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12 hours ago · Philosophy ('love of wisdom' in Ancient Greek) is a systematic study of general and fundamental questions concerning topics like existence, reason, knowledge, value, mind, and language. It is a rational and critical inquiry that reflects on its own methods and assumptions. Historically, many of the individual sciences, such as physics and ...
8 hours ago · Cressida Gethin being arrested by London police at a Just Stop Oil demonstration in London in November 2023. The then 21-year old was charged with wilfully obstructing a highway and remanded in ...
12 hours ago · Mitragyna speciosa is an evergreen tree in the genus Mitragyna that can grow to a height of 25 m (82 ft). Its trunk may grow to a 0.9 m (3 ft) diameter. [19] The trunk is generally straight, and the outer bark is smooth and grey. [19] The leaves, ovate-acuminate in shape and opposite in growth pattern, are dark green, glossy on their upper ...
12 hours ago · [107] [123] [124] However, later studies by different researchers found the affinity of ketamine of >10 μM for the regular human and rat D 2 receptors, [102] [108] [109] Moreover, whereas D 2 receptor agonists such as bromocriptine are able to rapidly and powerfully suppress prolactin secretion, [125] subanesthetic doses of ketamine have not been found to do this in humans and in fact, have ...
12 hours ago · A study comparing judgments of whether personal or impersonal harm would be endorsed in order to achieve the rationally maximum (utilitarian) amount of welfare found no significant differences between subjects high and low in psychopathy. However, a further study using the same tests found that prisoners scoring high on the PCL were more likely to endorse impersonal harm or rule violations ...
12 hours ago · The Oklahoma City bombing was a domestic terrorist truck bombing of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States, on April 19, 1995, the second anniversary of the end to the Waco siege. The bombing remains the deadliest act of domestic terrorism in U.S. history.
12 hours ago · Barbiturate. Barbituric acid, the parent structure of all barbiturates. Barbiturates[a] are a class of depressant drugs that are chemically derived from barbituric acid. [2] They are effective when used medically as anxiolytics, hypnotics, and anticonvulsants, but have physical and psychological addiction potential as well as overdose potential ...
