Kate McAlpine rappin’ about CERN’s Large Hadron Collider! The rapper has a day job (we agree this is a good thing) as a science writer. They’ll have a lot of data to sort. 15 million GB per year, actually. Want to get involved and donate your computer’s downtime? Try LHC@home: http://lhcathome.cern.ch/lhcathome/
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When does learning begin? Answer: Before we are born. Science writer Annie Murphy Paul talks through new research that shows how much we learn in the womb — from the lilt of our native language to our soon-to-be-favorite foods.
Federico Fellini, Knight Grand Cross (Italian pronunciation: [fedeˈriːko felˈliːni]; January 20, 1920 – October 31, 1993), was an Italian film director and scriptwriter. Known for a distinct style that blends fantasy and baroque images, he is considered one of the most influential and widely revered filmmakers of the 20th century. He won five Academy Awards [...]
by Venessa Miemis, Emergent By Design I’ve always been fascinated with the workings of my own mind, and by human nature in general. With a background doing undergraduate work in Psychology, and graduate work in Social and Critical Theory, I’ve spent long hours contemplating individual motivations as well as group dynamics and the potential for [...]
Yehudi Menuhin, Baron Menuhin, OM, KBE (April 22, 1916 – March 12, 1999) was a Russian Jewish American violinist and conductor who spent most of his performing career in the United Kingdom. He was born to Russian Jewish parents in the United States, but became a citizen of Switzerland in 1970, and of the United [...]
Dear Readers, After many sleepless hours, a few tears shared with my loving partner, and emails and comments asking me to keep on publishing, I have decided not to let you down and continue posting content (scientific, self and memory improvement articles, open source videos, music, ebooks, etc – those that exist legally in the public [...]
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