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Soma (Brave New World)
Soma is the fictional euphoric, hangoverless tranquilliser distributed free by the World State in Huxley's Brave New World (1932), named after the Vedic ritual drink soma; rationed in half-gramme tablets, it symbolizes drug-induced social control.
Soma (drink)
Soma (Sanskrit सोम, cognate with Avestan haoma) was the pressed ritual drink of Vedic sacrifice, deified in the Rigveda's ninth book; its plant identity remains unresolved, with Ephedra, Amanita muscaria, and Peganum harmala the leading candidates.
Soma (Skrillex album)
SOMA is the fifth studio album by American electronic producer Skrillex, released June 5, 2026 on OWSLA/Atlantic; a 13-track, 42-minute surprise drop blending Brazilian phonk, progressive house, techno, and global collaborations.
Soma (video game)
SOMA (Soma) is a 2015 first-person sci-fi survival horror game by Sweden's Frictional Games, creators of Amnesia. Released September 22, 2015 on PC and PS4, it follows Simon Jarrett in the underwater base PATHOS-II, exploring consciousness and identity, with a safe mode and a 2026 spiritual successor, Ontos.
Soma Capital
Soma Capital is a seed-stage venture capital firm based in Miami Beach, Florida, founded by Aneel Ranadive around 2015, investing in early-stage technology startups with about $1 billion in assets.
Soma Capital Ai
Soma Capital AI is the artificial-intelligence fund series of Soma Capital, Aneel Ranadive's venture firm, which filed AI Fund II through VI between October 2025 and September 2026.
Soma cube
Soma cube: 3D dissection puzzle invented by Piet Hein (1933 or 1936) during a Heisenberg lecture; seven polycube pieces (one tricube, six tetracubes, 27 cubes) form a 3x3x3 cube with 240 distinct solutions.
Soma Port Gas power station
Soma Port Gas power station, also called the Fukushima Natural Gas Power Plant, is a 1,180 MW LNG-fueled gas power station at Soma Port in Fukushima Prefecture, Japan, opened in 2020.
Soma Port LNG Terminal
Soma Port LNG Terminal, also called the Soma LNG Terminal (相馬LNG基地), is an LNG import and regasification terminal at Soma Port in Fukushima Prefecture, Japan, operated by JAPEX.
Soma power station
Soma power station is a lignite-fired power plant at Soma in Manisa Province, Turkey, with a 990 MW Soma B plant privatized to Konya Şeker in 2015.
Soma Quality Recordings
Soma Quality Recordings, also known as Soma Records, is a Scottish independent techno and house label founded in Glasgow in 1991, best known for releasing Daft Punk's early singles.
Soma ritual
The Soma ritual (सोमयज्ञ, somayajna) is the class of Vedic shrauta sacrifices in which soma juice is pressed, offered to the gods, and drunk by priests.
Soma Weiss
Soma Weiss (1899–1942) was a Hungarian-born American physician and pharmacologist, Hersey Professor at Harvard and Physician-in-Chief at Peter Bent Brigham Hospital, known for Mallory-Weiss syndrome.
Somadeva
Somadeva (सोमदेव) was a Kashmiri Shaiva Brahmin and court poet to King Ananta of Kashmir who composed the Kathasaritsagara, the largest ancient Sanskrit story collection, around 1070 to amuse Queen Suryamati.
Somadeva Bhatta
Somadeva Bhatta (सोमदेव भट्ट) was a Shaiva Brahmin of Kashmir and Sanskrit writer active from 1063 to 1081, best known for compiling the Kathasaritsagara, a vast Sanskrit story collection, at the court of King Ananta.
Somadevasuri
Somadevasuri, usually called Somadeva Suri (सोमदेवसूरि), was a 10th-century Jain monk, poet, and writer on statecraft, known for the Sanskrit campu romance Yashastilaka, completed in 959 CE.
Somagalags Montes
Somagalags Montes is a 105-km-wide mountain group on Venus at 9.30°N, 348.50°E, IAU-named in 1997 for the Bella Coola earth mother, renamed from Somagalags Corona.
Somali Armed Forces
Somali Armed Forces: the military of the Federal Republic of Somalia, centered on the Somali National Army (SNA) under the Ministry of Defence. Founded 1960, collapsed 1991, rebuilt to fight al-Shabaab with AUSSOM and partner support.
Somali Bantu refugee resettlement
Somali Bantu refugee resettlement was the transfer of about 12,000 Somali Bantu refugees from Kenyan camps to US cities beginning in May 2003, the largest resettlement program ever undertaken in Africa.
Somali Civil War
Somali Civil War: conflict since the late 1980s that overthrew Siad Barre in January 1991, caused state collapse and famine, and continues as an al-Shabaab insurgency.
Somali Civil War (2009–present)
Somali Civil War (2009–present), the ongoing phase of Somalia's civil war: the weak Transitional Federal Government versus al-Shabaab (al-Qaeda affiliate since 2012), AU missions AMISOM, ATMIS, and AUSSOM, the 2011 loss of Mogadishu, and reversed 2022–23 offensive gains.
Somali clans
Somali clans are patrilineal descent groups organized into clan-families such as the Darod, Hawiye, Dir, and Rahanweyn, bound by xeer contracts and diya blood-compensation groups, central to Somali identity, security, and post-1991 politics.
Somali Current
Somali Current: seasonally reversing western boundary current of the Indian Ocean off East Africa, flowing northeast in the southwest monsoon at up to 3 m/s, reversing in winter, and driving the world's strongest seasonal coastal upwelling with the Great Whirl eddy.
Somali Democratic Republic
The Somali Democratic Republic (Jamhuuriyadda Dimuqraadiga Soomaaliya) was Somalia under Siad Barre, 1969-1991: a military socialist state after the October 1969 coup, allied with the USSR until 1977, collapsing into civil war in 1991.
Somali insurgency (2006–2009)
The Somali insurgency of 2006–2009 was the armed campaign by Islamist insurgent groups, above all al-Shabaab, against Somalia's Transitional Federal Government and its Ethiopian military backers after the December 2006 invasion.
Somali Jet
The Somali Jet, also called the Findlater Jet, is a strong low-level cross-equatorial wind current near the Somali coast that carries moisture for the South Asian monsoon.
Somali language
Somali (Af-Soomaali) is a Lowland East Cushitic language of the Horn of Africa with tens of millions of speakers; official in Somalia and Ethiopia's Somali Region, written in a Latin orthography adopted 21 October 1972.
Somali National Alliance
The Somali National Alliance (SNA) was a politico-military faction formed in Mogadishu in 1992 under General Mohamed Farah Aidid, a principal party in the Somali Civil War.
Somali National Movement
The Somali National Movement (SNM) was an Isaaq-dominated armed group founded in London in 1981 to overthrow Siad Barre; it declared Somaliland independent in 1991.
Somali National University
Somali National University (Jaamacadda Ummadda Soomaaliyeed, SNU) is Somalia's public national university, headquartered in Mogadishu. Founded in 1954, it closed in 1991 during the civil war and reopened in 2014.