደስ የሚሉ አድረጃጀቶች ናቸው። ችግሩ እነዚህ የፈረጠመ የችግር መከላካያ ክንድ ስለሆኑ ለምን ይህን ያህል ዝግጅት አስፈለገ የሚል ጥያቄ ያስነሳሉ። መልሱ ደግሞ በመጀመሪያ የጸጥታ ሥጋት መኖሩ ሲሆን የሥጋቱ መነሻ የፖለቲካ መበላሸት እንደ …

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Darwin’s Theory of Evolution by Natural Selection

The goal of our previous discussions in this class has been to understand the inheritance of a single trait, a trait that may be controlled by one, a few, or many genes. The goal of population genetics is different. Rather than studying the inheritance of a trait, population genetics attempts to describe how the frequency …

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What is Evolution?

The basic idea of biological evolution is that populations and species of organisms change over time. Today, when we think of evolution, we are likely to link this idea with one specific person: the British naturalist Charles Darwin. In the 1850s, Darwin wrote an influential and controversial book called On the Origin of Species. In it, …

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Fine Tuning Parameters

“Fine-tuning” refers to various features of the universe that are necessary conditions for the existence of complex life. Such features include the initial conditions and “brute facts” of the universe as a whole, the laws of nature or the numerical constants present in those laws (such as the gravitational force constant), and local features of habitable planets (such as a planet’s …

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በገዛ አገሩ መሬቱ እየራቀው

ምንም እንኳ ይሄ ዘፈን የተዘፈነው ስለአማራው ቢሆንም ለሁሉም ኢትዮጵያዊያንን ሁኔታ ይመለከታል፡ ዋናው መልዕክቱ አግላይ በሆነው የፖለቲካስ ሥርዓት ምክንያት በአገራቸው በሠላም ሠርተው እና ቤተሰብ አፍርተው ለመኖር ለተሳናቸው ሁሉ ነው። ይህ ደግሞ የማይመለከተው አንድም ኢትዮጵያዊ ማሕበረሰብ የለም። የቋንቋ ክፍፍሉ ብዙወችን አገር የለሽ እንዳደረጋቸው እናውቃለን። ሁኔታው ግን አገር የለሾችን ብቻ ሳይሆን የእራሳቸው ክልል ያላቸውንም እየጎዳ እንደሆነ ግልጽ ነው። …

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Thomas Hobbes: Moral and Political Philosophy

The English philosopher Thomas Hobbes (1588-1679) is best known for his political thought, and deservedly so. His vision of the world is strikingly original and still relevant to contemporary politics. His main concern is the problem of social and political order: how human beings can live together in peace and avoid the danger and fear …

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Why the Electoral College

The Electoral College was created for two reasons. The first purpose was to create a buffer between the population and the selection of a President. The second as part of the structure of the government that gave extra power to the smaller states. Read more

What is the Electoral College?

The Electoral College is a process, not a place. The Founding Fathers established it in the Constitution, in part, as a compromise between the election of the President by a vote in Congress and election of the President by a popular vote of qualified citizens. Read more

What is the Electoral College?

When Americans cast their votes for president, they are in reality directing other people — called electors — to vote for the candidate who receives the most votes in their state. The political party of the winning candidate in each state then sends its preselected electors to the state capital to vote. This is the …

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