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A society , or a human society , is a group of people related to each other through persistent relations, or a large social grouping sharing the same geographical or virtual territory, subject to the same political authority and dominant cultural expectations. Human societies are characterized by patterns of relationships ( social relations ) between individuals who share a distinctive culture and institutions ; a given society may be described as the sum total of such relationships among its constituent members. In the social sciences , a larger society often evinces stratification and/or dominance patterns in subgroups.
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Today's featured article SMS König was the first of four König class dreadnought battleships of the German Imperial Navy during World War I . König ( Eng: "King") was named in honor of Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany .
Technology is the making, modification or improvement, applied activity or behavior, usage, and knowledge of tools , machines , techniques, crafts , systems , methods of organization, or environmental modifications or arrangement in order to solve a problem, improve a preexisting solution to a problem, achieve a goal or perform a specific function. It can also refer to the collection of such tools, machinery, modifications, environmental arrangement and procedures. Technologies significantly affect human as well as other animal species' ability to control and adapt to their natural environments. The word technology comes from Greek τεχνολογία (technología) ; from τέχνη (téchnē) , meaning "art, skill, craft", and -λογία ( -logía ) , meaning "study of-". The term can either be applied generally or to specific areas: examples include construction technology , medical technology , and information technology .
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Science is a methodical study of nature that forms testable explanations and predictions . An older and closely related meaning still in use today is that found for example in Aristotle , whereby "science" refers to the body of reliable knowledge itself, of the type that can be logically and rationally explained ( see "History and etymology" section below ). Since classical antiquity science as a type of knowledge was closely linked to philosophy . In the early modern era the two words, "science" and "philosophy", were sometimes used interchangeably in the English language .
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Epistemology is the philosophical study of knowledge and belief. The primary problem in epistemology is to understand exactly what is needed in order for us to have true knowledge. In a notion derived from Plato 's dialogue Theaetetus , philosophy has traditionally defined knowledge as " justified true belief ". The relationship between belief and knowledge is that a belief is knowledge if the belief is true , and if the believer has a justification (reasonable and necessarily plausible assertions/evidence/guidance) for believing it is true. A false belief is not considered to be knowledge, even if it is sincere. A sincere believer in the flat earth theory does not know that the Earth is flat.
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Mathematics is the study of quantity , space , structure , and change . Mathematicians seek out patterns and formulate new conjectures . Mathematicians resolve the truth or falsity of conjectures by mathematical proofs , which are arguments sufficient to convince other mathematicians of their validity.
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History is the discovery, collection, organization, and presentation of information about past events. History can also mean the period of time after writing was invented. Scholars who write about history are called historians . It is a field of research which uses a narrative to examine and analyse the sequence of events, and it sometimes attempts to investigate objectively the patterns of cause and effect that determine events. Historians debate the nature of history and its usefulness.
Geography is the science that studies the lands, the features, the inhabitants, and the phenomena of the Earth . A literal translation would be "to describe or write about the Earth". The first person to use the word "geography" was Eratosthenes (276-194 BC).
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Stede Bonnet (c. 1688 – December 10, 1718) was an early 18th-century Barbadian pirate , sometimes called "the gentleman pirate". Because of marital problems, Bonnet turned to piracy in the summer of 1717. He bought a sailing vessel, named it Revenge , and traveled with his paid crew along the American eastern seaboard, capturing other vessels and burning down Barbadian ships. After arriving in Nassau , Bonnet met the infamous pirate Blackbeard . Incapable of leading his crew, Bonnet temporarily ceded his ship's command to Blackbeard.