Why the US Must Win AI Race
By Sen. Marsha Blackburn Artificial Intelligence (AI) has the potential to be the biggest technological development since the inception of the internet. We’ve only scratched the surface of what this technology can do, but AI is already breaking barriers in the financial, auto manufacturing, and health care industries, all of which are critical to the […]
Civil War Watercolors by Mapmaker Depicted Deprivation
By Steve Moyer A descendant of American Loyalists and born in Nova Scotia in 1832, Robert Knox Sneden was a budding architect in New York City when the Civil War erupted. He had also studied landscape painting, and in the Union Army his drafting skills were put to work making maps. General George McClellan had […]
In the Nineteenth Century, Scientists Set Out to Solve the “Problem of American Storms
By Alyson Foster To fully appreciate the modern-day marvel that is the National Weather Service, it’s useful to start with numbers. There’s 6.3 billion. (The number of observations the agency collects and analyzes every day.) There’s 1.5 million. (The number of forecasts it issues each year.) There’s 184 and 100,000. (The number of weather balloons […]
The Hall of Mirrors
The Hall of Mirrors, the Peace Room and the War Room The Hall of Mirrors, the most famous room in the Palace, was built to replace a large terrace designed by the architect Louis Le Vau, which opened onto the garden. The terrace originally stood between the King’s Apartments to the north and the Queen’s […]
NASA’s Webb Snaps Supersonic Outflow of Young Star
Herbig-Haro (HH) objects are luminous regions surrounding newborn stars, formed when stellar winds or jets of gas spewing from these newborn stars form shock waves colliding with nearby gas and dust at high speeds. This image of HH 211 from NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope reveals an outflow from a Class 0 protostar, an infantile […]
The King’s State Apartment
This prestigious series of seven rooms were parade apartment, used for hosting the sovereign’s official acts. For this reason, it was bedecked with lavish Italian-style decoration, much admired by the king at the time, composed of marble panelling and painted ceilings. During the day, the State Apartment was open to all who wished to see […]
Chiesa San Luigi dei Francesi: Caravaggio in Rome, part 1.
By Cedric Rischitelli Planning a visit to Rome can be challenging. There is something to see at each turn; no street lacks history, and even forgotten little churches can hide masterpieces inside their walls. Knowing this, it is normal to feel lost while planning a visit to the Italian capital. Therefore, it can be helpful […]
Will Hollywood Strikes Incentivize Studios to Accelerate AI?
By James Hirsen For months now the Hollywood actors union has been on strike against the movie studios. Now the union is seeking to authorize a second strike, this one involving major video game companies. The current labor actions began when the Writers’ Guild of America union (WGA) went on strike in May of this […]
Basilica of Sant’Agostino in Campo Marzio: Caravaggio in Rome, part 2
By Cedric Rischitelli After leaving behind the Church of St. Louis of the French and the three Caravaggio’s masterpieces found there, we move on to our second destination in our itinerary of Rome. The next stop is The Basilica of St. Augustine in Campo Marzio, only two minutes away from the Church of St. Louis […]
Tang’s “Imperial Medical Department,” The World’s Earliest Medical School
In the twentieth year of the Yuanjia reign (443 AD) of the Song Dynasty, the emperor Qin Chengzu permitted the creation of a medical education institution to teach students, as well as the currently established doctors of medicine, assistant professors of medicine, and other medical officials. In the 6th century AD, the Sui Dynasty created […]