The draft on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict has become by far the most read among all those I've written for Substack in a few days. Based on readers' comments and suggestions, I've added a few new paragraphs, information, and explanations. Therefore, I am reposting it. (translated)
In the next European elections, I will seriously consider voting for a party that opposes the position in which we Europeans are merely passive hostages to the dispute between Brussels officials and large American technology companies. I am particularly disturbed by the confident argument. (translated)
I read a report by Miha K. Turk in Dnevnik about the funeral of Ratko Mladić in Belgrade. It seems to me almost a textbook example of good reporting, mainly because the journalist does not go on the ground to confirm a story he already knows, but tries to determine what actually happened. (translated)
What is the Israeli-Palestinian conflict? How two opposing narratives about the same land developed from two national projects. Please read the text first and only then comment. The purpose of the article is mainly to explain how the conflict originated, which facts are... (translated)
KAJ PISA REVEALS ABOUT SLOVENIAN ATTITUDE TOWARDS KNOWLEDGE? The results of PISA 2025 for Slovenia published today are not encouraging. The average achievements of Slovenian fifteen-year-olds have decreased again compared to 2022. Even more concerning is the longer trend. In mathematics and reading today more than (translated)
As parents, we are always looking for ways to best protect our children, and vaccination against HPV is one of the few opportunities that can literally prevent the development of several types of cancer, both in women and men. In Slovenia, vaccination for young people is free, and it is most effective. (translated)
VACCINE AGAINST CANCER, MADE FROM TUMOR In a regular vaccine, we all receive the same active ingredient. In the new melanoma treatment, it is just the opposite: a special vaccine is made for each patient from data about their tumor. The process begins after surgery. From the removed tumor (translated)
How the hormone from lizard saliva revealed the true nature of obesity and triggered a medical revolution. (translated)
After a long time, there is again something written in the media about the significant delay in the launch of the Slovenian academic CAR-T center, for which donors collected 850,000 euros for essential equipment back in 2021, but five years later it still does not treat patients. CAR-T treatment is based on genetic... (translated)
Fertility is declining rapidly almost everywhere in the world. Even in places where we would have expected the opposite just a short time ago. Mexico today has, for example, a lower fertility rate than the USA, which clearly shows how quickly old demographic notions are collapsing. (translated)
When it comes to climate change, a pattern often repeats itself that we are already familiar with from discussions about vaccination. In both cases, the scientific explanation encounters resistance, which does not necessarily begin with the data but with the consequences that people recognize in this explanation. In vaccination, resistance often (translated)
Climatologist Lučka Kajfež Bogataj warns that climate change and atmospheric warming significantly increase the likelihood of heat waves. "If we look at the probability of a heat wave like the one we are experiencing now, it is about 15 times greater than it was 30 years ago," she explains. (translated)
A few days ago, during a public forum on social division in Slovenia, we found that differences in opinions alone do not divide us. We are only divided at the moment we deny good intentions to the interlocutor. As long as a person is on (translated)
Show Your Stripes Day, which takes place every year around June 21, is a global initiative to raise awareness about climate change and the need for action. The central symbol of the event is the climate stripes, created by Professor Ed Hawkins from the University of... (translated)
I wonder if today's news about the opening of the new development center of Sandoz or Lek for similar biological medicines in Ljubljana is one of those rare events that everyone could agree is good for Slovenia. Is such an investment seen as something positive for the country and (translated)
ELECTRON, MAN AND MACHINE The progress of science today perhaps more than ever raises questions that were once reserved for philosophy. For a long time, the division has been that science determines how the world works, while philosophy deals with what it means to be, to know, (translated)
The war in the Middle East has no winner, as all key leaders have harmed primarily the people they are supposed to serve with their decisions. Hamas triggered a devastating war with the attack on October 7 without any plan for peaceful coexistence between Jews and... (translated)
I support Dušan Kebro's statement, which accurately describes the perverse mechanism of online lynchings and character assassinations. However, with such calls, we must be consistent and universal. As a society, we too often fall into the trap of selective empathy: we strongly condemn hate speech when it affects "ours." (translated)
When a leading global expert publicly supports the public health strategy of a small country, it is an important international professional recognition. The new Slovenian dietary guidelines were positively evaluated by Walter Willett, a professor of epidemiology and nutrition at Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public. (translated)
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