Climate change affects everyone. Awareness of the vast scope and rapid pace of the required adjustments may cause feelings of impotence. According to Panu Pihkala, an ecotheologian, the power of constructive actions and political ...
Environment
Dec 14, 2018
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Though computers are becoming better programmed to process information like our brains do, the power of the human mind is unmatched. But what's the mind without a body?
Computer Sciences
Jan 16, 2018
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As a linguist I dread the question, "what do you do?", because when I answer "I'm a linguist" the inevitable follow-up question is: "How many languages do you speak?" That, of course, is not the point. While learning languages ...
Social Sciences
Oct 10, 2017
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It is often talked about as the ultimate prize of artificial intelligence: a machine that can think like a human. But human minds are only one example of the kinds of minds on earth. So what are those other minds like? How ...
Computer Sciences
Jan 31, 2017
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A Bangor University academic discusses the connection between language and meaning in a new book published by Cambridge University Press.
Social Sciences
Dec 9, 2015
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Gravity ties our bodies to planet Earth but it does not define the limits of the soaring human mind. In November 1915 – exactly one century ago – this was proven to be true when Albert Einstein, in a series of lectures ...
General Physics
Nov 25, 2015
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American astronaut Scott Kelly has launched a geography quiz on Twitter and will post a picture from the International Space Station each week so fans can guess his location.
Space Exploration
Apr 22, 2015
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One of the greatest remaining mysteries for science to unravel is the subject of a fascinating new book, authored by an expert from the University of Exeter.
Computer Sciences
Jul 2, 2014
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The musician Paul Simon came to fame collaborating with his childhood friend Art Garfunkel, yet launched another chapter with his Graceland album, collaborating with musicians from Soweto. Ratan Tata made his name expanding ...
Social Sciences
Sep 12, 2012
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A three-year international research project, directed by two academics at the University of Oxford, finds that humans have natural tendencies to believe in gods and an afterlife.
Social Sciences
May 16, 2011
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