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Enlarge / The winning entry, Théåtre D’opéra Spatial. (credit: Jason Allen) A synthetic media artist named Jason Allen entered AI-generated artwork into the Colorado State Fair fine arts competition and announced last week that he won first place in the Digital Arts/Digitally Manipulated Photography category, Vice reported Wednesday based on a viral tweet. Allen used […]
Photographer Nick Brandt led a big-stage production for his latest project exploring conservation in Kenya. https://media.wired.com/photos/5c5876deda9f412c5578c74a/master/pass/BRIDGE-CONSTRUCTION-WITH-ELEPHANTS-&-EXCAVATOR-4000px.jpg
Freezing temperatures may not bother airplanes, but they are no good for the people on the ground who make them fly. https://media.wired.com/photos/5c5368cf4e153f2c5531fa9f/master/pass/chicagostorm-transpo-AP18330597397593.jpg
Westeros’ history book is filling up fast: HBO’s Game of Thrones prequel pilot has added a slew of actors and a noted director to its ranks, TVLine has learned. The still-untitled project, which is set a long while before the events of the original series, has recruited Toby Regbo (Reign), Ivanno Jeremiah (Humans) and Georgie Henley (The […]
The bubonic plague years and the breakout of two World Wars were terrible times. But these were not the worst periods to be alive, scientists claim in new research. It’s the year 536. The 6th century year is thought to have been the beginning of bizarrely cold and dark summers, blamed for causing crop failure […]
Tesla already has a feature to prevent its electric car interiors from overheating. Not everyone knows that, though, and that’s a problem when people may call the cops or break into your ride to rescue a pet that’s actually quite safe. You might not have to post a please-don’t-worry sign on your window for much […]
Google has delivered further evidence that AI could become a valuable ally in detecting cancer. The company’s researchers have developed a deep learning tool that can spot metastatic (advanced) breast cancer with a greater accuracy than pathologists when looking at slides. The team trained its algorithm (Lymph Node Assistant, aka LYNA) to recognize the characteristics […]
DESPITE their dour reputation, economists frequently play with metaphor and simile, just like literary folk. One familiar example is “human capital”, as Deirdre McCloskey of the University of Illinois has pointed out. Economists have been likening knowledge, skill and stamina to physical capital, such as plant and equipment, since Adam Smith, who counted “the acquired […]
Two indices measure human capital using gauges of health and education
The Good Place‘s Michael and Janet are now back on Earth, and stripped of their supernatural powers. So how can they keep an eye on Eleanor and company? We get our answer in TVLine’s exclusive sneak peek at Thursday’s episode (NBC, 8:30/7:30c), which finds Michael and Janet hiding out in an abandoned department of Chidi’s […]
