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Markus Fischer: A robot that flies like a bird
Plenty of robots can fly — but none can fly like a real bird. That is, until Markus Fischer and his team at Festo built SmartBird, a large, lightweight robot, modeled on a seagull, that flies by...
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Jia Jiang: What I learned from 100 days of rejection
Lovely TED talk by Jia Jiang Filed under: Humor, Interests Tagged: Jia Jiang, rejection
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Tribute to Joost van der Westhuizen
South African sportsman Joost van der Westhuizen was struck down by motor neuron disease in 2011. He died, age 45, on 6 February 2017. Here is a tribute from his niece, Sumari Botha. Filed under:...
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What makes a good life?
What keeps us happy and healthy as we go through life? If you think it’s fame and money, you’re not alone – but, according to psychiatrist Robert Waldinger, you’re mistaken. As the director of a...
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Cristiano Ronaldo – Portugal vs Hungary 2017
Always thought he was a bit of a show pony but these two goals against Hungary are out the top drawer. Filed under: Interests Tagged: 2017, Cristiano Ronaldo, Hungary, Portugal
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Alexis Sanchez – Chile v Venezuela 2017
So good I had to watch the replay several times to appreciate the skill. Filed under: Interests Tagged: 2017, Alexis Sanchez, Chile, Venezuela
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Inoculation theory: Using misinformation to fight misinformation | The...
A shot of fake news now and your defenses are raised in the future? funnyangel/Shutterstock.com. John Cook, George Mason University As a psychologist researching misinformation, I focus on reducing...
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Our universities aren’t earning the money we give them
From Ross Gittins at The Herald: In an ideal world we’d be investing more in our universities, but our world is far from ideal. And so are our unis. They’re inefficient bureaucracies, with bloated...
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The stupid death of Australian TAFE | Macrobusiness
By Leith van Onselen Re-published with kind permission from Macrobusiness. The Age has run a disturbing report on the collapse of TAFE enrollments, driven in part by the uncapping of university places...
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Debbie Flintoff-King – 1988 Olympic 400m Hurdles Final
A mate I swim with mentioned that his sister was Debbie Flintoff. I didn’t recognize the name. Obviously missed this memorable performance: Filed under: Interests Tagged: 1988 Olympic 400m Hurdles,...
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Ken Robinson: How to escape education’s ‘Death Valley’
Sir Ken Robinson outlines 3 principles crucial for the human mind to flourish — and how current education culture works against them. In a funny, stirring talk he tells us how to get out of the...
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