Science Square (Issue 169)
The Forgotten History of Sleeping in Two Shifts Zaria Gorvett. The forgotten medieval habit of ‘two sleeps’. BBC,…
Biology
53 articles
Feeding the Body and the Spirit: Rediscovering Ancient Wisdom Through Modern Biology
The careful manager in the cell Hidden inside almost every cell is a small sensor called mTORC1. It…
The Bee, Honey, Humans and the Universe
While we strive to read the book of the universe, sometimes we look to the heavens, sometimes into…
Together We Rise: Positivity’s Role in Team Success
When I was twelve, I spent a summer in a small town where my family owned a grape…
The Biology of Thankfulness
One of the important concepts in Abrahamic faiths is thanksgiving. Thanksgiving is a profound sense of gratitude that…
The Mystery of Smell
We perceive the world around us through colors, sounds, geometric patterns, and smells. Although various theories and models…
Standing at Compassion’s Crossroads
“Our human compassion binds us, the one to the other—not in pity or patronizingly, but as human beings…
Platelets and How They Help Us Heal
It had been three years since I had arrived in Germany and only a few months since I…
Can Our Teeth Be Regenerated?
Bediuzzaman Said Nursi, a twentieth-century scholar, emphasizes that God sent Prophets as guides and leaders to humanity for…
The Tongue – Not a Thing to Underestimate!
Countless studies, books, and articles have explored the taste, swallowing, and speech capabilities of the human tongue, often…
The Teeth – Wisdom With a Crown
Visiting the dentist is a nightmare for most of us, especially children. It is also one of the…
The Immune System’s Sentry Tower
De Humani Corporis Fabrica Libri Septem (On the Structure of the Human Body in Seven Books) by Andreas…
B-1 Cell
No craftsman leaves work he has built unprotected and open to destruction. Sometimes protection mechanisms are more complex…
Saliva and Its Healing Secrets
We learn from the history of religions that Prophets performed miracles, by God’s permission, to convince their people…
Dying and Living Twice
“They will say: ‘Our Lord! You have made us die twice, and given us life twice, so we…