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1 day ago · Disputers of the "conversion by the sword theory" point to the presence of the large Muslim communities found in Southern India, Sri Lanka, Western Burma, Bangladesh, Southern Thailand, Indonesia, Malaysia and the Philippines coupled with the distinctive lack of equivalent Muslim communities around the heartland of historical Muslim empires in the Indian subcontinent as a refutation to the "conversion by the sword theory". The legacy of the Muslim conquest of South Asia is a hotly debated ...
2 hours ago · Updated: Jul 16, 2024 / 07:58 PM EDT. GREENSBORO, N.C. (WGHP) — Spoken-word poetry helped Keala Rodgers find her voice again. The English educator, poet, doula, and mother of two is using ...
1 day ago · Lowest-seed GM Vaishali Rameshbabu stunned top-seed GM Jonas Bjerre to win with Black in the first classical games of the 2024 Biel Chess Festival Challengers, but her brother GM Praggnanandhaa Rameshbabu suffered the opposite fate. The top seed in the Masters lost to the lowest-rated player, GM Abhimanyu Mishra, while GM Liem Le tops the table ...
1 day ago · A photon (from Ancient Greek φῶς, φωτός (phôs, phōtós) 'light') is an elementary particle that is a quantum of the electromagnetic field, including electromagnetic radiation such as light and radio waves, and the force carrier for the electromagnetic force. Photons are massless particles that always move at the speed of light ...
1 day ago · t. e. The second law of thermodynamics is a physical law based on universal empirical observation concerning heat and energy interconversions. A simple statement of the law is that heat always flows spontaneously from hotter to colder regions of matter (or 'downhill' in terms of the temperature gradient).
2 hours ago · A Japanese futon, as we've discussed, is a thin, portable mattress designed to be placed directly on the floor. It's all about simplicity and flexibility. On the other hand, a western futon is typically a bulky piece of furniture that serves as both a couch and a bed. It's the Swiss Army knife of furniture, if you will.
