Quantum Computers Can Now Run Powerful AI That Works like the Brain
Rahul Rao in Scientific American: Few computer science breakthroughs have done so much in so…
Women in the Ancient World
Literary Review May 2024 Issue: Women are everywhere in classical literature and mythology, but the…
Why is Incompetent Leadership Rewarded?
Hot air rises—and so, unfortunately, do many of the aspiring leaders who spout it. Why…
Movie Mistakes, Alternative Ending & Facts About “Pretty Woman”
“Pretty Woman” is essentially the grown-up version of Cinderella, and it’s one of the most…
Plastic is Climate Change in a Bottle
Plastic Pollution and Climate Change Have Common Culprits – and Similar Solutions Nearly 200 countries…
Thursday Poem: The Association of Man and Women
Whatever badness there wassometimeswas not of us,but between us. Because there was goodness,which felt like…
Why Do Immigrants Not Want American Citizenship?
Martin Mroz at Quora: There are a number of serious consequences of obtaining US citizenship…
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…