Hamilcar Barca

A professor of philosophy with broad interests, based in the Middle East and using Flipboard as a research archive.

Hamilcar Barca
flipped into THE ASTOUNDING ABILITIES OF ANIMALS
4 hours ago
Queen bumblebees can breathe underwater — for days. We discovered how
The Conversation Canada - Sabrina Rondeau and Charles-Antoine Darveau and Nigel Raine
In most bumblebee species, the queens spend their winters buried underground in a tiny cavity the size of a grape. For six to nine months, they enter …
Hamilcar Barca
flipped into ISRAEL'S WANTON DESTRUCTION OF LEBANON 2024 ON
8 hours ago
Israel’s Message to a Broad Swath of Lebanon: Shiites Must Go
The New York Times - Christina Goldbaum
Israel has issued sweeping evacuation warnings, and pressed some Christian and Druse leaders to expel Shiite Muslims from southern towns, the leaders said. When Israel and Hezbollah last went to war two years ago, Israeli evacuation warnings came a few villages at a time for residents in southern …
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flipped into MILITARY DRONES AND ROBOTS
8 hours ago
‘Ukrainian housewives’ and Skyranger delays – German defense poster child Rheinmetall is in hot water
Defense News - Linus Höller
VIENNA — The chief executive of Rheinmetall, Europe’s highest-valued defense company, continues to face criticism after dismissing Ukraine’s drone …
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flipped into MILITARY DRONES AND ROBOTS
5 hours ago
Ukraine Developing AI-Driven Drone Swarms to Counter Russian Shaheds
Kyiv Post
The most realistic near-term scenario involves a single operator controlling multiple interceptor drones simultaneously, rather than piloting them …
Hamilcar Barca
flipped into Islamophobia and the West
9 hours ago
Europe's Muslim history
historyextra.com - Danny Bird
From the magnificence of the Alhambra to the forgotten resting places of the Prophet Muhammad’s own relatives, Islam has long been a part of Europe’s …
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flipped into POPE LEO THE AMERICAN🇻🇦🇺🇸
12 hours ago
How the Pope fought back against Opus Dei
The Telegraph - Catherine Pepinster
Vaticanisti are among the world’s most specialised journalists. They must combine a political reporter’s analysis of policies and disputes with a court reporter’s more respectful, descriptive approach. Last year was one of the more eventful for the current crop. They had to cover the death of Pope …