Located on the Isle of Skye, Spar Cave is only accessible for an hour on either side of low tide, but for those prepared to brave the wet and brief clamber over the rocks, hides a beautiful cavern and a place steeped in local legend and literary history. Reaching the cave is no easy task. Visitors must traverse a canyon that drives some 200 feet inland, where walls of rock rise at least 100 feet tall on either side. The……
Hajjar Baban has a shy smile that flickers across her face when she speaks about her work. Her voice is confident, but interrupted by long, contemplative pauses. “I’m someone who just cares a lot, maybe too much sometimes, about everything.” Then that smile makes a brief appearance. Still in her early 20s, Baban has already earned international notice for her intense and sometimes harrowing poems. Earlier this year she received a prestigious Paul & Daisy Soros Fellowship for New……
In 1911, this building was one of London’s most elaborate and distinctive buildings. What has come to be known as the Michelin House was developed by Francois Espinasse, an employee of the French tire manufacturer, to house the company’s premier United Kingdom headquarters. Espinasse incorporated many shapes reflecting the Art Nouveau style. He also included many features that represented the business’s products, as well as the logo. One of the many striking elements is a trio of large stained glass windows depicting……
All locations of Margaritas—the New England chain restaurant—offer chips, salsa, and, well, margaritas. But only one serves them to customers seated inside jail cells. Before 1 Bicentennial Square in Concord was a Mexican restaurant, it housed the Concord Police Department. From 1890 to 1975, cops came and went, occasionally locking people under arrest in the building’s jail cells. Margaritas opted to keep the cells, placing tables inside and in the hallways. From the outside, the colorful restaurant signs clash……
Situated between the coastal towns of Dalgety Bay and Aberdour on the shores of the Firth of Forth, lies the ruins of this historic place of worship. Historic records first note the existence of the church in 1178, and is thought it was most likely constructed around that time. It was in a Papal Bull written by Pope Alexander III that “The Church at Dalgety with its appurtenances” was first found in a public decree. The church was later appropriated……
What do you think of when you think of George H.W. Bush? Of course, he was America’s 41st President, the Vice-President under Reagan, and the former director of the Central Intelligence Agency. But what about his life before public life? Famously, Bush owned and operated a gigantic oil company, the Bush-Overbey Oil Development Company, in Texas. It was here he amassed his fortune and first gained notoriety. Texas would also be where he first began his career in government,……
A deepening understanding of the brain has created unprecedented opportunities to alleviate the challenges posed by disability. Scientists and engineers are taking design cues from biology itself to create revolutionary technologies that restore the function of bodies affected by injury, aging, or disease — from prosthetic limbs that effortlessly navigate tricky terrain to digital nervous systems that move the body after a spinal cord injury. With the establishment of the new K. Lisa Yang Center for Bionics, MIT is……
The Wisconsin frontier inspired many to tell stories about growing up in the wilderness. Carol Ryrie Brink captured some of her grandmother’s, Caroline Augusta Woodhouse’s stories about the period in her Newbery Award-winning book Caddie Woodlawn. Though some of the portrayals of Native Americans in the book are dated and misleading, the book offered a snapshot of the time. Before Laura Ingalls arrived at the Little House in the Big Woods, Caroline “Caddie” Woodhouse lived in the Wisconsin woods……
Listen and subscribe on Stitcher, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and all major podcast apps. All summer we’ve been asking you to send us your summer travel stories. In this installment of The Atlas Obscura Podcast, we hear a listener’s tale of a theological dispute that became a real money-maker, known to some as “Old Hoaxy.” Our podcast is an audio guide to the world’s wondrous, awe-inspiring, strange places. In under 15 minutes, we’ll take you to an incredible site, and……
AI and big data unlock opportunities for hotels to boost their direct revenue and operational efficiency while offering instant and personalized guest experiences. This article will focus on 4 ways hotels can leverage AI and Big Data to engage customers in the hotel direct booking process and drive their direct sales. 1) Deliver Instant Service The post 4 Ways Hotels can Leverage AI & Big Data to Boost Direct Sales appeared first on Revfine.com….
Electronic health records have been widely adopted with the hope they would save time and improve the quality of patient care. But due to fragmented interfaces and tedious data entry procedures, physicians often spend more time navigating these systems than they do interacting with patients. Researchers at MIT and the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center are combining machine learning and human-computer interaction to create a better electronic health record (EHR). They developed MedKnowts, a system that unifies the processes……
Sylvester James Gates Jr. ’73, PhD ’77 has often described progress on diversity, equity, and inclusion as occurring at “blazingly glacial” rates. The reknowned theoretical physicist was the featured speaker for this year’s MIT Compton Lecture, and he spoke on Tuesday to an appreciative audience, gathered and masked, in Kresge Auditorium. During his address, he chronicled his 52-year career in research, teaching, and service. He also noted moments in history when progress toward advancing civil rights simultaneously surged forward……
Go-go is the rhythm of Washington, D.C. This homegrown musical genre—funk-adjacent, featuring percussion, bass, and call-and-response between the lead singer and the audience—emerged from the city’s Black music scene in the 1970s. Though the late Chuck Brown’s “Bustin’ Loose,” now a D.C. anthem, hit #34 on the Billboard charts in 1979, go-go never really caught on nationally. But its history is an important part of the story of the city, says District of Columbia Public Library archivist Derek Gray,……
The posters went up all over Texas: Keep an eye out for this spotted rascal, considered armed and extremely odorous, and wanted dead or alive. The fugitive’s mugshot was, quite frankly, adorable. Meet the charismatic, but sometimes stinky, spotted skunk. While all skunks douse would-be predators with a noxious spray, only the spotted skunk announces its intention to do so in a wholly ostentatious fashion: on its front paws, in a dramatic handstand with its tail skyward. The acrobatic……
Previous definitions of “well-being,” limited to taking a brisk walk and eating a few more vegetables, feel in many ways like a distant past. Shiny watches and sleek rings now measure how we eat, sleep, and breathe, calling on a combination of motion sensors and microprocessors to crunch bytes and bits. Even with today’s variety of smart jewelry, clothing, and temporary tattoos that feel equal parts complex and manageable, scientists from MIT’s Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL)……
