Physics and astronomy, from which all other sciences derive their foundation, are attempts to provide a rational explanation for the structure and workings of the cosmos. The creation of the earliest civilizations and of mankind's religious beliefs...

Since antiquity, human beings have sought to understand the workings of nature: why unsupported objects drop to the ground, why different materials have different properties, the character of the universe such as the form of the Earth and the behavior...

I am one of the few contributors to this issue of Daedalus who is not in any sense a historian. I work and live in the country of physics, but history is the place that I love to visit as a tourist. Here...

The year 2004 offers wonderful opportunity for celebration of the 20th anniversary of the founding of two scholarly journals for adapted physical activity: PALAESTRA: The Forum of Sport Physical Education & Recreation for Those with Disabilities (hereafter called PALAESTRA) and the Adapted Physical...

Two immigrants have settled a federal lawsuit in which they claimed they were forcibly drugged during failed efforts by U.S. authorities to deport them.Amadou Diouf will receive $50,000, while Raymond Soeoth will get $5,000 and be allowed to remain in the United States for at...

U.S. immigration agents must not sedate deportees without a judge's permission, according to a policy change issued this week.Immigration officials have acknowledged that 56 deportees were given psychotropic drugs during a seven-month period in 2006 and 2007 even though most had no history of mental...