James Dean died in 1955, but will return in a new war film thanks to CGI. Is this a brave new dawn for cinema, or the nightmare rise of machine-made movies and deepfakes?

Robin Pomeroy 08 Nov 2019

Arts and Culture

These are the most Instagrammable locations in Dubai

Dubai has many photogenic spots for Instagram users.

Andrea Willige 05 Nov 2019

Japan

This Japanese concept will help you see the world – and learn – in a different way

Those of us who can adopt new skills will be better placed to succeed in the future of work. Here’s how adopting a ‘beginner’s mind’ can help.

Kate Whiting 30 Oct 2019

Arts and Culture

5 things you might not know about Leonardo da Vinci

For the next four months at the Louvre, Da Vinci's Mona Lisa will be joined by 160 of the great master’s other works.

Sean Fleming 30 Oct 2019

Emerging Technologies

How two colossal Assyrian icons were recreated using digital tech

The exact replicas, the result of a 15-year project, have been unveiled in Iraq.

Sean Fleming 29 Oct 2019

Mental Health

This AI read millions of books to uncover the key to a happy life

Researchers have analyzed eight million books and 65 million newspaper articles to chart an index which reveals how our happiness has changed since the 1800s.

Sheila Kiggins · Futurity 29 Oct 2019

Arts and Culture

6 dystopian novels that resonate today

With the benefit of historical hindsight, we can see science-fiction writers have the uncanny ability to ‘predict’ the future. Here are six dystopian works that strike an unsettling note ...

Kate Whiting 23 Oct 2019

Arts and Culture

The link between neurophilosophy and understanding human nature

The relationship between culture and nature is a complex one and the introduction of neuroscience has bought in unsettling ways of thinking about human cognition - but how are they all in...

Nayef Al-Rodhan · APA Blog 23 Oct 2019

Media and Entertainment

Why people are still celebrating this 350 year old painting

350 years since the death of Rembrandt van Rijn, his impact across the world is measured. Why is he still so revered in 2019, also known as Rembrandt year?

Jacquelyn N. Coutré · The Conversation 23 Oct 2019

Arts and Culture

What can these celebrated philosophers teach us about modern living?

With political tensions at an all-time high, these iconic philosophers and authors such as Herman Melville and Friedrich Nietzsche can teach us a thing or two about modern-day society.

Michael Hauskeller · The Conversation 23 Oct 2019

Cities and Urbanization

Decades later, there is still an alarming number of landmines stockpiled

Two decades after the world pledged to eliminate them, landmines are still being stockpiled – some in unexpected places.

Douglas Broom 21 Oct 2019

Mental Health

Here's how music therapy can help anxious children

According to the NHS, as many as one in eight UK children aged five to 19 faces a mental health challenge. Many of these are anxiety issues, from exams to social situations. Here's how mu...

Elizabeth Coombes · The Conversation 21 Oct 2019

Arts and Culture

These are the two winners of the Nobel Prize for Literature

Peter Handke and Olga Tokarczuk have both been honoured this year, after a controversy meant the 2018 prize was postponed.

Simon Johnson and Niklas Pollard · Reuters 11 Oct 2019

Turkey

This wall of shoes is for the women killed by domestic violence

Every year, hundreds of women are murdered by a current or former partner. Here’s what the world is doing to try to change that.

Katharine Rooney 04 Oct 2019

Artificial Intelligence and Robotics

Science fiction could save us from bad technology

With artificial intelligence rapidly developing, we now start to consider the negative effects of new technologies, which sci-fi films are already predicting will go terribly.

Alessio Malizia and Silvio Carta · The Conversation 25 Sep 2019

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James Dean comes back from the dead: a triumph for CGI, or the nightmare rise of deepfakes and 'artificial' art?

These are the most Instagrammable locations in Dubai

This Japanese concept will help you see the world – and learn – in a different way

5 things you might not know about Leonardo da Vinci

How two colossal Assyrian icons were recreated using digital tech

This AI read millions of books to uncover the key to a happy life

6 dystopian novels that resonate today

The link between neurophilosophy and understanding human nature

Why people are still celebrating this 350 year old painting

What can these celebrated philosophers teach us about modern living?

Decades later, there is still an alarming number of landmines stockpiled

Here's how music therapy can help anxious children

These are the two winners of the Nobel Prize for Literature

This wall of shoes is for the women killed by domestic violence

Science fiction could save us from bad technology

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