Published under ‘life’

“Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try Again. Fail again. Fail better.” -Samuel Beckett

Are Viruses Alive?

Published under Health, Life Jul 23, 2015

Read more to learn about the origins of viruses, and the fascinating questions regarding whether they are living organisms or not. Although viruses can be found in every living organism today, their evolutionary origins, and their relationship to our own evolution, have been long debated. What It Means to Be “Alive”: One of the longest-standing [...]

“Great things never came from comfort zones.” –  Anonymous

“I like things to happen, and if they don’t happen I like to make them happen.” – Winston Churchill

quote of the week: on gratitude

Published under Favorite Quotes Jul 08, 2015

“Never let the things you want make you forget the things you have.” – J. Johnson

quote of the week: on humanity

Published under Favorite Quotes Jul 01, 2015

“My humanity is bound up in yours, for we can only be human together.” – Desmond Tutu

My friend, Joel Fields, shared this fascinating video about the evolution of the search for artificial intelligence. Take a look at the way they taught a computer to figure out how to play video games on its own.

“We are what we repeatedly do. ” – Aristotle  

To feed his habit, Mr. Anderson, 35, keeps bees in the backyard of his home in Broken Head, a village on Australia’s east coast near Byron Bay in New South Wales. He comes from a family of hobbyist beekeepers. Ten years ago, he grew impatient with the traditional, labor-intensive methods of extracting honey. In a [...]

“The people who are crazy enough to think they can change the world are the ones who do.” -Steve Jobs