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10 Science News from 2020 0
- Editorial Column, General
- December 30, 2020
January 2020Tragic month in AustraliaThe 2019-20 fire season in Australia was one of the tragic of all times. By the end of January, more than 50 fires were still active. One million hectares of forest and parks across Australia have burned, and dozens of people lost their lives.WHO declares Covid a pandemicOn March 11, whenREAD MORE
The 5 Most Popular UA Magazine Articles of 2019 0
- Editorial Column, General
- December 27, 2019
Civil Disobedience in Democracies: Why Citizens May Break the Law In UA Magazine’s most-read essay of 2019, Tine Madsen dissects the moral questions raised by civil disobedience and its role in liberal democracies. She proposes a new approach to frame civil disobedience in protests of political decisions and the majority’s authority. Ageing Is a Wicked
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Get involved: become a science blogger 0
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- November 1, 2013
Do you want to become a guest blogger? Get involved in our mission and join the publishing team of United Academics! The United Academics Foundation (UAF) connects science and society: creating a world where scientific research results are accessible to all, so that knowledge can easily spread and be built upon. We are looking for
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Movie Review: ‘Sunshine’ (2007) – An Uneven Approach to Science and Religion 0
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- October 26, 2012
There is a moment at the start of the movie in which the spaceship crew has to make a difficult decision: Whether they should change their course to the Sun in order to approach a lost spaceship. They discuss the pros and cons, and finally one of them suggests to vote. The answer from another
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Movie Review: ‘Beasts of the Southern Wild’ – Best Indie Movie of 2012?0
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- October 19, 2012
Since its premiere at the Sundance Film Festival last January, “Beasts of the Southern Wild” has been getting good reviews and enthusiastic responses everywhere. Distributed by Fox Searchlight Pictures, the first feature film by Benh Zeitling (30) is an unusual mix of fantasy and down-to-earth description of a bayou-like community living in a fictional island.
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Movie Review: Is ‘Solaris’ (1972) the Russian Response to Kubrick’s ‘2001: A Space Odyssey’?0
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- October 12, 2012
‘2001: A Space Odyssey’ (1968) marked the start of a new kind of sci-fi movies, more realistic and philosophical, of which ‘Solaris’ is an example; but anyone looking for the stunning, smooth narrative of Kubrick’s classic in Tarkovsky’s film will be disappointed. And yet they share the will to explore the limits of knowledge and
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