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...discussion and consultation has thus far resonated with China. "I think in principal China wants the Obama administration to adopt a cooperative approach to dealings, rather than a confrontational approach," says Yan Xuetong, director of the Institute of International Studies at Tsinghua University in Beijing. "They would like to begin talking about things on an equal footing...
...path is rougher than most could bear. Not them though. Their smoldering good looks match the steamy melodrama of this video, in which the pair portray unlikely but vengeful lovers busy at work destroying the interior of their home. Serene, airbrushed features are contorted as their relationship implodes. Beginning with shots of Iglesias scowling and head-tossing interspersed with scenes where Ciara vogues against a wall, it’s never clear whether the duo are angry or just turned on. The situation devolves into rampant vandalism, with the couple pettishly destroying each others’ prized possesions. Ciara goes...
...Muslim societies have been perceived in the media as one dimensional,” Asani says. “But there are many other dimensions, such as art, literature, music and poetry, which create a very rich mosaic rarely portrayed.” This mosaic is what these photographs begin to reveal. “I was struck by how well [the photographs] were selected to portray at least three important themes of peace, passion, and submission. These themes are of course central in Sufi thought, but they are also very important Islamic themes, though rarely ever associated with Islam...
...different from those of other species—a question that scientists have yet been unable to elucidate.Lichtman says the explanation may lie in humans’ longer period of mental development—a process tied to how connectomes change. If brainbow can illuminate such developments, scientists could begin to better understand the brain.“I was interested in behavior in some way that was hard to put your finger on,” Sanes says. “What spot in the brain accounts for how we act? When somebody has a nervous breakdown, what...
...never be used. Because the threat of global nuclear war is not zero, even a small chance of war each year, multiplied over a number of years, adds up to the likelihood that the weapons will be used. Like those two subs stalking through the Atlantic, the odds will begin to align. Mathematically, they are destined...