The proliferation of nuclear weapons is a critical global security issue, posing significant environmental energy, and geopolitical challenges. Understanding and predicting nuclear proliferation trends are seminal for shaping effective non-proliferation policies and even simply preventing future conflict, particularly at the intersection of nuclear proliferation, environmental … [Read more...] about A Machine Learning-Based Forecasting Approach for Nuclear Proliferation and Policy Development
Memories as a Response to Loss and the Subversion of Postmemory in Shin Kyung-Sook’s Please Look after Mom
Abstract This paper examines the subversion of the transmission of trauma and a response to loss reliant upon memories in Shin’s novel Please Look after Mom. Drawing on Hirsch’s theory of postmemory and the sociological theory of compressed modernity, I argue that the novel operates as a postmemorial work in its portrayal of a society that closely reflects the … [Read more...] about Memories as a Response to Loss and the Subversion of Postmemory in Shin Kyung-Sook’s Please Look after Mom
Neuroplasticity on the Dancefloor: a study of dance’s impact on the brain
Dance – a form of human expression in which people move rhythmically to music, typically in a quick and lively way. Most people have danced at some point, whether during a night out, alone in their bedroom, in ballet lessons as a child, or even on stage. Impressively, dancing can make the brain livelier! Neuroplasticity refers to the brain's ability to change and adapt in … [Read more...] about Neuroplasticity on the Dancefloor: a study of dance’s impact on the brain
Putting the “Art” in Artificial Intelligence: How Generative AI Challenges Artistic and Human Identity
If you’d told me two years ago that I’d soon be able to type a short caption and get back fully-formed images of whatever I wanted in seconds, I wouldn’t have believed you. After all, how could a computer possibly learn to assemble shapes, lines, and colors into a visually compelling image without step-by-step instructions from a human artist? Yet this is precisely what is … [Read more...] about Putting the “Art” in Artificial Intelligence: How Generative AI Challenges Artistic and Human Identity
Laughter Through New Lens
Imagine you are dozing off in lecture when a change of pace brings you back—a video is to be shown. The opening scene depicts a little girl picking petals off a daisy. As she counts and the camera zooms in on her face, a chuckle escapes one of your classmates. Silence follows until an overpowering countdown begins that ends with a nuclear explosion. Suddenly, the room is full … [Read more...] about Laughter Through New Lens