Amy Scott, the NSW Police Inspector who is being praised for her heroics after she fatally shot Bondi mass killer Joel Cauchi on Saturday, has told colleagues that she was ‘just doing her job’ when she responded to the scene. Scott came face to face with a knife-wielding Cauchi — who killed six innocent victims […]
Archbishop William Lori announced that a Vatican indult allowing parish Latin Masses will expire in August and that the traditional Mass in his archdiocese will soon be relegated to a single shrine in Baltimore.
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The Catholic Diocese is celebrating the longevity of married couples with a vow renewal ceremony and Mass next month.
When it comes to the Universe, there are some things we can be confident are out there based on what we observe. We know that the Universe was hotter, denser, and more uniform in the distant past. We know that the stars and galaxies in the Universe have grown up and evolved as the Universe has aged. We know that gravitation has formed the large-scale structure in the Universe, and that structure has grown more complex over time. And we also know how much normal matter, altogether, is present in...
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The funeral industry is changing. Traditional burials are down and people are using cremation services at a much higher than ever before.
A key feature of biological tissues is their inhomogeneity and their ability to grow via cell reproduction. To study this behavior, it is important to describe it using equations, which account for factors including growth rates, chemical signaling, and tissue structure.
Philosophy can often seem overly concerned with terribly abstract questions, such as whether chairs truly exist. However, the questions of philosophy cover all areas of human interest. Perhaps most importantly, several philosophers have spent time on the question of how to live a happy, even joyful, life. Here, we look at four such philosophers, their ideas, and whether they took their own advice. Zhuangzi on being more “spontaneous” Zhuangzi is both the name of a Taoist philosopher and a book...
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