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Why the Berlin Wall Was Built
The construction of the Berlin Wall in August 1961 was one of the defining moments of the Cold War. Far from appearing overnight without context, the Wall was the result of mounting political tension, economic instability, and mass migration that had been building for more than a decade after the end of the Second World
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From the Dot-Com Bubble to Sustainable Tech
The exuberance of the late 1990s culminated in the collapse of the Dot-com bubble in 2000–2001. Many startups vanished almost overnight. For sales teams, this meant a dramatic shift from selling bold visions to defending real value. Investors and customers became more cautious. Profitability, not just growth, became the benchmark. Yet from the ashes rose
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From Cadavers to Competencies: How UK Medical Training Has Transformed in 30 Years
Thirty years ago, arriving at medical school in London felt a bit like being dropped into a Victorian novel with fluorescent lighting. There were anatomy labs that smelt permanently of formalin, lecturers who spoke in Latin without irony, and a quiet, shared suspicion that nobody really knew what was going on — including us. Since
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How Far Is AI from Actual Consciousness?
Artificial intelligence has already rewritten the rules of modern life. It recommends what we watch, finishes our sentences, drives experimental cars, and even drafts novels. Yet beneath the algorithms and neural networks lies a deeper, more unsettling question: how far is AI from actual consciousness? The answer depends on what we mean by consciousness. In