The Perihelion Effect

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Philosophy of Science

Jacques Ellul (1912-1994)

Jacques Ellul comments that while Technique is able to liberate man from the constraints of time and space that can never engender freedom. Ellul seems

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Chronobiology

observing the body’s cycle

I think that the ancients realized this relationship through yoga and self study. By observing the body’s cycle superimposed over the calendar’s these sages and shamen made

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Seasonal effects on suicide rates

Seasonal effects on suicide rates Research on seasonal effects on suicide rates suggests that the prevalence of suicide is greatest during the late spring and early summermonths,[1] despite the common belief that suicide

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Earth at Perihelion

Earth at Perihelion On January 4, 2001, our planet made its annual closest approach to the Sun.Listen to this story (requires RealPlayer) January 4, 2001 — This morning

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Abductive reasoning

Abductive reasoning “Abductive” redirects here. For other uses, see Abduction (disambiguation). Abductive reasoning (also called abduction,[1] abductive inference[2] or retroduction[3]) is a form of logical inference which goes from an observation to a theory which accounts

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Winter Solstice

Winter Solstice — from Eric Weisstein’s World of Astronomy   As the Earth travels around the Sun in its orbit, the north-south position of the

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