Month: April 2016
Cuban university fires economist over allegedly sharing information with US
Omar Everleny Prez is one of the country’s most well-known academics and made frequent trips to America with the University of Havanas approval One of Cuba’s most renowned advocates of economic reform has been fired from his University of Havana thinktank for alleged violations including sharing information with Americans without authorization. The dismissal of Omar […]
Spend Valentines Day With The Independent Women Of Literature
It’s almost Valentine’s Day! If the imminent approach of the world’s least romantic holiday dedicated to romance isn’t exclamation-worthy to you, know you’re not alone. Rebelling against the traditions tied to Feb. 14 seems to have become as popular as reveling in Russell Stover’s-fueled giddiness. To help you out with your iconoclasm — or at […]
A cook’s books: a food blogger’s recipes inspired by literature in pictures
Kate Young makes recipes for her virtual Little Library Cafe, reimagining meals from her favourite fiction and writing about the significance that each book has in her life. Here she picks a selection of her recipes, with quotes from the books. Read more: http://www.theguardian.com/books/booksblog/gallery/2015/jul/09/cook-books-food-bloggers-recipes-inspired-by-books-in-pictures
Read it and beep: what robots will learn from our greatest literature | Stephen Moss
Robots can be enlightened and civilised if they just read out stories, were told. We asked an especially well-read android, HOMER16, what it made of 1984, Hamlet et al. An encouraging report from the Georgia Institute of Technology argues that it is possible to inculcate moral values into robots by exposing them to the fictions […]
Quantum Mechanics – physics explained by a physicist
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