In Praise of Slow Reading
Lately I've begun to really experience the deep visceral and intellectual differences between fast and slow reading. The absorption, comprehension and contemplative levels reached by unrushed and...
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In Praise of Slow Reading
Lately I've begun to really experience the deep visceral and intellectual differences between fast and slow reading. The absorption, comprehension and contemplative levels reached by unrushed and...
View ArticleWhy Paris? Why France? Why Cyberspace?
William R. Keylor, Ph.D., is professor of History and International Relations at Boston University, and a noted historian. He speaks of the past, the recent pain of Paris, and the new threats of cyber...
View ArticleToshiba to Cut 7,800 Jobs Amid Record Loss
TOKYO—Toshiba plans to cut 7,800 jobs, mostly in its consumer-electronics business, as it reorganizes in the face of projected record losses for the current fiscal year.The Japanese conglomerate has...
View ArticleУтечка: Samsung займется производством процессоров для AMD
Уже в следующем году компания Samsung Electronics начнет производство чипов для Advanced Micro Devices (AMD). Об этом рассказали журналисты южнокорейской Electronic Times со ссылкой на собственные...
View ArticleDatabase Leak Exposes 3.3 Million 'Hello Kitty' Fans
SINGAPORE, Dec 22 (Reuters) - More than three million accounts of Hello Kitty fans were left vulnerable to theft by hackers, but there is no evidence any data has been stolen, the Hong Kong-based...
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Short electron pulses make it possible to observe a structural change in a...
Chemistry is now ready for the movies: an international team which includes researchers from the Max Planck Institute for the Structure and Dynamics of Matter in Hamburg has used a type of molecular...
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2D islands in graphene hold promise for future device fabrication
In what could prove to be a significant advance in the fabrication of graphene-based nanodevices, a team of Berkeley Lab researchers has discovered a new mechanism for assembling two-dimensional (2D)...
View ArticleVW to Introduce All-Electric, Long-Range Microbus in 2017
VW to Introduce All-Electric, Long-Range Microbus in 2017 December 22nd, 2015 310 mile range! That’s going to be a huge and expensive battery. Awesome, though. Via: Adventure Journal: Can Volkswagen...
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Indian engineer wins British award for innovation
London, Dec 22: A software engineer from the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu has received a prestigious British award for developing an innovative electronic smart key system.Nandagopal...
View ArticleDaily Telegraph Fined £30,000 For Email Urging Readers To Vote Tory
The Daily Telegraph newspaper has been fines £30,000 by the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) after it sent hundreds of thousands of emails on the day of the general election urging readers to...
View ArticleTHE ETHICALLY SOURCED SMARTPHONE YOU CAN REPAIR AND UPGRADE YOURSELF IS NOW...
Fairphone say they aim to create a more ethical device with an emphasis on reparability and sourcing key minerals used in the phone's construction from conflict-free areas.?e,’ the first Fairphone was...
View ArticleSamsung готовится к массовому производству 18-нм чипов DRAM-памяти
В прошлом квартале Samsung Electronics еще больше увеличила свое огромное преимущество перед конкурентами на рынке динамической памяти с произвольным доступом, поставив 45,9% всех чипов DRAM-памяти.И...
View Article8 Fascinating Things We Learned About Sleep In 2015
Arianna Huffington has shared the big idea that she thinks will define 2016 -- and it's probably not what you would expect. "Sleep. That's right, sleep!"Huffington wrote in a Dec. 16 blog post. "How...
View ArticleAnneli Drecker Creates Majestic Musical Cinema on “Ocean’s Organ”...
For a Norwegian musician who often evokes the word “ethereal”, comparisons to Bjork and Sigur Rós will most likely muster. Maybe it has something to do with the small batch of nationally renown...
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Bulgaria: Protesters slam political censorship outside Bulgarian National...
Dozens of people blocked traffic near the Bulgarian National Radio building in central Sofia, Tuesday, to protest against political censorship after the radio show 'Deconstruction' was forced off air...
View ArticleDaily Telegraph Fined £30,000 For Email Urging Readers To Vote Tory
The Daily Telegraph newspaper has been fines £30,000 by the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) after it sent hundreds of thousands of emails on the day of the general election urging readers to...
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Jefferson Lab Accelerator delivers its first 12 GeV electrons
The newly upgraded accelerator at the U.S. Department of Energy's Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility has delivered full-energy electrons as part of commissioning activities for the ongoing...
View ArticleDissecting the Irreversibly Altered Brain of a Pro Football Fan
Our hour was up, and I happened to mention the Bears game as we walked off the court. My tennis partner smothered the endorphin glow by barking that responsible people ought to stop watching pro...
View ArticleDissecting the Irreversibly Altered Brain of a Pro Football Fan
Our hour was up, and I happened to mention the Bears game as we walked off the court. My tennis partner smothered the endorphin glow by barking that responsible people ought to stop watching pro...
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