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Poetry as a Device to Distil Science
Poetry is a powerful way of communicating scientific information and opening up debate about scientific research. By writing poetry about specific...
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The Implications of Umwelt in Poetics: The Case of Ye **e, a Seventeenth-Century Chinese Poet and Critic
The Umwelt investigated in this essay is a textualized world that a person dwells in, perceives, and experiences, as presented through classical...
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Seaweeds in mythology, folklore, poetry, and life
Seaweeds have been around since well before the dawn of mankind and have had varying degrees of influence on societies throughout history. Today,...
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The Benefits of Diversity: Reality, Poetry or Esotericism?
The author opposes a superficially utilitarian justification of nature conservation; in his view, an expected primary concrete benefit cannot...
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The Ethnobotanical Evolution of the Mediterranean Cypress (Cupressus sempervirens)
The Mediterranean cypress ( Cupressus sempervirens ) is an evergreen conifer that belongs to the Cupressaceae, which is the first plant family whose...
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The impacts of a high-school art-based program on academic achievements, creativity, and creative behaviors
This article evaluates the impact of an Art-based program, which consisted in bringing artist to do workshops in public schools, on academic...
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Rumi and Tagore on Being-With-Nature
The relationship between humans and nature has undergone much desecration in modern times. Nature is objectified, used and abused, without any moral...
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The Plight of the Emperors
The station library was up in flames and as he gazed with wonder upon the scene of desolation he remembered back to years and years of reading the...
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The Musical Turn in Biosemiotics
Human music and language are two systems of communication and expression that, while historically considered to overlap, have become increasingly...
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Cultural ecosystem services in an urban park: understanding bundles, trade-offs, and synergies
ContextSets of ecosystem services that occur together across space or time are called ‘bundles’, and the interactions among them can result in...
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Psychological proximity improves reasoning in academic aptitude tests
Performance on standardized academic aptitude tests (AAT) can determine important life outcomes. However, it is not clear whether and which aspects...
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Novel Technologies and Eco-Friendly Lifestyle for Sustainable Cities
History of human progress can be well understood by ancient civilizations. In ancient Egypt, the pyramids were designed and built according to the...
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Paul A. Castelfranco (1921–2021): a scientist par excellence, a man of lasting faith, and ever a humanist
We present here the life and the work of Paul A. Castelfranco (1921–2021), a very special person who was not only a top chemist of chlorophyll...
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Testing theory of mind in large language models and humans
At the core of what defines us as humans is the concept of theory of mind: the ability to track other people’s mental states. The recent development...
