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Discussions and special readings on specific and selected topics about business and markets, science and technology, and society and culture. Reference materials on the expansive fields of business and economics, science, sociology and political science, and history.
BUSINESS AND ECONOMICS
Reasons for mergers and acquisitions
What is quantitative easing? Definition and application
What is Social Entrepreneurship: Definition and discussion
Bayer spread HIV/AIDS through contaminated blood products
Funding ISIS: The economy of the Islamic State
Google Cardboard: Simple and affordable virtual reality for smartphones
Graduation program: Improving the lives of the poor and eradicating poverty
Contango strategy during oil price slumps in the global market
Improving education systems in the Gulf and the Middle East through privatisation
Samsung Fashion: Samsung and the fashion industry
Will technology make certain jobs obsolete?
Prevailing challenges in cacao farming industry
Why major companies are venturing into space-based Internet
4 instances Apple deviated from Steve Jobs
3 critical factors affecting economic development in Iraq
Why oil prices keep falling? An overview of supply and demand
SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
Linking infections with cognitive impairment, mental illnesses
Evolution and genetics: The science of homosexuality?
Basics of physical fitness: Definition and discussion
Fitness basics: Five categories of physical training
Homosexual behaviours in other animals
Host-parasite coevolution theory of sexual reproduction
Explainer: Basics of CRISPR genome editing
How CRISPR genome editing could cure HIV
The science of sugar addiction?
The colonial theory of multicellular life
The homosexual brain: Structural and functional difference
Who is to blame when artificial intelligence systems go wrong?
Bad effects of high sugar consumption in brain
Multicellularity: Definition and discussions
Human evolution: Debunking the “monkey logic”
The five most common misunderstandings about evolution
Multicellularity and cancer: Discussions
Crowdsourcing in medical research: How public data is advancing medical science
Cancer vaccines: Immunotherapy and cancer
Effectiveness of topical minoxidil for hair loss
Aging as a disease and the search for possible cure
The link between aging and carbohydrates
The human endogenous retroviruses: An introductory discussion
Health effects of stress and cortisol levels in children
How does magnetic secure transmission or MST payment works?
Health benefits of exercise and physical activity
Hedonic Adaptation Prevention model: A theory of happiness
Timeline: The scientific history of Pluto
Behavioural effects of chronic stress: Sociability and confidence
Stressful environment for children
Viral origin of schizophrenia: Human endogenous retroviruses infection hypothesis
Canine transmissible venereal tumor: The 11,000-year old dog cancer
Where did dogs come from? The ancestral origins of the domestic dog
Studies: Can Omega-3 improve memory?
Vertical farming and the future of agriculture
Overview of Project Ara: Lego-like smartphone
SOCIETY AND HISTORY
Arguments for same-sex marriage
Goddess Ēostre and the origin of Easter
LGBT Movement: The history of the Rainbow Flag
Brief history of the LGBT Movement in the United States
Ecuador versus Chevron: Oil contamination lawsuits
Historical and sociocultural origins of corruption in the Philippines
Fa’afafine, The recognised third gender of Samoa
School gardening: Promoting vegetable consumption
YouTube and the participatory culture in the Internet age
Timeline: Iranian nuclear program and talks
ISIS women: Role and status in the Islamic State
Why ISIS promotes sexual abuse and slavery of women?
Media strategy of the Islamic State: Online ISIS propaganda
Profile: Who are the Kurdistan fighters?
Gender identity: Caitlyn Jenner is more than a vanity fair
Why we should consider aging as a disease from a sociological perspective
Nepotism in Kuwait: Political and economic overview
The difference between ISIS and al-Qaeda
What is ISIS: A concise discussion about the Islamic State