What do Muslims believe and do? Understanding the 5 pillars of …
WEBAug 30, 2021 · Ramadan. Pilgrimage. Eid. Ibrahim. Call to prayer. Religion and society. Understanding Islam. Muslims, currently the second-largest major religious group, are expected to surpass Christians in ...
Understanding the history of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict in 5 …
WEBOct 24, 2023 · The chart below tracks those incidents since 2018. The data is from the OCHA and was filtered down to show the four main perpetrators. Israel. Palestine. Hamas. Israeli-Palestinian conflict ...
What does the Bible say about homosexuality? For starters, Jesus …
WEBFeb 9, 2023 · For starters, Jesus wasn’t a homophobe. Pope Francis was recently asked about his views on homosexuality. He reportedly replied: This (laws around the world criminalising LGBTI people) is not ...
What are gender pronouns and why is it important to use the …
WEBOct 15, 2021 · Gender pronouns are the terms people choose to refer to themselves that reflect their gender identity. These might be he/him, she/her or gender-neutral pronouns such as they/them. Knowing and ...
What is a semiconductor? An electrical engineer explains how …
WEBAug 10, 2022 · 2. What do semiconductors do? Semiconductors are how electronic devices process, store and receive information. For instance, memory chips store data and software as binary code, digital chips ...
When did we become fully human? What fossils and DNA tell us …
WEBSep 9, 2020 · The Venus of Brassempouy, 25,000 years old. Wikipedia. This sudden flourishing of technology is called the “great leap forward”, supposedly reflecting the evolution of a fully modern human ...
What causes a tsunami? An ocean scientist explains the physics of …
WEBJan 19, 2022 · Most waves are generated by wind as it blows over the ocean’s surface, transferring energy to and displacing the water. This process creates the waves you see at the beach every day. Tsunamis ...
Handle with care – the world’s five deadliest poisons
WEBApr 12, 2016 · 5. Ricin. This extremely toxic plant poison was famously used to kill the Bulgarian dissident Georgi Markov, exiled in London. On September 7 1978, he was waiting for a bus near Waterloo Bridge ...
The history of computing is both evolution and revolution
WEBMay 31, 2016 · Six decades on, our series Computing turns 60 looks at how things have changed. It is a truism that computing continues to change our world. It shapes how objects are designed, what information we ...
What actually is populism? And why does it have a bad reputation?
WEBFeb 5, 2019 · Populism gets a bad name for a couple of reasons. First, because many of the most prominent cases of populism have recently appeared on the radical right, it has often been conflated with ...