Menzio was flying from Philadelphia to Syracuse on Thursday to give a talk at Queen’s University in Ontario, Canada. He was solving a differential equation, but said he was told the woman thought he might be a terrorist because of what he was writing. American spokesman Casey Norton said the crew followed protocol to take care of an ill passenger and then to investigate her allegations. They deter
Daniel Barenboim unveils what he says is a ground-breaking new piano on Tuesday. The pianist and conductor conceived and commissioned the instrument, which took around 4,000 working hours to build. He will perform with the new piano at London’s Southbank Centre between 27 May-2 June, playing a complete cycle of Schubert’s piano sonatas.
Some prominent critics even speak of “platform capitalism” – a broader transformation of how goods and services are produced, shared and delivered. Instead of the tired conventional model, with individual firms competing for customers, we are witnessing the emergence of a new, seemingly flatter and more participatory model, whereby customers engage directly with each other. With a smartphone in th
The edict was issued in 1615 after a storm destroyed three Basque whaling vessels on an expedition in Iceland. Eighty members of the crew survived, said Gudmundsson, and were left stranded in the area. “They had nothing to eat, and there were accounts of them robbing people and farmers,” he said. The brewing conflict between locals and the whalers prompted then-sheriff Ari Magnússon to draw up a d
Sir Martin Gilbert, the distinguished historian and official biographer of Winston Churchill, has died aged 78. The author of more than 80 history books and atlases, he often wrote on Jewish themes and was a committed Zionist, though was quietly critical of today’s Israel and the dominance of the Likud party. He was as interested in geography as in history and his many historical atlases are strik
Friends and enemies in the Middle East. Who is connected to whom? - interactive As the US and UK are set to again commit to military involvement in the Middle East, this interactive visualises the intricate, complex and sometimes hidden relationships and alliances across the region. Its tangled, opened state is meant as a kind of visual joke, showing how its fabric defies simple solutions. You can
NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden said he was humbled and honoured after Glasgow University students voted overwhelmingly for him to serve as their rector for the next three years. In a statement to the Guardian, Snowden described it as bold and historic decision in support of academic freedom. "In a world where so many of our developing thoughts and queries and plans must be entrusted to the open
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