La Catrina
Mexican marigolds (cempasúchil), private altars (ofrendas), and La Calavera Catrina (the Dapper Skull) are key symbols of the Day of the Dead, celebrated on November 1 and 2 in Mexico. Each year, the elegantly dressed La Catrina skeleton is a highlight in parades and costume parties. However, her creator, José Guadalupe Posada, originally intended La […]
Yuval Noah Harari argues that AI has hacked the operating system of human civilisation
Over the past couple of years new ai tools have emerged that threaten the survival of human civilisation from an unexpected direction. ai has gained some remarkable abilities to manipulate and generate language
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Quantum mechanics: how the future might influence the past
In 2022, the Physics Nobel prize was awarded for experimental work showing that the quantum world must break some of our fundamental intuitions about how the universe works. Many look at those experiments and conclude that they challenge “locality” — the intuition that distant objects need a physical mediator to interact. And indeed, a mysterious connection between […]
The Dating Game
With the help of our trusty digital devices, can we navigate the choppy waters of dating with a little more calm, or has the journey just got more complicated?
Technology in the classroom
Robots in the classroom? Technology has revolutionized the way we live, work, and communicate, and it has also transformed the way we learn. With the advent of new technologies, classrooms have become more interactive, engaging, and effective. Here are some ways in which technology can help in the classroom: Personalized learning: One of the biggest […]
