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Are there ‘rules’ for conveying emotion through art?

Futurum

This could involve creating calming spaces in airports, fostering wonder in educational settings, or promoting joy in retirement communities,” suggests Pinaki. I experienced collaborations between biology, engineering and social sciences with a playful attitude. My PhD in computational and neural systems was a formational time.

Biology 89
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Urban farming for urban families

Futurum

At 15th Street Farm in Florida, USA, Emmanuel Roux and Professor David Himmelgreen run an education project to help local families learn about their local food systems and make healthier food choices. For those of us who live in cities, it can be difficult to find fresh, good quality, local food.

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How Did We Get Here? The Tangled History of the Second Law of Thermodynamics

Stephen Wolfram

But, first and foremost, the story of the Second Law is the story of a great intellectual achievement of the mid-19th century. Sadi Carnot was born in 1796, and was largely educated by his father until he went to college in 1812. There’s a discussion about H for systems that interact, and how there’s an equilibrium value achieved.

Energy 88
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Will AIs Take All Our Jobs and End Human History—or Not? Well, It’s Complicated…

Stephen Wolfram

Given a defined “goal”, an AI can automatically work towards achieving it. Most of our existing intuition about “machinery” and “automation” comes from a kind of “clockwork” view of engineering—in which we specifically build systems component by component to achieve objectives we want. And that’s where we humans come in.

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