The quest-a thirst unquenchable..
Quest - a thrust unquestionable..
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by thequestforum · Published September 18, 2019 · Last modified September 23, 2019
In a highly memorable and humorous talk at Engage 2018, Top Hat’s conference for innovative higher educators, international education expert and TED talk alumnus Sir Ken Robinson spoke about the radical changes needed in education to help the next generation thrive. Watch as the New York Times best-selling...
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by thequestforum · Published September 15, 2019 · Last modified September 20, 2019
https://thequestforum.org/quiz/engineersday19/index.html An Engineers Day is celebrated in India on September 15 every year as a tribute to India’s greatest engineer and Bharat Ratna, Mokshagundam Visvesvaraya. Born on 15 September 1861 in a Telugu speaking family, Sir Mokshagundam Visvesvaraya was an Indian engineer, scholar, statesman, and the 19th Diwan of...
Professor Manu Prakash, a physicist and inventor, is creating low-cost scientific instruments that kids can use to do real science — including a microscope folded out of paper that costs about 100 rupees to make, and a paper centrifuge that costs even less and works like instruments that...
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by thequestforum · Published September 14, 2019 · Last modified September 22, 2019
Carl June is a renowned pioneer in the fight against cancer. Carl June’s revolutionary leukemia therapy, which was recently approved by the FDA, uses genetically engineered versions of a patient’s own T cells and is the first personalized cell therapy for cancer to be sanctioned in America. Developed...
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by thequestforum · Published September 14, 2019
The combined market capitalization of Amazon, Apple, Facebook and Google is now equivalent to the GDP of India. How did these four companies come to infiltrate our lives so completely? In a spectacular rant, Scott Galloway shares insights and eye-opening stats about their dominance and motivation — and...
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by thequestforum · Published September 13, 2019
Does texting mean the death of good writing skills? John McWhorter posits that there’s much more to texting — linguistically, culturally — than it seems, and it’s all good news John McWhorter is Associate Professor of English and Comparative Literature at Columbia University, teaching linguistics, Western Civilization and...
an ode to better half-women's day special / For members / pleasure of knowledge / View from Giants' shoulder
by thequestforum · Published September 12, 2019
Ritu Karidhal is an Indian scientist working in the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO). She was a Deputy Operations Director for India’s Mars orbital mission, Mangalyaan. She is one of the women scientists who are now popularly known as “Rocket Women of India.”
an ode to better half-women's day special / For members / View from Giants' shoulder
by thequestforum · Published September 12, 2019
(The use of deepfake technology to manipulate video and audio for malicious purposes — whether it’s to stoke violence or defame politicians and journalists — is becoming a real threat. As these tools become more accessible and their products more realistic, how will they shape what we believe...
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by thequestforum · Published September 5, 2019
On July 20, 1969, Neil Armstrong made history by taking the first steps on the moon. His “one small step” took decades of research, planning, and innovation from more than 400,000 engineers, scientists, and other technical professionals who were involved in the historic moon mission. Now, 50 years...
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by thequestforum · Published September 5, 2019
In this episode of the Making Sense podcast, Sam Harris speaks with Eric Topol about the way artificial intelligence can improve medicine. They talk about soaring medical costs and declining health outcomes in the U.S., the problems of too little and too much medicine, the culture of medicine,...
