Education and Science

The Aswang is the most fearsome folk monster in the Philippines. The belief shaped Filipino society even though a concise description of the creature makes the myth vastly confusing. I will try to explain how the legend came about and its impact on Pinoy culture. Is this folklore based on reality?

The only official general strike held in Britain occurred 3rd-12th May 1926. The Mining Federation and Trade Union Congress "General Strike" lasted for nine days and it pitted workers against employers and the government led by Prime Minister Stanley Baldwin. What caused it and was it a success?

What is it about quantum physics that is so different from classical physics? A beginner's guide to the quantum universe.

The SS Baychimo was a cargo steamer built in 1914 for the Hudson’s Bay Company. But in 1931, she drifted away from her crew and wandered the ocean as a ghost ship for over 40 years! Her fate, to this day, is unknown, and she remains one of the most mysterious ghost ships of modern times.

Is life possible in outer space? What if life is already dwelling in the deep occeans of Europa!

Golden Gate Bridge is an engineering wonder that connects Marin county and San Fransisco. It is a suspension bridge built on the pacific ocean. This article will explore the construction, challenges, and solutions employed in the Golden gate Bridge.

At Tuskegee, the U.S. government experimented on black men with syphilis for 40 years. No consent was ever obtained from the men, and they were never told that they were not being treated but being watched until they died and their bodies could be examined to study the disease further.

Sunflowers are commercially and ornamentally valuable plants. These plants are herbaceous annuals belonging to the family Asteraceae. They are native primarily to North America. Some species are cultivated as ornamentals for vases and bouquets, and some are grown for their edible seed and oil.

Check out the world's most ruthless leaders.

Dinosaurs used to live on Earth a long time ago, more than 300 million years ago. Ever since Sir Richard Owen, a paleontologist, found fossil bones of a big animal that he didn't know how to name, they have remained a fascination to us.

Sharing with you my best teaching practices in testing reading comprehension and writing skills. Read on!

It proposes solving the problems of the ecological crisis to-day through the learning of ethnoecology among Northern peoples. The author underlines how it can be used in forming new concepts of environmental science

Did the Soviets leave dead cosmonauts in space? Was Yuri Gagarin really the first man in space? Or has someone else made it before him? The story of the lost cosmonauts is still one of the most discussed conspiracies arising out of the grim dog-eats-dog realities of the Cold War era.

The history of India's independence struggles has been grossly mispresented. Many brave rulers, commanders, and freedom fighters were neglected by the politicians and historians of India. They are the unsung heroes of our country, who deserve their rightful place in Indian history.

This article takes a look at and compares Plato's and Aristotle's views on the human soul and examines how these great philosophers differed on a number of topics when it came to the human soul.

When feeling overwhelmed and tired, you might say your emotional bandwidth reached its limit. Discover how simple techniques like self-care, exercise, music, and breathing can help increase your emotional bandwidth so that you can better cope with life's challenges.

Grace O'Malley was no demure Irish maiden. She was a ruthless 16th century pirate and Clan O'Maille's chief, twice married and a mother of four. She dispatched her enemies without mercy and yet she won the favour of Queen Elizabeth I and the emnity of Tudor statesman Sir Richard Bingham.

Anatoli Bugorski is the only known person to have survived an intense proton beam passing through his head. Bugorski not only survived the accident, but his intellect also remained intact as he later went ahead and completed his doctorate with flying colors.

Despite the fact that there is not a single criterion that can reliably differentiate between venomous and non-venomous snake species, This list of telltale signs should assist you in distinguishing between venomous and non-venomous snakes should you encounter one.

Many of us use numerous common English idioms without even thinking much about the history behind them. Most of these idioms are based on dark events rooted in slavery to bloodshed. This article helps you understand some of these idioms' fascinating (and sometimes dark) origins.

When an exotic dancer became a legend for the wrong reason.

