Racism and the Scourge of Insecurity Glenn McLaren Arts & Culture, Government, History, Politics & Economics Dr Glenn McLaren Whenever I think of racism I think of insecurity. We all battle with our insecurities. For some of us they are debilitating and prevent us from realizing our potential. For...
Why We’re in Such a Frenzy About Prince Harry and Meghan Markle Amy Laskowski, Futurity Arts & Culture, News, Society & Culture The wedding of Meghan Markle and Britain’s Prince Harry this weekend will mark a huge break from tradition for the royal family. Markle, best known for her role on the TV show Suits, is American-born,...
I Run ‘Facial Recognition’ on Buildings to Unlock Architectural Secrets Peter Christensen, The Conversation Arts & Culture, Society & Culture, Uncategorized About a decade ago, a modest update to Apple’s iPhoto software showed me a new way to study architectural history. The February 2009 update added facial recognition, allowing users to tag friends and loved...
With Teen Mental Health Deteriorating Over Five Years, There’s a Likely Culprit Jean Twenge Arts & Culture Around 2012, something started going wrong in the lives of teens. In just the five years between 2010 and 2015, the number of U.S. teens who felt useless and joyless – classic symptoms of depression –...
A Quick Parents’ Guide For Children Pursuing Higher Education Walter Bodell Academia, Arts & Culture, Education If your child has recently graduated from high school or is about to graduate, then he or she might have plans for getting a higher education. This is probably something that you are excited about—but as a...
Jonathan Franzen, Climate Change and the Need for Imagination Glenn McLaren Science, Science & Medicine Dr. Glenn McLaren Where climate change is concerned, human imagination is a double-edged-sword. The seemingly controllable technological industrial utopia we imagined and built, has...
UC Berkeley’s David A. Patterson Sees the Future After Moore’s Law Hippo Reads Staff Science, Science & Medicine, Technology As professor emeritus of the University of California, Berkeley, David A. Patterson has led a distinguished academic career since joining the faculty in 1977. Patterson developed RISC I, a microprocessor...
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...
How To Teach Science at School? Less Expert Talk, According To The Expert Darwin Rayyan Dabbous Science & Medicine When the news came in America that Finnish schools promoted free play over homework, education seemed under attack. How would climbing trees and playing tag be more pedagogical than being sent home to read a...
Will China’s moon landing launch a new space race? Wendy Whitman Cobb, The Conversation Science & Medicine China became the third country to land a probe on the Moon on Jan. 2. But, more importantly, it became the first to do so on the far side of the moon, often called the dark side. The ability to land on the far...
