That is what Lithuanian illustrator and storyteller Monika Vaicenavičienė contemplates in What Is a River? (public library) — part prose poem and part encyclopedia, exploring the many things a river is and can be, ecologically and existentially. Myth and fact…
A philosophy professor writes in asking for suggestions about how a philosophy department can attract undergraduate majors. We’re stumped on this, and uncertain about what works in other programs. What has worked (or not worked) for your department? Thanks for…
Another notable difference is the screen glass. Apple unveiled its new “ceramic shield” technology with the iPhone 12 lineup, which it says gives the phone a 4x better drop performance than the Gorilla Glass screen on iPhone 11. We haven’t…
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A decade after the electricity of life and subjective experience ceased firing in Carson’s consciousness, Hannah Arendt delivered her staggering Gifford Lectures on the life of the mind, observing that if we ever relinquish our hunger for unanswerable questions —…
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Members of the leadership of the American Philosophical Association (APA) have responded to the “2+1” campaign by the Philosophers for Sustainability to move at least one of the APA’s three divisional meetings permanently online. This is a good thing, they…
For reference this about 1000x more energy output than we were getting when I joined the project 10 years ago 🤯 LLNL Interestingly, the National Ignition Facility is not primarily meant as a tool for fusion energy development, but rather…
Brock Lesnar returns Charlotte Flair has won her four-millionth women’s championship. She made Nikki A.S.H. tap out to the Figure Eight. Rating: 4.25 stars. This was a fabulous success. The mission was to pass the torch from Cena to Reigns.…
With her hard-won words, she invites the voices of people from various walks of life, people who all play Bach daily to move through their own very different and differently challenging lives — from an elderly organist in Germany to…
AfterShokz bone conduction wireless headphones aren’t quite what many people picture when they think of an earphone because they don’t go on your ears — these headphones actually deliver sound to your ear through your cheekbones. The big benefit of…
Google disclosed information on geofence warrants. Angela Lang/CNET Google didn’t respond to a request for comment. With geofence warrants, a controversial law enforcement tool, police can carve out a specific area and time period, and Google can gather information about…