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Coming up on Connections: Friday, August 21st - WXXI News
WXXI News
WXXI News
In studio: Dr. Carl D'Angio, Golisano Children's Hospital at the University of Rochester Medical Center, where he is professor of pediatrics and Medical Humanities and Bioethics; director of the Neonatal Clinical Research Program; and director of the ...
Putin win marred by allegations of rigging - Irish Examiner
Irish Examiner
United Russia was leading the field with 61% of the vote, with the Communists trailing far behind with 11.5%, according to the poll conducted by the state-owned All-Russia Opinion Research Centre. Two other pro-Kremlin parties — Vladimir Zhirinovsky's ...
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A Psychologist's Open Letter to U.S. Voters - Huffington Post
Huffington Post
Huffington Post
As a narcissism expert, I'm not especially worried that narcissists might make it to the White House. According to research, they've always been there. And that shouldn't scare us anyway, because just to be clear: narcissist is not a diagnosis. It ...
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The Mysterious Murder of a Heroic Chemist Who Was (Probably) Also a Spy - io9
io9
io9
After the war, he left the government and took at job in the research department at UK pharmacy company Boots, which at the time was a prominent force in the agrochemicals industry. It was a career move that surprised ... History buff and l'affair ...
Avant-garde jeweller Mattia Cielo doesn't do 5-year plans - South China Morning Post (subscription)
South China Morning Post (subscription)
South China Morning Post (subscription)
He was actually a champion of chess when he was a kid, so he has a different approach to design. Making jewellery is a very ... Our company's research and product development for each collection is a long process. Sometimes it's a little faster, but ...
EU calls for urgency in 'seriously lagging' Paris climate talks - The Guardian
The Guardian
The Guardian
An analysis by the Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change earlier this week found that pledges made so far would have to almost double by 2030 to have a more than 50% chance of limiting global warming to 2C. Cañete confirmed that the bloc would ...
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10 Surprising Things Technology Will Make Obsolete by 2025 - PC Magazine
PC Magazine
According to the research firm Markets and Markets, various new forms of wireless charging are expected to grow exponentially over the next five years. A little further down the line, researchers have begun experimenting with .... I suppose that ...
The Robot Kids Are All Right - Re/code
Re/code
Re/code
And while we have computers that can be trained to beat humans at games such as chess, iRobot's Roomba still can't detect if your dog has had an accident and not spread that accident around the house. What we have now in AI is a narrow form of ...
Mimicking nature, device uses soundwaves to detect cracks in critical ... - Fierce Homeland Security
Fierce Homeland Security
The hearing system of bats, dolphins, cockroaches and moths have helped researchers in Scotland develop an ultrasound sensor that detects cracks in aircraft structures, oil and gas pipelines and nuclear plants. Researchers at the University of ...
These blind chess players will bring a smile to your face - Hindustan Times
Hindustan Times
Hindustan Times
Hardly anything journalistic or scholarly has been written about blind chess. Also, we could not find any documentary made on blind chess. In way, we were breaking new ground! As an observational filmmaker, the process of filming is also part of the ...
British Filmmaker Zooms Camera on Blind Indian Chess PlayersIndia West
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Are men incapable of having platonic relationships with women? - Telegraph.co.uk
Telegraph.co.uk
Telegraph.co.uk
Beyond the Guerreo and Chavez study – and Alabama's recent findings – evolutionary psychology has provided us with the majority of research into platonic relationships. Evolutionary Psychologist and author of The Evolution of Desire: Strategies of ...
These blind chess players will bring a smile to your face - Hindustan Times
Hindustan Times
Hindustan Times
Hardly anything journalistic or scholarly has been written about blind chess. Also, we could not find any documentary made on blind chess. In way, we were breaking new ground! As an observational filmmaker, the process of filming is also part of the ...
British filmmaker zooms camera on blind Indian chess playersABP Live
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These blind chess players will bring a smile to your face - Hindustan Times
Hindustan Times
Hindustan Times
Hardly anything journalistic or scholarly has been written about blind chess. Also, we could not find any documentary made on blind chess. In way, we were breaking new ground! As an observational filmmaker, the process of filming is also part of the ...
British Filmmaker Zooms Camera on Blind Indian Chess PlayersIndia West
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Coming Events - My Eastern Shore
My Eastern Shore
20, Thursday - Aronia Twilight Tour - 5 p.m., Wye Research and Ed Center, Queenstown. Call 410-827-8056 ext. 115 by Aug. .... Thursdays - Chestertown Chess Club - 7 to 11 p.m., Play It Again Sam, 108 S. Cross St., Chestertown. All ages and skill levels ...
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British Filmmaker Zooms Camera on Blind Indian Chess Players - India West
India West
India West
"I came across a newspaper report, which talked about blind children playing chess. I carried the newspaper report for two years and we did more research, and we contacted Charudatta Jadhav, the general secretary of the All India Chess Federation for ...
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When high achievers fail to make the grade - Times Higher Education
Times Higher Education
Times Higher Education
But life isn't sport (or chess). And it is, perhaps, a symptom of a more grown-up politics to be uncomfortable with triumphalism. My conscience is certainly pricked by the all too ready ways in which we attribute success to hard work and associate ...
The International-Relations Argument Against Killer Robots - Defense One
Defense One
Defense One
Heather Roff is a teaching assistant professor at the University of Denver's Josef Korbel School of International Studies, a fellow at the New America Foundation's Cybersecurity Initiative, and a research associate at the Eisenhower Center for Space ...
New Orleans Events Calendar for Aug. 20-26, 2015 - The New Orleans Advocate
The New Orleans Advocate
DISCUSSION “THE KATRINA DECADE — IMAGES OF AN ALTERED CITY”: 3 p.m., Williams Research Center, Historic New Orleans Collection, 410 Chartres St., New Orleans. A panel discussion featuring David G. Spielman who's photography captures the recovery. 410 ...
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How to Become the Best in the World at What You Do - Observer
Observer
Observer
Actually, he taught me more about academic writing and research in three months than most people learn through an entire Ph.D.. With his help, I was easily able to get into the graduate school of my choice. In truth, I could have gone wherever I ...
What Does Putin Want? - Institute for Ethics and Emerging Technologies
Institute for Ethics and Emerging Technologies
Institute for Ethics and Emerging Technologies
Another report: “Russia is provoking Finland, repeatedly guiding military planes into Finnish airspace and deploying submarines and helicopters to chase after Finnish research vessels in international waters. ... While Fox News and the Murdochians ...
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