The Only Remarkable Thing About Beto O'Rourke Is How Much the Media Loves Him
Reason.com5 days agoDespite my best efforts, I know exactly what Senate candidate Beto O'Rourke's post-punk indie band from the mid-'90s sounds like (not so bad as you'd think!). At the same time, I don't know ...
Ira Flatow, ‘Science Friday’ radio host, to speak in Reno
Reno Gazette-Journal5 days agoFlatow will present his talk, “Catalysts of Creativity: the inspirations for new ideas,” on Nov. 8 at the Joe Crowley Student Union, according to an announcement from UNR. The event, ...
From phonographs to earbuds, these five inventions trace the history of recorded sound
Washington Post5 days agoThe National Museum of American History’s new permanent exhibit, “America’s Listening,” transports visitors back to the 1800s, when Thomas Edison unveiled the phonograph and kick-started ...
New River Valley Medical Center employs sheep to care for solar panel field
WSLS Newschannel 10 Roanoke5 days agoA Giles County shepherd brought sheep to the New River Valley Medical Center in Radford to maintain the grass in the center’s new solar panel field. Scott Blankenship, Carilion's ...
Rihanna rejected an offer to headline the 2019 Super Bowl halftime show out of support for Colin Kaepernick
MSN News5 days agoKaepernick began taking a knee during the national anthem at NFL games in 2016 to call attention to racial injustice and police brutality.
Meeting the Needs of Diverse Students in the Modern Classroom
Las Vegas Review-Journal6 days agoBy nurturing classroom diversity, students grow into individuals who can offer new discoveries, groundbreaking inventions and fresh ideas. How to Meet a Broad Range of Needs • ...
I Don't Want To Know Satoshi's Real Identity
Forbes3 days agoAn Australian man long thought to be associated with the digital currency Bitcoin has publicly identified himself as its creator. BBC News said Monday, May 2, 2016 that Craig Wright told the ...
How a team of innovators overcame the odds to create water from thin air
Mashable3 days agoTwo years ago, XPrize, an international nonprofit organization, announced a global competition enticing innovators to find a sustainable and affordable way to bring potable water to those who aren't privileged enough to have it now.
What If AI Can Make Us More Human In The Age Of Robotic Automation?
Forbes2 days ago“We now live in a global, exponential world,” Steven Kotler tells my coauthor Michael Ashley and I from his Santa Monica office. “My organization, the Flow Genome Project, recently participated in Red Bull’s Hacking Creativity Project,” says Kotler.
US craze for DNA 'heritage' tests may bolster racism, critics warn
AFP via Yahoo News4 days agoMillions of Americans are using DNA test kits sold online to research their ancestry, either out of simple curiosity or to find answers about their identity. In a country whose population, for ...