Does another Earth exist? With 26 cameras and 2,000MP, Plato the planet hunter will find out The Plato spacecraft will carry 26 cameras and pack 2 billion pixels –the most ever for a space mission Digital Camera World · Jun 12, 2024
Campus protests are part of an enduring legacy of civil disobedience improving American democracy They didn’t illegally camp out in local parks or on college campuses, as many protesters did across the U.S. recently. But back in 1773, the Boston Tea Partiers broke the law when they protested British Colonial taxes by throwing tea into Boston Harbor. The Conversation · May 22, 2024
‘Second renaissance’: tech uncovers ancient scroll secrets of Plato and co Researchers and Silicon Valley are using tools powered by AI to read what had long been thought unreadable The Guardian - UK · May 3, 2024
Digested week: kids’ art and sending Boris packing – the poll clerks’ small joys Using schools for polling stations must have its perks. Plus, sympathy for the enslaved girl heckled by Plato The Guardian - UK · May 3, 2024
Afternoon Update: Bonza grounded; teenager charged with murdering sister; and Plato’s final hours Airline’s chief executive, Tim Jordan, acknowledged to staff that the airline’s fleet was repossessed by AIP Capitol, the effective lessor of the aircraft The Guardian - AU · Apr 30, 2024
We live in times when dictatorial regimes make a mockery of rule of law: Former Orissa HC Chief Justice We live in challenging times when there are persecutions, increase in polarisation on grounds of race/caste/religion, growing inequalities: S. Murlidhar The Hindu · Apr 28, 2024
Plato's burial place finally revealed after AI deciphers ancient scroll carbonized in Mount Vesuvius eruption Researchers used AI to decipher an ancient papyrus that includes details about where Greek philosopher is buried. LiveScience · Apr 25, 2024
Exploring The Top 10 Political Visionaries Explore the impact of 10 political visionaries who have shaped the course of political thought and action. Top News · Apr 23, 2024
Discovery Of Orichalcum Ingots Fuels Speculation About Lost Atlantis Discover the mystery of orichalcum, the legendary metal of Atlantis, found in a 2,600-year-old shipwreck off Sicily. Top News · Mar 23, 2024
Discovery Of Orichalcum Ingots Fuels Speculation About Lost Atlantis Discover the mystery of orichalcum, a legendary metal linked to Atlantis, found off the Sicily coast. Top News · Mar 22, 2024
Why do we do things that are bad for us? The ancient philosophers had an answer Plato, Socrates and Aristotle wrestled with the concept of akrasia –whether it’s possible to act against what you know to be good The Guardian - US · Mar 21, 2024
Discovery Of Orichalcum Ingots Fuels Speculation About Lost Atlantis Discover the intriguing tale of orichalcum, the mythical metal linked to Atlantis, found in a 2,600-year-old shipwreck off Sicily. Top News · Mar 21, 2024
Discovery Of Orichalcum Ingots Fuels Speculation About Lost Atlantis Discover the recent finding of orichalcum ingots off Sicily, reigniting interest in the legendary metal of Atlantis. Top News · Mar 17, 2024
Were Plato and Dante munching on magic mushrooms? Probably Professor Bill Richards’ pioneering research spans back to the 1960s — he tells Evgeny Lebedev why science takes time and how terminally ill patients could benefit from psilocybin therapy Evening Standard · Mar 7, 2024
The Hindu · Jan 26, 2024 Reflecting on Bilkis Bano’s resilient pursuit of justice The convicts in the Bilkis Bano case paint a disconcerting picture of India’s legal and penal systems, highlighting their inadequacies
The Guardian - UK · Dec 2, 2023 Plato, pilates and pubs: has an Irish town found the secret to the good life? Book claims it is ‘hard to find another currently existing society’ better than that in Skerries, near Dublin
Chicago Sun-Times · Nov 21, 2023 Economic inequality is getting worse, and it’s a threat to our republic Americans should not pretend the growing gap between the wealthy and the poor is not a problem. Economists and philosophers have pointed out the threat, stretching back to Plato, a DePaul University political science professor writes.
The Conversation · Nov 14, 2023 How music heals us, even when it's sad – by a neuroscientist leading a new study of musical therapy When I hear Shania Twain’s You’re Still The One, it takes me back to when I was 15, playing on my Dad’s PC. I was tidying up the mess after he had tried to [take his own life]. He’d been listening to her album, and I played it as I…
The Independent UK · Nov 7, 2023 What are twin flames and how does the controversial term define relationships? Netflix is releasing ‘Escaping Twin Flames’ documentary on 8 November
Salon · Oct 25, 2023 Do we live in a computer simulation? Some scientists suggest that if our reality is a simulation there may be glitches within the fabric of the universe
The Conversation · Oct 18, 2023 Do we live in a computer simulation like in The Matrix? My proposed new law of physics backs up the idea The simulated universe theory implies that our universe, with all its galaxies, planets and life forms, is a meticulously programmed computer simulation. In this scenario, the physical laws governing our reality are simply algorithms. The experiences we have are generated by the computational processes of an immensely advanced system.
The Guardian - UK · Oct 18, 2023 The top 10 allegories in fiction, from Plato to Kafka Authors from Jonathan Swift to NoViolet Bulawayo show how much can be done with what might sound a narrow form – and how much fun can be had with it
The Guardian - US · Sep 26, 2023 ‘This is not a Trumpy, conservative education’: Florida’s controversial new SAT alternative Will the Classic Learning Test bring ‘truth and beauty’ back into education – or is it fueling Ron DeSantis’s extremist agenda?
Evening Standard · Sep 18, 2023 The incredible story of the lost city of Atlantis that inspired Jason Momoa’s Aquaman The myth of the underwater city has captured imaginations for over two thousand years
The Conversation · Sep 18, 2023 Contaminations, revisions, reinventions: how cultures, ancient and modern, have influenced each other Martin Puchner’s Culture: A New World History examines “the history of humans as a culture-producing species”. At the core of this statement lies the humanities, which emerges as a collective discipline “through a desire to revive a newly recovered past – more than once”.