The quest-a thirst unquenchable..

Quest - a thrust unquestionable..

“You have given me deeper thirsting after life. Surely there is no greater gift to a man than that which turns all his aims into parching lips and all life into a fountain. And in this lies my honour and my reward, – That whenever I come to the fountain to drink I find the living water itself thirsty; it drinks me while I drink it.” – Khalil Gibran

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A “living drug” that could change the way we treat cancer

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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How Apple,Amazon,facebook and Google manipulate our emotions-Quest week end special

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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Txtng killing language?John McWhorter

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...

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an ode to better half-women's day special / For members / pleasure of knowledge / View from Giants' shoulder

Nayi Soch-TED Talks India-How India went to Mars

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.”

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an ode to better half-women's day special / For members / View from Giants' shoulder

How deepfakes undermine truth and threaten democracy (Quest special)

(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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A moon/candle in the dark night / For members / pleasure of knowledge / Saturday with Budthu (SwB) / View from Giants' shoulder

An Evening With James Randi “our hero”-NECSS 2017

In this recording, Mr. Randi presents his lecture, “Magic, Illusion, and the Paranormal,” followed by a question and answer period with the audience (The Northeast Conference on Science and Skepticism (NECSS, pronounced as “nexus”) is a four-day conference focusing on science and skepticism held annually in New York...