Cities and Climate Change: A Three-Part Relationship Anna Tehlova Society & Culture Recently, catastrophic Venice flooding made headlines around the world, raising questions about the city’s future and providing just a small sample of the growing threat that coastal cities are becoming...
Machine Learning: It’s not just a game Sumeet Kulkarni Science, Society & Culture, Technology The contrast between artificial intelligence and ordinary computing is best documented in how machines got one up over humans in one of our favorite pastimes: board games. If you have ever wondered why we...
Some Renewable Energy Types Promise a Bright Future. Others are Merely Sci-Fi Fantasy Kevin Gardner Science & Medicine, Society & Culture Global warming is pressuring the world to cut back on fossil fuels. Even if it weren't, we have largely run out of the most easily accessible, cheapest sources of fossil fuels. This means that fossil fuels...
The Need for Enforcement of Gender Sensitivity in Engineering Design and Curriculum for Better Education and Sanitation Outcomes Faisal Hossain Society & Culture, Thinks A recent article (Aug 28, 2018) in UK’s Daily Telegraph screamed “Lack of toilets and water at school puts girls' education at risk.” The article cited a recent study released by World Health...
Google, Our Sexologist Rayyan Dabbous Society & Culture Last year, Huffington Post published a piece called 10 Questions You Always Wanted To Ask A Sex Therapist. The title hinted at our reliance on Google for sex advice. Questions we always wanted to ask and...
Knowing Your Boundaries: A Key to Understanding Our Global Crises Glenn McLaren Government, Philosophy, Politics & Economics, Society & Culture, Sociology Is there one thing that is common to all of our major global crises; crises as diverse as sexual harassment and assault, mass immigration and globalization, technologies advancing beyond our control and global...
A Dietary Evolution: A Glimpse at the History of Food and Carbs in New York City Kevin Gardner Anthropology, History, Society & Culture In the early settlement of New York, during the colonial era, the working class was comprised of small landowners and people who worked for the households of upper class, large landowners along the Hudson....