The Language of Bees
In 1788, Pastor Earnest Spitzner witnessed an amazing fact: When a Carniolan honeybee finds a good supply of…
Issue 6 (April - June 1994)
9 articles
Optical Computers: A Dream or Reality?
The first functional optical processor was built at AT&T Bell laboratories with the hope that one day light…
The Quranic Consept of History and Western Philosphies of History
I wonder whether it is a scepticism to see a political purpose behind some philosophies produced in the…
Community Care, Values and Welfare State
A welfare state is a state that cares for its most needy citizens such as the elderly, the…
Medicine of The Prophet
THE SEARCH FOR ALTERNATIVES I once asked an Austrian friend of mine who had just qualified as a…
Time to Burn
Hikmet worked in a bakery. He was a meticulous worker and was concerned about earning honest living. Every…
Love
Love is the most essential element in every being, and it is a most radiant light and a…
Precise Timing in a Microcontroller and in the Universe
The 80C196KC is a 16-bit micro controller of the MCS-96 family produced by INTEL. It operates at 16…
Patenting Plants and Animals
Should plants or animals altered by microbiological manipulation be patentable in the same way as, say, modifications of…