Μιλώντας περί ισότητας και δικαιωμάτων με αφορμή την ιστορική εκλογή της κυρίας Σακελλαροπούλου στο αξίωμα της Προέδρου της Ελληνικής Δημοκρατίας, αξίζει να θυμηθούμε ορισμένα πράγματα για το πότε απέκτησαν δικαίωμα ψήφου οι γυναίκες. Η πρώτη χώρα ήταν η Νέα Ζηλανδία που μόλις το 1893 θεσμοθέτησε την ψήφο των γυναικών. Το 1926 άρχισαν να ψηφίζουν οι... Continue Reading →
Περί GDPR (Γενικού Κανονισμού Προστασίας Δεδομένων)
Πρόκειται για τον Κανονισμό (ΕΕ) του 2016/679 του Ευρωπαϊκού Κοινοβουλίου και του Συμβουλίου της 27ης Απριλίου 2016 για την προστασία των φυσικών προσώπων έναντι της επεξεργασίας των δεδομένων προσωπικού χαρακτήρα και για την ελεύθερη κυκλοφορία των δεδομένων αυτών. Με δύο λόγια αναφέρεται στο δικαίωμα ενημέρωσης, πρόσβασης, διόρθωσης και εναντίωσης στην φορητότητα των προσωπικών δεδομένων. Σε... Continue Reading →
“To This Day Project” an anti-bullying poem by spoken-word poet Shane Koyczan…
Shane Koyczan is a Canadian spoken-word poet, writer, and member of the group Tons of Fun, famous for writing about issues such as: bullying, eating disorders, cancer and death. "To This Day" is his most popular poem (about 24 million views on YouTube). You can watch more of his videos here: Find Shane on Facebook... Continue Reading →
Δωρεάν το αρχείο τευχών του περιοδικού “Αρχαιολογία & Τέχνες” (download for free)
Κατεβάστε δωρεάν όλα τα τεύχη του περιοδικού "Αρχαιολογία & Τέχνες" από το Τεύχος 1 του Νοεμβρίου του 1981 (σελ. 98) μέχρι και το Τεύχος 127 του Αυγούστου του 2018 (σελ. 144). (via: https://www.archaiologia.gr/%CE%B1%CF%81%CF%87%CE%B5%CE%AF%CE%BF-%CF%84%CE%B5%CF%85%CF%87%CF%8E%CE%BD/?fc=61622&is=61623 )
Why are adult daughters missing from ancient German cemeteries? (By Ann Gibbons, via sciencemag.org)
Four thousand years ago, the Early Bronze Age farmers of southern Germany had no Homer to chronicle their marriages, travails, and family fortunes. But a detailed picture of their social structure has now emerged from a remarkable new study. By combining evidence from DNA, artifacts, and chemical clues in teeth, an interdisciplinary team unraveled relationships... Continue Reading →
A study of cost-benefit analysis of smoking in the Czech Republic by the tobacco company Philip Morris.
“The highest principle of morality whether personal or political morality is to maximize the general welfare or the collective happiness or the overall balance of pleasure over pain -in a phrase maximize utility-.” Utilitarian philosopher Jeremy Bentham This utilitarian logic, under the name of cost-benefit analysis which is used by companies and by governments all... Continue Reading →
The Mysterious Ancient Figure Challenging China’s History (by Alastair Sooke via: bbc.com)
A spectacular jade carving may hold the clue to an early society that predates what many historians believed to be China’s oldest, writes Alastair Sooke. A grimacing figure wearing an elaborate feathered headdress is riding on the back of a frightening monster. He must be powerful, perhaps even supernatural, because he effortlessly subdues this sharp-clawed... Continue Reading →
‘More women are being nominated’: Nobel academy head discusses diversity (By Elizabeth Gibney, via: nature.com)
Ahead of this year’s award announcements, Göran Hansson speaks about measures to address the imbalance in gender and ethnicity among winners. Göran Hansson has been secretary-general of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences since 2015.Credit: Markus Marcetic/The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences Next week, the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences will award the first Nobel... Continue Reading →
Hidden writing revealed on ancient scroll buried in same ash as Pompeii (By Eva Frederick, Oct. 4, 2019, via: sciencemag.org )
More than 2000 years ago, the Greek philosopher Philodemus (or one of his scribes) painstakingly inked a history of the country’s great thinkers, called History of the Academy, on a giant scroll of papyrus. A few decades later, Mount Vesuvius in what is now Italy blew its top, burying Pompeii and the nearby city of Herculaneum,... Continue Reading →
‘Anthropocene’ Documentary Shows How Humans Are Wreaking Havoc On The Planet (By Brooke Shuman via: huffpost.com )
Industrialization, massive trash dumps and other factors have potentially helped usher in a new geological era. “Anthropocene: The Human Epoch,” a documentary by filmmakers Jennifer Baichwal, Nicholas de Pencier and photographer Edward Burtynsky, is a nature story gone awry, a dazzling and at times nauseating document of the far-reaching, and possibly catastrophic, impact that humans... Continue Reading →
