The quest-a thirst unquenchable..

Quest - a thrust unquestionable..

“You have given me deeper thirsting after life. Surely there is no greater gift to a man than that which turns all his aims into parching lips and all life into a fountain. And in this lies my honour and my reward, – That whenever I come to the fountain to drink I find the living water itself thirsty; it drinks me while I drink it.” – Khalil Gibran

The quest-a thirst unquenchable ..

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Corona Special / For members / Quizzes/tests

Fact or fiction: How much do you know about the coronavirus disease (COVID-19)? Knowing the facts is key to being properly prepared and protecting yourself and your loved ones. UNICEF

As the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) spreads, so is misinformation. Knowing the facts is key to being properly prepared and protecting yourself and your loved ones against the virus.  Test how much you know about the virus and please help us tackle misinformation by sharing this quiz with your...

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“The One and the Many.”How Does the Corona virus Behave Inside a Patient?

We’ve counted the viral spread across peoples; now we need to count it within people.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siddhartha_Mukherjee In the third week of February, as the COVID-19 epidemic was still flaring in China, I arrived in Kolkata, India. I woke up to a sweltering morning—the black kites outside my hotel room...

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Coronavirus Is Our Future | Alanna Shaikh (Quest corona special)

Global health expert Alanna Shaikh talks about the current status of the 2019 nCov coronavirus outbreak and what this can teach us about the epidemics yet to come. Alanna Shaikh is a global health consultant and executive coach who specializes in individual, organizational and systemic resilience. She holds...

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Pandemic: Lessons Learned-Did we?

The 2009 H1N1, or Swine Flu, pandemic took the world’s health experts by surprise. Looking back, journalist Laurie Garrett and public health scientist Michael Osterholm each give their take on how well the world responded to the threat, what mistakes they made, and what the lessons learned can...

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For members / pleasure of knowledge / Saturday with Budthu (SwB) / View from Giants' shoulder

How language transformed us-Quest weekend

Biologist Mark Pagel shares an intriguing theory about why humans evolved our complex system of language. He suggests that language is a piece of “social technology” that allowed early human tribes to access a powerful new tool: cooperation. (About the speaker: Mark Pagel builds statistical models to examine...