New Zealand has a geographic advantage that could be a strategic liability. Our isolation protects us from many regional and global threats, but makes us uniquely vulnerable to the one consequence nearly all global catastrophes share: the collapse of international trade and supply chains.
Appalachian History A round valley with a very old story Stand at the Pinnacle Overlook above Cumberland Gap and look down on the town of Middlesboro. The basin that cradles the streets is strikingly circular. For decades geologists mapped and argued about that circle’s origin.
I participated in the LLM Hackathon for Applications in Materials Science & Chemistry September 11-12, 2025. It was a great opportunity to think and learn about how LLMs can be used in science. It was also a chance to meet new people in the community, or collaborate live with folks I know from online.
Gonzalo Aurelio Esteva y Landero, miembro del servicio exterior mexicano en el reino de Italia de 1891 a 1914, llevó adelante un ejercicio eficaz. Destacó particularmente su cabildeo en el Vaticano en torno a la designación del arzobispo de México en 1908.
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In common with the other authors of this series of blogs, I am a regular user who knows first-hand the importance of the BBC’s Written Archives.
Roughly a decade ago, Netflix’s then–Chief Content Officer Ted Sarandos made a pessimistic remark about the future of reality TV on the platform at an investors’ conference, calling the genre “disposable,” and something that Netflix is not really invested in making.
Zum 15. Mal fand in diesem Jahr die Konferenz Zugang gestalten! statt. Unter der Schirmherrschaft der Deutschen UNESCO-Kommission wurde sie erstmalig in Leipzig abgehalten, Gastgeberin war die Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Leipzig. Das Schwerpunktthema in diesem Jahr waren die Auswirkungen der Künstlichen Intelligenz (KI) auf das Kulturerbe.
Retomando donde dejé la última entrada, ahora contamos con una hoja de cálculo que recoge los saltos por homoioteleuton de cada testimonio (y el número y la longitud de cada salto): Y una segunda hoja que recoge las omisiones textuales (saltos no debidos a homoioteleuton y lagunas): Al revisar la primera imagen y...
The following is a media release by the University of Otago about our latest research paper, which determined that New Zealand would likely struggle to supply most of the commonly prescribed medicines used in acute care if a global catastrophe seriously reduced global trade.
Appalachian History What happened at Pound Gap On the night of November 29–30, 1927, a white mob seized Leonard Woods, a Black coal miner from Jenkins, Kentucky, from the Letcher County jail in Whitesburg. They drove him to Pound Gap on the Kentucky–Virginia line and killed him there.