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Issue 126 (Nov - Dec 2018)

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Editorial (Pain Doesn’t Differ)

06 January 2019 | The Fountain | Issue 126 (Nov - Dec 2018)

Sight is one of the most miraculous things for which we can never be thankful enough. Our eyes serve as windows connecting our inner life with the outer world. In “Retina the Mind-Boggler,” Dr. Serranur explains the intricacies of the eye’s physiology. Despite many theories and scientific advances…

Dawn upon Dawn – Once upon a Time

Dawn upon Dawn – Once upon a Time

06 January 2019 | M. Fethullah Gulen | Issue 126 (Nov - Dec 2018)

In an era when many parts of the world were defeated by darkness, our horizon was everywhere emblazoned with colors, and the festivals of dawn came one after another. At breakneck speed were the heralds of light, with brightest torches in their hands, calling the people to revival in every land. Th…

Retina: the Mind-Boggler

Retina: the Mind-Boggler

06 January 2019 | Omer Serranur | Issue 126 (Nov - Dec 2018)

The eye is a miracle as it is. Even though we have a rough understanding of its basic anatomy, we are confronted with a much more complex miracle when we venture into the intricacies of its anatomy and the physiology of the act of seeing. We have theories about the many details – such as the percep…

Pain Doesn’t Differ: Turkish Refugees Help Greek Fire Victims

Pain Doesn’t Differ: Turkish Refugees Help Greek Fire Victims

06 January 2019 | Sophia Pandya | Issue 126 (Nov - Dec 2018)

Gasparetto (not his real name)[1] was a young Turkish medical student when he was arrested and imprisoned for eight months by Turkey’s government, merely for his connection to the Hizmet, a social movement inspired by Fethullah Gülen and Sufi thought, which Turkey’s President Erdoğan blamed for the…

Embryonic Stem Cells: What Do They Hold in Store?

Embryonic Stem Cells: What Do They Hold in Store?

06 January 2019 | Atif Yorulmaz | Issue 126 (Nov - Dec 2018)

Embryonic stem cells are cells in the early stages of embryonic development when a fertilized egg cell is divided first into two cells and then into four, eight, and sixteen. Each grows into a brand new cell type and multiplies as per the codes present in its DNA program as tissues form and organ…

Love and Suicide

Love and Suicide

06 January 2019 | Jan McDaniel | Issue 126 (Nov - Dec 2018)

The day my husband died, my work for a newspaper had taken me out of the office to do interviews and take pictures. I hurried back to my computer because I wanted to finish early. The man I had loved for three decades had not been well for several years. He had attempted suicide several times befor…

How Do Animals Survive?

How Do Animals Survive?

06 January 2019 | Numan Erciyes | Issue 126 (Nov - Dec 2018)

We live in a magnificent world inhabited by approximately 8,700,000 species. This number includes only general species, not subspecies. Scientists discover around 2,500 new species every year, and the number is soon estimated to reach 10 million. All living organisms are blessed with unique bodies…

Demise of Academia: A Sad Case Which Should Not Have Been in the 21st Century

Demise of Academia: A Sad Case Which Should Not Have Been in the 21st Century

06 January 2019 | Sumeyra Koc | Issue 126 (Nov - Dec 2018)

Being an academic is not an easy thing. In many countries, it seems you are always between a rock and a hard place when you are in academia. Politics permeate the academic halls, where positions might be assigned or created for political allies. Besides this, as a faculty member your superiors have…

Mushahada (observation)

Mushahada (Observation)

06 January 2019 | M. Fethullah Gulen | Issue 126 (Nov - Dec 2018)

Mushahada (observation) means using insight to see in Divine Acts the Divine Names that give existence to them, and to become aware, in the manifestation of the Names, of the All-Holy One Who is called by those Names. In other words, observation denotes that those favored with Divine nearness rea…

A Letter from Radon

A Letter from Radon

06 January 2019 | Seth Mette | Issue 126 (Nov - Dec 2018)

Radon is one of the noble gases in the periodic table. It is the heaviest, naturally occurring one among them. Due to its size, it is the most likely to establish compounds with other elements, compared to the other noble gases. However, its radioactivity easily breaks the bonds that are establis…

Sleep Wellness: What to Do for It?

Sleep Wellness: What to Do for It?

06 January 2019 | Omer Serranur | Issue 126 (Nov - Dec 2018)

Sleep is a period of renewal that prepares us for the new day and enables our brain and body to perform duties that they cannot while awake. Growing numbers of businesses are including good sleep in their wellness programs for their employees. Many of them now have sleep pods in their offices…

Nature and Environment in Contemporary Religious Contexts

Nature and Environment in Contemporary Religious Contexts

06 January 2019 | Justin Pahl | Issue 126 (Nov - Dec 2018)

It’s no secret – or at least it shouldn’t be – that climate change is one of the most important issues of our time. Very recently, a report came out saying that the planet could be facing serious consequences of climate change by 2040 – a mere 22 years from now (“Major Climate Report Describes a St…

Gravitational Waves: A Universal Force

Gravitational Waves: A Universal Force

06 January 2019 | Haci Kerem | Issue 126 (Nov - Dec 2018)

Gravitational waves can be defined as the vibration of space-time. Sky is an ocean in which the waves are stationary. When you throw a rock into the water, when a taut rope is plucked, when a spring is compressed and then released, or when our larynx vibrates, what forms is a wave. In each cas…

Aromatherapy and Unani Medicine (Greco-Arabic Medicine): Scope and Application

Aromatherapy and Unani Medicine (Greco-Arabic Medicine): Scope and Application

06 January 2019 | Ghazala Mulla, Sufyan Ahmed Ghawte, Ajma K.T. | Issue 126 (Nov - Dec 2018)

Every essential oil gets its uniqueness not just due to one of its components but because of its delicate and complex admixture. The individual perfume and therapeutic value of each essential oil depends on this balance. What is aromatherapy? Aromatherapy is the practice of using essential o…

Beware: Radiation!

Beware: Radiation!

06 January 2019 | Nuh Yilmaz | Issue 126 (Nov - Dec 2018)

Radiation, which refers to emissions of light or particles, is a type of energy transfer. Radiation takes place at any given moment in the environment or the body. Among sources of radiation to which humans are exposed daily are sun rays, radio waves coming from devices such as mobile phones and TV…

The Powerful Elite and the Challenge of Truth

The Powerful Elite and the Challenge of Truth

06 January 2019 | The Fountain | Issue 126 (Nov - Dec 2018)

Question: Why are the elite having difficulty in accepting truths? Answer: In every period of history, as well as today, there exists an oligarchical minority who try to suppress people who think differently from them and who are not one of them. They wish to design the world according to their ow…

Science Square (Issue 126)

06 January 2019 | The Fountain | Issue 126 (Nov - Dec 2018)

Biggest extinction in Earth’s history caused by global warming—and how it could happen again Penn JL et al. Temperature-dependent hypoxia explains biogeography and severity of end-Permian marine mass extinction. Science, December 2018. Some 252 million years ago, long before dinosaurs, the vast m…

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