Olival Freire Jr is a professor of physics and the history of physics at the Federal University of Bahia, Brazil. What makes matter stable? Why are atoms as they are? Why do different materials vary ...

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Welcome, everybody to what is the first ever — the inaugural episode — of the new Brandeis University podcast, "The Take: Big Ideas Explained in Under 5 Minutes," where professors explain core ...

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Reaffirming that the 1951 Convention relating to the Status of Refugees together with its 1967 Protocol continue to serve as the cornerstone of the international refugee protection regime; and noting ...