Swapping office work for the herding life, Adham finds a sublime freedom in the rugged terrain of the Pyrenees ...

The metamorphosis of this special bond from feudal to modern times reveals much about the aspirations of different societies ...

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Some musical rhythms are built to get us bobbing, foot-tapping or dancing. Researchers show how rhythmic complexity matters ...

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Andrei A Buckareff is professor of philosophy and co-director of the cognitive science programme at Marist College in New York. His works include Causing Human Actions: New Perspectives on the Causal ...