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Frank – Animated Short Film
Frankenstein’s monster has a chance encounter with his estranged father and is convinced by his wife to try to reconnect. My 2018 USC undergrad animated thesis film. Starring: Rob Paulsen as Frank Tuesday Grant as Mary Cameron Gavinski as Professor … Continue reading
Benjamin Bratton on why he hates Ted talks
Benjamin Bratton is a sociologist, design theorist and author. He perhaps is most known for his TED talk, ‘What’s wrong with TED Talks?’ (Subscribe: https://bit.ly/C4_News_Subscribe) His most recent book, ‘The Revenge of the Real: Politics for a Post-Pandemic’ world discusses … Continue reading
New Perspectives – What’s Wrong with TED Talks? Benjamin Bratton at TEDxSanDiego 2013 – Re:Think
Benjamin Bratton, Associate Professor of Visual Arts at UCSD and Director of The Center for Design and Geopoltics at CALIT2, asks: Why don’t the bright futures promised in TED talks come true? Professor Bratton attacks the intellectual viability of TED, … Continue reading
Are Viruses Alive? – with Carl Zimmer
Are viruses alive or are they lifeless packages of protein and nucleic acid? Watch the Q&A: https://youtu.be/-LUQTjdHYNo Carl’s book “Life’s Edge: The Search for What It Means to Be Alive” is available now – https://geni.us/zimmer Countless scientists around the world … Continue reading
How Our Brains Learn Consciousness
[…] Neuroscience is abound with debates over the nature of consciousness. Which makes sense, because it’s a very abstract idea. We know we are conscious, but theories of why, how and what brain activity causes it are still simply that: … Continue reading
Octopuses, Lobsters, and Crabs Seen as Sentient Beings in New UK Law | My Modern Met
By Arnesia Young on November 24, 2021 Photo: Diane Picchiottino “The science is now clear that decapods and cephalopods can feel pain and therefore it is only right they are covered by this vital piece of legislation.” Though octopuses … Continue reading
Shine On – Yujin Mingala – University of Hertfordshire
When a star falls to Earth, he feels his life is over – but perhaps, with the right friend, it is about to begin again.
Skin Hunger
An interactive theatre performance explores what touch means in an age of lockdown, and what we lose when we don’t touch. Film by Dante or Die (danteordie.com/skin-hunger-on-film) Created by: Daphna Attias, Terry O’Donovan Director: Pinny Grylls (pinnygrylls.co.uk/) Producer: Sophie Ignatieff … Continue reading