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                    [Title] => ‘On the Nature of Things’
                    [Summary] => On the Nature of Things. This is the English translation of the name of this column, De Rerum Natura. Readers repeatedly ask why not just call it the former, followed by so many other questions on why this column deals with stuff so different from traditional newspaper columns, and why devote this weekly space on thoughts on creatures, the origin of the universe, on scientific facts and imagination, and nature reflections. This week’s column will try to answer some of those questions. 


Q: Why the Latin title De Rerum Natura?
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But really, why bother knowing about universes far beyond our reach or in dimensions we cannot perceive at our life level? If it does not affect personal heaven or hell, why do scientists need to know what was there in that trillionth of a trillionth of a second? Are scientists looking for an ultimate truth to believe? [DatePublished] => 2002-11-28 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133961 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1249681 [AuthorName] => DE RERUM NATURA By Maria Isabel Garcia [SectionName] => Science and Environment [SectionUrl] => science-and-environment [URL] => ) ) )
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                    [Summary] => On the Nature of Things. This is the English translation of the name of this column, De Rerum Natura. Readers repeatedly ask why not just call it the former, followed by so many other questions on why this column deals with stuff so different from traditional newspaper columns, and why devote this weekly space on thoughts on creatures, the origin of the universe, on scientific facts and imagination, and nature reflections. This week’s column will try to answer some of those questions. 


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But really, why bother knowing about universes far beyond our reach or in dimensions we cannot perceive at our life level? If it does not affect personal heaven or hell, why do scientists need to know what was there in that trillionth of a trillionth of a second? Are scientists looking for an ultimate truth to believe? [DatePublished] => 2002-11-28 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133961 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1249681 [AuthorName] => DE RERUM NATURA By Maria Isabel Garcia [SectionName] => Science and Environment [SectionUrl] => science-and-environment [URL] => ) ) )
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