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Podcasters are worried about nukes: A number of podcasts have put out episodes recently discussing issues related to nuclear weapons as concerns surrounding the Trump administration and the threat from North Korea increase. Radiolab (runtime 57:27) looked deeper into what happens if a US President ordered a nuclear attack and if a military officer on […]
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Science says children should be enrolled in school one year later
If you want your children to be successful, enroll them in school later rather than sooner. Parents often dedicate a great deal of time and mental effort to taking decisions that will help put their children on a path of academic success. For those whose children are born later in the year, one of the […]
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Is there a place for sociologists among policy advisors?
Bringing sociological findings into the mix might be good for state policies and strategies: Whileeconomics might the subject that presidents and world leaders rely on almost entirely to set strategies and create policies, the risk of giving one academic discipline so much say in the shaping of public policy is that “when all you have […]
Posted inPERSONAL TECH
Spotify claims to develop an algorithm to sort songs by emotion, rather than genre
Spotify claims to develop an algorithm to sort songs by emotion, rather than genre: The human brain is wired to make connections with innumerable things that act as cues to trigger specific thoughts or emotions when we come across them. A specific aroma will take us back to our grandmother’s kitchen, and the sound of […]
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The machine revolution in trading and investment is closer than we think
Markets are increasingly getting shaped by machines rather than us: FT mined data from top finance houses showing that high-frequency trading powered by automated trading algorithms is on the rise. The most outstanding result of this is investors turning aggressively passive, not just because it’s cheaper, but also because it’s getting increasingly hard to beat […]
Posted inTHE WEEK’S MOST-CLICKED STORIES
The most-clicked stories in Enterprise in the past week were: Why ISIS Declared War on Egypt's Christians (The Atlantic) Sara-Kristina Nour is MENA laureate for the Cartier Women’s Initiative (Cartier Women’s Initiative) Video shows the face of the suspected Alexandria church bomber. (Youm7) Footage of the Alexandria church suicide bomber detonating his device. (Youtube) Egyptian […]
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Is the Bahia Emerald just another “gem of a hoax?”
Is the Bahia emerald worth the trouble or is it just another hoax? Accidental business partners Jerry Ferrara and Kit Morrison seem to think it’s the former. The pair have been tied up in court cases for the last 10 years or so trying to prove themselves the rightful owners of the 752-pound Bahia emerald, […]
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Zaki Hashem & Partners win lawyers football tournament
Zaki Hashem & Partners won the Egyptian law firms football tournament held last Saturday. The tournament, organized by Zulficar & Partners, had teams representing Egyptian law firms that also included: Alliance, Shahid, Baker McKenzie, Matouk Bassiouny, Rizkana and Partners, and White & Case. H/t Firas El-S and Heba R.
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What we’re tracking on 13 April 2017
Egypt’s Orthodox, Evangelical, and Catholic churches will not be celebrating Easter this year as they mourn the victims of the Palm Sunday attacks, AMAY reports. The Coptic Orthodox Diocese in Minya, which was the first to make the announcement, said that celebrations will only be limited to the liturgical prayers "without any festive manifestations," according […]