“When a man of Voltaire’s school has to explode a saint or a great religious hero, he says that such a person is a common human fool, or a common human fraud. But when a man like Anatole France has to explode a saint, he explains a saint as somebody belonging to his particular fussy little literary set.” (Chesterton)
For the month of October, we held a virtual pumpkin photo contest. This idea was suggested by our Teen Advisory Board as a possible Fall contest. We were blown away by our community’s creativity and skill. Wow! To keep it interesting, we created four categories for entries: Kids, Teen, Adult, and Family. We’ve included the…
“NASA’s Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA) has confirmed, for the first time, water on the sunlit surface of the Moon. This discovery indicates that water may be distributed across the lunar surface, and not limited to cold, shadowed places.”
“Sexist algorithms? The question may seem odd. Coded by humans, the algorithms used by artificial intelligence are not free of stereotypes. “
“Las transformaciones científicas y tecnológicas en las que estamos inmersos afectan a nuestra propia condición humana. ¿Cuál es el sentido de tendencias como el posthumanismo? ¿Cómo pensar este «después»?” (Mela)
1789: Twelve Authors Explore a Year of Rebellion, Revolution, and Change: “The Rights of Man.” What does that mean? In 1789 that question rippled all around the world. Do all men have rights–not just nobles and kings? What then of enslaved people, women, the original inhabitants of the Americas? In the new United States a…
