This summer's tournament, co-hosted by the U.S., Mexico, and Canada, is anticipated to be one of the hottest on record Read more ›
Courage, one of the four cardinal virtues of Stoicism, is what I consider the fuel for virtue, and really for living a good life. But what does courage actually look like? Are we born courageous or it it something we can develop? In today’s episode we’re going to dive into what Stoics taught about courage and how it’s backed up by modern science. "Courage is not simply one of the virtues, but the form of every virtue at the testing point." —C.S. Lewis Read more ›
For some of us, our Roman Empire actually is the Roman Empire. As far as pre-modern states go, the Roman Empire was incredibly powerful, culturally influential, and well documented. Rome’s expansio… Read more ›
A seemingly new generation of Hygon x86 processors are on the way with the GNU Compiler Collection (GCC) seeing support today for the Hygon Model 8 "Suzhou" c86-4g-m8 processors... Read more ›
"My drunken bonding with the editor didn’t feel fake, as some alcohol-induced connection does, but it would have been very difficult to arrange without the excuse of drinking." —Sarah Miller for The New Yorker class="ellipsis">newyorker.com/culture/the-weekend-essay/a-diehard-drinker-accidentally-quits?src=longreads #drinking #alcohol #sobriety #essays #longreads Read more ›
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After his wife’s death while doing fieldwork, he rejected writing as a detached observer, setting off a profound shift in cultural anthropology. Read more ›
Large Language Models (LLMs) generate fluent long-form text, however, often add unsupported factual claims. Existing verification techniques improve factuality by grounding generation in external evidence. However, the same verification policy usually applies to all claims despite being differences in hallucination risks. We propose \textit{FACTOR} (\textit{FACTuality-Oriented Risk-aware Verification}), an inference-time model that adapts veri... Read more ›
Academic and popular economist Ha-Joon Chang has long been a proponent of industrial policy. He was born in South Korea, a country which offers a fine example of its potential to successfully accelerate economic development. The country went through its own particular “growth miracle” between the early 1960s and the late 1980s. It is often […] Read more ›
Following the passing of Robert Thurman, we wanted to revisit one of our favorite conversations with the beloved scholar, teacher, and pioneer who helped bring Tibetan Buddhist wisdom to the modern world.A former monk ordained by His Holiness the Dalai Lama, Columbia University professor, bestselling author, and co-founder of Tibet House US, Thurman devoted his life to sharing profound insights on compassion, interconnectedness, and human flourishing. His books, teachings, and joyful spirit i... Read more ›
This is Maulana Sikander Iqbal from 5 Pillarz, the puritanical Islamic enforcement website. “Football fever” is an appropriate expression for the fervent, almost religiously obsessive excitement that grips millions whenever […] Read more ›
The agreement, read to reporters by a senior US official, outlines in 14 points a high-level understanding that defers many of the most difficult issues, such as how to wind down Iran’s nuclear programme, until a final deal is reached. Read more ›
A new study of the ancient Indus city of Mohenjo-daro challenges a long-held view of history by suggesting that prosperity did not lead to greater inequality. Unlike ancient Egypt, with its pyramids and powerful pharaohs, or Mesopotamia, with its ruling elites and monumental palaces, the Indus city of Mohenjo-daro left behind few obvious signs of [...] Read more ›
The FIFA World Cup. Wimbledon. The Tour de France. No matter where you look, it's a "Super Sport" summer. Here are our sports podcast picks. Read more ›
Lovely logomark integration (using a masked blur effect) in the hero of this landing page (built with Webflow) for AlterG Resources. Full Review Read more ›
Helsinki's top diplomat tied any future talks to one missing condition and pointed to next month's NATO summit as a place to take stock. Read more ›
Keynote Speaker: Prof Soumhya Venkatesan with Lydia Donohue (University of Manchester) The word ‘heirloom’ evokes objects tucked away in wardrobes, imbued with woody, musty fragrance, aged with patina and eerie silence – rescued, retained, preserved, and remembered. Their fate remains unpredictable: second-hand stores, antique shops, auction houses, museum collections. Heirlooms chart different trajectories with different … Continue reading CFP: Thinking through Heirlooms (6th Nov 2026, Unive... Read more ›
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MoU between Saudi Arabian Railways and Italian State Railways envisages the development of joint projects throughout the Mena region. The post appeared first on . Read more ›