DUBLIN–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/8ec83c/the_future_of_post) has announced the addition of the “The Future of Post Human Acoustics: A Preface to a New Theory of Sound and Silence” report to their offering. Is sound really so pleasant in its nature that it can flatter oneself to the point that, as Exnophon once …

A new vacancy has arisen at The FA.

Children being held captive and sold for sex, some call it modern day slavery and it’s happening right here in Memphis and the Mid-South.

Good afternoon, Cleveland. Here’s some stuff to read while you wonder what a 119-year-old woman looks like in a sportsbra. — There’s supposedly a 119-year-old woman in Warrensville Heights.

By Peter Baofu, Ph.D.

Has Cliff Asness designed a computer model that can beat the market, in good times and bad?

Tonight at 7 pm, USC welcomes author Michael Ondaatje for the program Life After Man: Art in the Age of the Post-Human . Although he is best known as a novelist Anil’s Ghost and The English Patient included—Ondaatje also writes memoir, poetry and film, “revealing a passion for defying conventional form.” At the University Park Campus-Bovard Auditorium (ADM). Admission is free, but RSVPs …

The Mekong Institute is an intergovernmental organization of the Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS) with its mission to build capacity of government officials, private sectors and civil society in regional economic integration.

DUBLIN–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/aafcb8/the_future_of_post) has announced the addition of the “The Future of Post-Human Chess: A Preface to a New Theory of Tactics and Strategy” report to their offering. Is chess really so mechanical that it is, for some chess scholars nowadays, “a set of mathematical rules that …

DUBLIN–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/adc1e3/the_future_of_post) has announced the addition of the “The Future of Post-Human Geology: A Preface to a New Theory of Statics and Dynamics” report to their offering. Is the history of geology really so metaphorical in its foundation, according to some critics like Stephen …

The media creates false perceptions about black athletes in America and advances stereotypes of superhuman strength and aggressive sexuality, said a UT associate professor at a lecture on Wednesday. Associate sociology professor Ben Carrington said many people make an assumption that Americans are living in a post-racial society, especially after electing a black president. “We may have reached …

Samsung wanted to prove its memory cards are waterproof, shock-proof and magnetic-proof, so it launched 100 paper planes 22 miles above Germany.

NO MORE WORDS. No more manifestos,” runs a Dada manifesto. Artists’ manifestos are nothing if not contrary. The Dadaists bottled this spirit; indeed, they patented it. “DADA MEANS NOTHING,” explained Tristan Tzara, capo and impresario of the movement, in the Dada Manifesto of 1918. “I write a manifesto and I want nothing, yet I say certain things, and in principle I am against manifestos, as I …

We human beings persist in thinking of ourselves as a unique species, endowed with special insight into a universe that we can manipulate. In fact, this notion is based on unexamined myth.

JERUSALEM – An initiative in the Israeli parliament this month to investigate the funding of local human rights organizations has intensified debate here about the role of the groups, which rightist critics have accused of harming Israel.

Incredible video footage shows what paper planes look like when dropped from the edge of space

I am tempted to call “Into Eternity” the most interesting documentary, and one of the most disturbing films, of the year so far, but such a pronouncement, always dubious in early February, seems especially absurd in this case.

Monsters, the debut feature from the 35-year-old former special effects creator, includes blockbuster sci-fi sequences realised on a shoestring budget.

NEW YORK (GenomeWeb News) – The National Human Genome Research Institute is marking the decade that has passed since the first sequencing of the human genome by unveiling its plans to move the genomics research field forward and help move genomic medicine beyond the lab and into practice.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 28 (UPI) — Decisions to send federal workers home early during the latest snow dump in Washington helped create the hours-long commute, some local officials contend.