Why are Jews often considered the smartest? Analysis of cultural, historical, and genetic factors, as well as debunking the myth. Ashkenazis, IQ, and stereotypes.
Yad Vashem: The National Holocaust (Shoah) Memorial in Israel. The history of its creation, architecture, exhibitions, memorials, and role in preserving the memory of six million Jews.
When today people talk about Yemen, the news almost always feature the same words: war, hunger, destruction, attacks on ships, bombings. But if you look a bit closer and dig deeper, it becomes clear: war is just the tip of the iceberg. Yemen has long lived not just outside the 21st century, but somewhere in a parallel reality, where the state as such does not exist, and its place is taken by tribes, religious leaders, and armed groups.
A Demographic Collapse Amid War and Crisis
How has Ukraine's population declined since 1991?
Franz Kafka's 'Letter to His Father'
"Letter to His Father" by Franz Kafka
Why don't Poles want to fight Russians? An analysis of fears and reality.
Gagarin's height is 157 centimeters.
Hitler's Remains in Russia
For decades there have been debates surrounding the death of Adolf Hitler. Even eighty years after the end of World War II, there are those who doubt: did the Führer really commit suicide in the Berlin bunker? Perhaps he fled to South America, as many of his aides did? These doubts were largely fueled by the fact that the Soviet Union had long kept silent about what exactly was found in May 1945 and where the remains of the most terrifying dictator of the 20th century ultimately ended up.
Imagine a substance that costs 20 million dollars per kilogram. It is almost non-existent on Earth, but is abundantly scattered across the surface of the Moon. It can cool quantum computers to temperatures close to absolute zero, and perhaps someday it will become fuel for clean thermonuclear energy. This is not the plot of a science fiction novel. This is helium-3, a rare isotope that today has found itself at the center of a new space race.
How the Mariana Trench Was Conquered