Music uses sounds and silences to evoke emotions and create aesthetic experiences in the listener. Its ability to convey feelings and emotions makes it a powerful medium for emotional communication. It is a cultural product that has been present in all human societies, reflecting and shaping the traditions and values ​​of each culture. As Ludwig van […] … learn more→

Even before President Donald Trump took office, university presidents expressed concern about the impact of his agenda on higher education. Now they must lead their institutions in the wake of executive orders and directives that appear to undermine their authority and autonomy. They include cuts to research grant funding and the prohibition of diversity programs. The Trump administration has also proposed the dismantling […] … learn more→

One of the first things parents want to ask their children after school is “how was your day?” We simply want to know how they are going and what happened at school. But these conversations can feel like pulling teeth. Often you may only get a “good” or “fine” (if you’re lucky). Why are children […] … learn more→

In 1948, the founder of information theory, Claude Shannon, proposed modelling language in terms of the probability of the next word in a sentence given the previous words. These types of probabilistic language models were largely derided, most famously by linguist Noam Chomsky: “The notion of ‘probability of a sentence’ is an entirely useless one.” In 2022, […] … learn more→

While online video games create new spaces for interaction between teenagers, they can also be a source of social pressure when the obsession with victory becomes too strong. 52% of 12-17 year-olds spend more than three hours a day in front of screens . While social media plays a prominent role in their digital habits, video games are also […] … learn more→

I teach history in Connecticut, but I grew up in Oklahoma and Kansas, where my interest in the subject was sparked by visits to local museums. I fondly remember trips to the Fellow-Reeves Museum in Wichita, Kansas, and the National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum in Oklahoma City. A 1908 photograph of my great-grandparents picking cotton has been used […] … learn more→

If you’re getting ready to leave school or university and are trying to figure out your future career, you may well have been given the advice to start with some self-exploration. This means thinking about what you are like as a person and what you want from a job. After this, you can identify a short […] … learn more→

Social media has recently been flooded with images that looked like they belonged in a Studio Ghibli film. Selfies, family photos and even memes have been re-imagined with the soft pastel palette characteristic of the Japanese animation company founded by Hayao Miyazaki. This followed OpenAI’s latest update to ChatGPT. The update significantly improved ChatGPT’s image generation capabilities, […] … learn more→

“Masks are incapable of containing the transmission of COVID-19, concludes a study by USP” , reads the headline of an online magazine. It was reproduced by several anti-vax influencers without scientific training, including former president Jair Bolsonaro . The study mentioned in the article was published in the scientific journal BMC Public Health , but it has several methodological flaws. The magazine […] … learn more→

Academic transcripts are crucial documents that provide details about a student’s academic history and performance. They summarize the courses, grades, credits, and degrees earned by a student at an academic institution. As our world becomes increasingly globalized, there is a growing need for accurate translation of academic transcripts between different languages. Students may require transcript […] … learn more→