Can you mentally multiply enormous numbers faster than a calculator? Memorize a 100 digit number? Figure the day of the week of anyone’s birthday? These are just…
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Jacob Appelbaum, a core developer of the Tor Project, is the co-author, along with Julian Assange, of the 2012 book Cypherpunks: Freedom and the Future of the…
I want to start with some apologies. For the record, here and upfront, I apologize for having spent several years ripping up GM crops. I am also…
The Futurica Trilogy is a work of philosophy, sociology and futurology in three closely related movements. The first volume, The Netocrats, deals with human history from the…
Teacher quality has long been recognized as a key determinant of pupil attainment. With Ofsted recently signalling changes to the inspection criteria, teacher quality is once again…
Dr Richard Florida, one of the world’s leading experts on economic competitiveness, demographic trends and cultural and technological innovation shows how developing the full human and creative…
Influential political philosopher Thomas Pogge argues for a new global institutional commitment to the swift and complete eradication of severe poverty. Pogge argues that much of today’s…
When war between Israel and Iran seemed imminent, Israeli graphic designer Ronny Edry shared a poster on Facebook of himself and his daughter with a bold message:…
If one looks back at the last 40 years, there have been incredible accomplishments and technological advancements and amazing scientific discoveries. But it is also worth noting…
Yoni Freedhoff is a medical doctor and an assistant professor at the faculty of medicine at the University of Ottawa and he writes the Weighty Matters blog….
Don’t cross your eyes or they’ll stay like that! Feed a cold, starve a fever! Don’t touch your Halloween candy until we get it checked out! Never…
