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Machine Learning

Danger and strangers: the trouble with face value

Traffic stops can become dangerous when strangers misunderstand each other.Credit: Gabe Souza/Getty Talking to Strangers: What We Should Know about the People We Dont KnowMalcolm Gladwell Little, Brown (2019) People, like books, can be difficult to read. As…

bubmagSeptember 9, 2019

Machine Learning

Danger and strangers: the trouble with face value

Traffic stops can become dangerous when strangers misunderstand each other.Credit: Gabe Souza/Getty Talking to Strangers: What We Should Know about the People We Dont KnowMalcolm Gladwell Little, Brown (2019) People, like books, can be difficult to read. As…

bubmagSeptember 9, 2019

Feudalism

Will America soon fall, like Ancient Rome?

America’s Framers admired and largely modeled our government on ancient Rome, even though after five centuries Rome’s republic was replaced by an empire, which itself fell after another five centuries. For more than 230 years, Americans have debated whether …

bubmagSeptember 9, 2019

Bees

York’s bumblebee program is abuzz with sightings on the app — 41,000 and counting

Summer sends Canada’s largest college campus into a slumber. While the years have populated York University’s vast Keele St. grounds with more and more new buildings, July and August still denude the 457-acre property of people. But bumblebees abound. And t…

bubmagSeptember 9, 2019

BUK-Missile

Dutch Prosecutors Did Question MH17 ‘Person of Interest’ Tsemakh In Ukraine

Dutch prosecutors questioned Malaysian Airlines flight MH17 person of interest Volodymyr Tsemakh before he left for Moscow as part of a Russian-Ukrainian prisoner exchange on September 7, Dutch Foreign Minister Stef Blok told his countrys parliament in a stat…

bubmagSeptember 9, 2019

SpaceX

Huawei heats up the battle for internet in Canada’s north

Image copyrightAFP Huawei says it wants to bring high-speed internet to Canada's north. But some people are worried this gift from China could be a Trojan Horse. Want to watch the latest viral hit on YouTube? Transfer money online? Video chat with your gra…

bubmagSeptember 9, 2019

Scotland

Revealed: Scotland’s tree of the year finalists

Image copyrightNiall Benvie/WTMLImage caption The Grand Old Man of Dawyk was nominated by Graham Stewart, curator of Dawyck Botanic Garden Scotland is being asked to vote for its Tree of the Year. The annual Woodland Trust competition has gathered nominat…

bubmagSeptember 9, 2019

Exoskeleton

Commentary: Catalysing help to overcome inequality in all its forms

SINGAPORE: People often think of inequality along economic lines. The poor are disadvantaged because of their lower income, hindering them from accessing the same opportunities as others. Advertisement Advertisement If inequality was the sole result of in…

bubmagSeptember 9, 2019

Korean Peace Talks

Scrapping Afghan summit, Trump makes U.S. even less predictable

Stunning the world by saying he was canceling secret talks with the Taliban, President Donald Trump is again displaying his trademark unpredictability -- at the cost, critics say, of weakening U.S. credibility. After his three made-for-television summits wit…

bubmagSeptember 9, 2019

Super Komachi

Tokaido Shinkansen service suspends

Central Japan Railway says it has suspended Tokaido Shinkansen bullet train services between Tokyo and Odawara due to strong winds. East Japan Railway says bullet train services on the Tohoku, Yamagata, Akita, Hokuriku and Joetsu lines are running. However d…

bubmagSeptember 8, 2019

Danger and strangers: the trouble with face value

Danger and strangers: the trouble with face value

Will America soon fall, like Ancient Rome?

York’s bumblebee program is abuzz with sightings on the app — 41,000 and counting

Dutch Prosecutors Did Question MH17 ‘Person of Interest’ Tsemakh In Ukraine

Huawei heats up the battle for internet in Canada’s north

Revealed: Scotland’s tree of the year finalists

Commentary: Catalysing help to overcome inequality in all its forms

Scrapping Afghan summit, Trump makes U.S. even less predictable

Tokaido Shinkansen service suspends

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