Reflecting

An infographic showing the effects of solar engineering methods. Credit: OceanCare The United Nations Environment Assembly this week considered a resolution on solar radiation modification, which refers to controversial technologies intended to mask the heating effect of greenhouse gases by reflecting some sunlight back to space. Proponents argue the…

Credit: CC0 Public Domain People have a tendency to leave their wealth to family members and other loved ones. However, Andrew Carnegie, a famously wealthy industrialist, once said "I would as soon leave to my son a curse as the almighty dollar." Indeed, Carnegie donated over 90% of his fortune to charity. New research in Social Psychological and…

Breadcrumb Trail LinksMusicEntertainmentPublished Oct 17, 2023  •  4 minute read The Tragically Hip after the final show of their Man Machine Poem tour in Kingston.Reviews and recommendations are unbiased and products are independently selected. Postmedia may earn an affiliate commission from purchases made through links on this page.Article content“It doesn’t go around you. It goes through you. It doesn’t go around you, it blows right through.” — Gord Downie, The East WindAdvertisement 2This advertisement has not…

Massive clouds form at the ridge of the Sierras de Córdoba range in Argentina, which could cause extreme precipitation. Credit: Department of Energy Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM) Office of Science user facility Daily predictions of rainstorms are useful for helping us decide whether we should bring an umbrella or not when we run errands. But scientists, urban planners, and many others need to know about precipitation…

Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Prompting people to consider how their lives will impact future generations leads them to give more to charity and less to family members, according to new University at Buffalo School of Management research. Forthcoming in Social Psychological and Personality Science, the study finds evidence for…

Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain As concerns about climate change intensify, researchers are exploring the potential for large-scale human intervention in the Earth's climate system, a strategy sometimes referred to as geoengineering. One approach to cooling the Earth involves sunlight reflection methods, or "SRM," such as adding aerosols to the stratosphere. While still in the realm of theoretical research, such approaches…

Photo by Axelle/Bauer-Griffin/FilmMagic The Bear actress Ayo Edebiri has confirmed she’ll be in Marvel’s Thunderbolts in 2024 and now she’s opening up about what it really means to her in terms of career development.  In a comedy actress roundtable featuring herself and several other stars who recently had meteoric success stories of their own, Edebiri was asked by The Hollywood Reporter whether getting the call from Marvel represented “the pinnacle of ‘I’ve made it’” or not. Edebiri made humorous work of…

Credit: CC0 Public Domain By reflecting every now and then on what they want to achieve in their job, teachers can boost their students' motivation. As well as their own. The less teachers believe that it's necessary for students to have an innate talent in order to perform well, the more they will boost motivation and success in…

SINGAPORE—Inflation in China eased for the second straight month in March despite signs of a pickup in the economy, a cautionary signal on the strength of the nation’s recovery as it emerges from nearly three years of strict Covid-19 controls. Consumer prices rose just 0.7% in March from a year earlier, China’s National Bureau of Statistics said Tuesday, the lowest annual rate of inflation since September 2021. March’s reading was weaker than the 1.0% annual rate recorded in…

Journey, thoughts & interests, and a possible futureBetty’s Bay (Image by author)I first discovered machine learning in 2012 during my master’s degree in Electrical and Electronic Engineering through conversations with professors and colleagues in our research lab. I was fascinated by what I learned and decided to take online courses that included the popular Andrew Ng and Daphne Koller material on coursera.org. Andrew’s machine learning course stood out as the most engaging, practical, and enjoyable. This opened up a…