Author: DPstaff

Does AI Know What an Apple Is?

The computer scientist Ellie Pavlick aims to find out: She is translating philosophical concepts such…

The Stories We Tell About the End of the World

Mark Blacklock at Literary Review: Evidently, the time is ripe for a survey of the…

No One Buys Books

Elle Griffin at The Elysian: In 2022, Penguin Random House wanted to buy Simon &…

The Cultural Fight Over Michelangelo’s David

Some in Italy are trying to stop what they consider ‘debasing’ use of the sculpture…

Caponigro’s Resonance Series (Pics)

The Environmental Fine Art Landscape Photographer John Paul Caponigro continues to revisit an ongoing series…

Wednesday Poem: The One and the Other

The child hums as he carries, too late,his grandmother’s sugar-dusted lemon-glazed cake down the street…

What Social Media is Doing to Teenagers – New Study

Nora McDonald at The Conversation: Social media apps regularly present teens with algorithmically selected content…

The Genocide Question Plus College Protest Follow-Up

Liz Wolfe at the Reason: The International Court of Justice (ICJ) in the Hague is…

Is Art a Form of Therapy?

by Derek Neal in 3 Quarks Daily: There is a meme on the internet that…

How the Search For Aliens Went From Laughable to Scientific

The giggle factor is finally history. Adam Frank at Aeon: After decades on the cultural…

‘Way’

Twelve (12) selected quotes that carry the word ‘way’ in them: —Curated by Irshad Salim

The Conference of the Birds (Simorghs)

The coinage of the word simorgh has an interesting and profound story based on the…