Courtesy: Softwear Automation National Public Radio (NPR) has published a series of stories about robots and the future of employment in the U.S. and abroad. It begins with the story about the Luddites war on industry and a more recent podcast about the sewing robot DARPA has contracted to research for the production of U.S. military[…]
By Chris Kolbu The science and practices required to coax the very best out of coffee beans are, by now, better understood than ever and widely adopted across the specialty coffee industry. However, what is known about and done to the coffee before its harvest hasn’t been explored in nearly as much detail. The most[…]
Image Source: AK Rockefeller, Flickr, Creative Commons Drone By Adil E. Shamoo United States (FPiF) – The recent attacks on Turkey, Bangladesh, Iraq, and Saudi Arabia are just the most recent examples of the horrific terrorist acts taking place around the world. The Islamic State’s recent bombing in Baghdad killed 250 people and wounded hundreds. The[…]
Initial A: Christ Wiping the Tears from the Eyes of the Saved, attributed to the Master of the Antiphonary of San Giovanni Fuorcivitas, about 1345–50. Tempera colors and gold leaf on parchment, 5 1/3 x 5 1/3 in (13.5 x 13.5 cm). The J. Paul Getty Museum, Ms. 113, recto. Digital image courtesy of the[…]
Scientists have mapped the structural changes that occur in teenagers’ brains as they develop, showing how these changes may help explain why the first signs of mental health problems often arise during late adolescence. 07.25.2016 In a study published today in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, researchers from the University of Cambridge[…]
“It has been well said that ‘sooner or later, we all sit down to a banquet of consequences.’ The Republican Party’s multicourse banquet has begun.” – George F. Will By Dorian de Wind / 08.04.2016 A piece in the Washington Post caught my attention not only because of the subject, but also because of who[…]
By Perma Chodron / 07.14.2016 How to Access the ‘Mind Trainings’ of Buddhism as Everyday Wisdom When I first read the lojong (“mind training”) teachings in The Great Path of Awakening by the nineteenth-century Tibetan teacher Jamgön Kongtrül the Great, I was struck by their unusual message that we can use our difficulties and problems[…]
Working out can help you avoid diabetes, but being thin is no guarantee. / Shutterstock By Dr. Arch G. Mainous III / 08.03.2016 Professor of Public Health University of Florida Type 2 diabetes has reached epidemic proportions, with an estimated 29 million people in the U.S. having the disease and another 86 million considered prediabetic.[…]
It is the largest single-day granting of clemency in U.S. history. (Photo: IIP Photo Archive/flickr/cc) “Today’s action will bring hope to so many worthy individuals” By Nadia Prupis / 08.04.2016 President Barack Obama on Wednesday issued a record-breaking 214 commutations for people serving drug-related sentences in federal prison—the largest single-day granting of clemency in U.S.[…]