After El Alamein, the Afrika Korps was brought to the U.S. as prisoners of war and made a major contribution to the American war effort.

India has a rich and ancient history that dates back to the era of BC. But due to the British and other effects, it has been ignored and forgotten. Even educational textbooks have the minutest places for them. This is a small step to remember such unsung heroes of our history.

Robert E. Lee’s army rounded up free black Pennsylvanians before the Battle of Gettysburg and sent them South into slavery

Human thought is one of the most abstract concepts to grasp, as it involves, well, thinking. Thinking about thoughts can seem like inception that sends us into a tailspin. But every thought is connected through memory, imagination, reasoning, experience, data, and stimuli.

Author proposes learning the postmodern methodology in studies of anthropology. The primitive and modern culture, the ratio of culture and laguage are observed from the point of view as cognitive as heurmenetic approaches

Read to learn about the life of one of the stauchest opponents of Ottoman expansion into Europe.

There are many well documented cases of certain individuals in history, as well as in present times, with some extraordinary, if not superhuman abilities, but this French nobleman seems to beat all those records.

Morphemes are the smallest units of grammar. The two types of morphemes are free morphemes and bound morphemes. Morphemes have various grammatical functions and meanings

While modern Thanksgiving has been sanitized into a celebration of people coming together, the reality was far darker, bloody, and terrible. The fact is, it was not peace that brought the Indians and the settlers together at the table.

From Earth we can always see only one side of the Moon. Therefore, people have long wanted to know what is on the dark side of the moon. Because this part of the moon never rotates towards the earth.

Bayesian optimization is minimizing the number of performed evolutions as well as to optimize complicated and expensive functions. In this article we will learn the definition and applications of Bayesian optimization.

The UH-1 Iroquois is a military version of the Bell Model 204 helicopter. The XH-40 made its first flight on October 22, 1956. Iroquois initial designation was the HU-1, this gave it the nickname “Huey”. More Iroquois built than any other post-World War II aircraft. Over 16,000 have been produced.

In the age of firearms, swords once became relevant.

Vincent van Gogh was plagued throughout his life with a psychiatric illness. He was known as the 'mad artist' yet he produced over 2000 artworks including 800 oil paintings. He was only one of several artists affected by mental illness.

Do you know that there are more than 60,000 types of trees in the world? And that's just the number of species! It is impossible to count the exact number of trees on earth because different types of trees grow in different parts of the world.

Light is a form of energy which travels from one place to another as electromagnetic wave. When light falls on a medium then it is either reflected or absorbed or refracted or undergoes a combination of these processes. This article describes all these phenomenon related to light.

"Passengers" is an American movie released at the end of 2016. The film presents a couple of ethical dilemmas and paradoxes that does tickle one's brain. Read on to find out about the ethical dilemmas seen in the movie.

Here are some of the tallest buildings in the world.

If you are a person who has constantly been avoiding group activities and interactions, then you are certainly missing out on a lot of good experiences. But the good part is, you can easily overcome this by learning a few social skills that might make you someone whose company is sought after.

In Spain, they call themselves Gitanos (Gypsies). The colorful Cobra Gypsies are still in parts of India. They have been persecuted and stigmatized, however today they number in the millions. They are indeed an amazing people.

The features of the hijra community, to some extent, do legitimize the view that gender is not necessarily binary. However, it does not, by implication, sever sex from gender. It is only when sex is understood in fixed binary terms that such a separation between sex and gender becomes imperative in

There is more to choosing your classes than you think. Here is what college counselors aren't telling you and what you should do to set yourself up for success.

As this space of ours is mysterious, there are many events happening in the world which cannot be explained even by scientists. Here's the discussion of some mysterious events of the world. There are many places, things and issues in the world that have not been solved yet.

Northern Flickers are birds in the woodpecker family and they are one of few species of woodpeckers that migrate. Although they are found in most parts of North America, the Cayman Island and Canada, the flickers in the west differ in appearance from the ones found in the east.