The usefulness of useless knowledge

Politicians aren’t the best judges of the merits of scientific research. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at ...
The Tab

Come on Edinburgh it’s time for us to actually start going to our lectures

Far away on Main Campus (a ten-minute walk to be precise), a lecturer is pulling up their first PowerPoint slide – probably one with a stock image of Calton Hill on it – and beginning to drawl on ...

Quicksort inventor Tony Hoare reaches the base case at 92

Classicist, philosopher, wit, and one of the greatest British computer scientists of all time Obit Professor Charles Anthony Richard Hoare has died at the age of 92. Known to many computer science ...
Chromatography Online

Pittcon Report: The 2026 LCGC Lifetime Achievement and Emerging Leader in Chromatography Awards Session

At Pittcon 2026 in San Antonio, Texas, the LCGC International Awards Session was held on Tuesday, March 10, from 1:30 PM to 4:40 PM. This session, presided by Jerome Workman, Jr., celebrated two ...

IITian who mentored Google founders Sergey Brin and Larry Page — the man who saw Google before the world did

Inspiring story of Rajeev Motwani, the IITian and Stanford professor who mentored Google founders Sergey Brin and Larry Page, ...
DMNews

Influencer marketing became an academic discipline while we weren’t paying attention

The academization of influence signals a permanent change in how businesses will hire, train, and value marketing talent.

Turing Award winner Tony Hoare, computing pioneer who invented Quicksort, dies at the age of 92

An obituary of Tony Hoare, a pioneer and one of the greatest programmers in the early history of computing.
Frontline

Ramadan, Muslim women, and the politics of digital piety

How Muslim women in India are reshaping Ramadan through Instagram, WhatsApp, and online tafsir—between empowerment, surveillance, and digital capitalism. Read more.
The Portland Mercury

Find Your Passion for Graphic Design at Volumes

Michael Ellsworth wants to make the often-opaque world of graphic design accessible and collaborative. The co-founder and creative director of Seattle-born studio Civilization, Ellsworth has spent his ...

Pete Buttigieg urges Lehigh University audience to seek common ground, prepare for new leadership

Former U.S. Secretary of Transportation and 2020 presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg earned a standing ovation from a packed Lehigh University lecture hall Tuesday night as he urged attendees to ...
TMCnet

Westlake University Launches Free NLP Course, Bringing World-Class AI Education to a Global Audience

Professor Yue Zhang holds a bachelor's degree in Computer Science from Tsinghua University (2003) and a doctorate from the University of Oxford (2009), followed by postdoctoral research at the ...
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12 Just for Fun Hobbies That Could Make You Money

Many profitable businesses begin as hobbies. People experiment, improve their skills, and eventually realize others will pay for the results. Sometimes the shift happens by accident: friends might ask ...