Can You Solve Albert Einstein’s Famous House Riddle?

Michele Debczak

You don’t need to be well-versed in quantum physics or even complex math to solve Albert Einstein’s famous house riddle. All it takes to tackle the problem below is logic—and if that isn't enough for you, you can find the answer at the end of the article.

Intruder at Large: The United States in the Middle East

M. Reza Behnam

June 12, 2024

After Iranian prime minister, Mohammad Mossadegh (1951-53), was overthrown in a U.S.-British coup, he stated: “I am aware that my fate must serve as an example in the future throughout the Middle East in breaking the chains of slavery and servitude to colonial interests.”

Nature

 The most interesting films made, mostly for television, are about nature. Some of them only deal with animals and their lives, such as what kinds of animals live in which part of this planet. Then, the origin of their lives and their habitats are discussed in detail. Some other nature films are about plants in different regions of the world, and how climate change affects production, growth, development, and survival of such living organisms. Another series of these films deal with the formation of our world, and how this world came about several million years ago. In addition, the time of the first living organisms, and appearance and extinction of some of these organisms are discussed.

طبیعت

یک سری از جالب‌ترین فیلم‌هائی که برای تلویزیون و یا سینما ساخته شده‌ا‌ند در مورد زیستگاه یا طبیعت می‌باشد. تعدادی از آنها صرفا به زندگی‌ حیوانات می‌پردازند. اینکه چه حیوانی در چه نقطه از این کرهٔ زمین زندگی‌ می‌کند و پیدایش و زندگی‌ او چگونه است، بطور مشروح بحث می‌شود. تعداد دیگری از این فیلم‌ها در مورد گیاهان و آب و هوای مناطق مختلف کرهٔ زمین هستند، و اینکه تغییرات جوّی چگونه در تولید و یا به وجود آمدن، رشد و تکامل، و یا بقای موجودات زنده تاثیر می‌گذارند. رشتهٔ دیگری از این فیلم‌ها به شکل‌گیریِ جهان ما می‌پردازند، و اینکه چگونه و چندین میلیون سال پیش این جهان شکل گرفت و زمان پیدایش موجودات زنده و از بین رفتن یا انقراض نسل تعدادی از آن موجودات در چه زمان و چگونه بوده است.ا

Israel destroyed half of Gaza’s buildings: UN

News Desk

June 11, 2024

The UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) said on 10 June that Israel’s aggression on the Gaza Strip has destroyed over half of the buildings in the besieged enclave.

 

‘Operation al-Aqsa Flood’ Day 248

‘Operation al-Aqsa Flood’ Day 248: Israel kills 274 Palestinians while freeing four Israeli prisoners in Gaza; Gantz resigns from war cabinet

Qassam Muaddi

June 10, 2024

 

Favorite Funny Quotes by Mark Twain

There are hundreds of Mark Twain quotes and some of the ones that have lasted the test of time are the Mark Twain funny quotes.

 

Using Ukraine Since 1948

Joe Lauria

June 10, 2024

The United States has for nearly 80 years seen Ukraine as the staging ground for its once covert and increasingly overt war with Russia.

 

C.I.A.’s Allen Dulles asks U.S. Immigration to allow Lebed re-entry to U.S. despite murder conviction. (From Hitler’s Shadow)

Israel’s war on Gaza live

Israel’s war onGaza live: Death toll passes 37,000 after ‘barbaric attack’

Urooba Jamal

June 9, 2024

• Israel’s raid on the Nuseirat refugee camp has caused outrage, with the EU calling it “a massacre”. The death toll has risen to 274 with more than 700 others injured, Gaza’s health ministry says.

War on Gaza: US courts must hold Biden accountable

Miranda Cleland

June 7, 2024

It is no secret that the Israeli military is carrying out genocide against the Palestinian people in Gaza. 

 

Why I Am Hunger Striking for Gaza

Jennifer Koonings

June 8, 2024

I am on day 10 of a voluntary hunger strike while Palestinians in Gaza are being starved to death. It is estimated that 3,500 children are at risk of death in the coming weeks due to starvation. Two million people are trapped in the besieged Gaza strip, almost half of them under the age of 18.

Not just Bombs: Israeli-caused Hunger is killing Palestinian Children in Gaza

Wafa Aludaini

June 7, 2024

( Middle East Monitor ) – Two Palestinian children died last week of starvation, dehydration and lack of medicine amid desperate conditions in the southern areas of the besieged Gaza Strip.

 

The Military-Industrial Complex Is Killing Us All

David Vine

June 6, 2024

War, what is it good for? Absolutely nothing. Or so the song lyrics go anyway.

 

Supporting genocide to halt multipolarity

Pepe Escobar

June 5, 2024

The St Petersburg Economic Forum (SPIEF) takes place this week. It’s one of the go-to annual meetings across Eurasia. The overall theme in 2024 is “multipolarity,” quite fitting considering this is the year of the Russian presidency of BRICS. The BRICS summit next October in Kazan will be crucial in drawing the contours of the road map towards multipolarity going forward. 

Beyond Two State Solution

 Why Recognizing State of Palestine is Important

Ramzy Baroud

June 4, 2024

In politics, context is crucial.

To truly appreciate the recent decision by Ireland, Spain and Norway to recognize the state of Palestine, the subject has to be placed in proper context.

Progressive climate scientist Claudia Sheinbaum wins Mexican presidency in landslide

Jake Johnson

June 3, 2024

Leftist Claudia Sheinbaum, a close ally of popular outgoing President Andrés Manuel López Obrador, won Mexico’s presidential election in a landslide on Sunday, with an official tally showing her leading right-wing opposition candidate Xóchitl Gálvez by nearly 30 percentage points.

University of California union’s Gaza solidarity strike spreads across campuses

Tyler Walicek

June 3, 2024

A strike is underway within the University of California (UC) system — with UCLA, UC Davis and UC Santa Cruz all now participating — as unionized graduate student workers take collective action to protest the brutalization and repression of fellow union members and Palestine solidarity protesters.

On Imprisoning Presidential Candidates: From Eugene Debs to Donald Trump

Fran Shor

June 3, 2024

Now that a New York jury convicted Donald Trump of 34 counts of falsifying business records in order to conceal hush money paid to a porn star and to evade campaign financial regulations, speculation has begun about his sentencing. Even though his outrageous behavior towards and slander of the district attorney, the judge, the witnesses, and the jury should warrant a punitive sentence, up to and including prison, it is highly unlikely that he will spend any time in jail.

  

A mugshot of union leader and socialist politician Eugene V. Debs with his prisoner number circa 1920. (Photo: National Archives and Records Administration)

Divest from Death

Ray Acheson

June 2, 2024

Resisting the Complexes of Empire