Relax—we’re a lot further away from an automaton takeover than you may think
AT CENTRAL SQUARE THEATER, PROOF DOESN’T QUITE ADD UP
★★☆☆☆ By the time that David Auburn’s Proof closed on Broadway in 2003 after over 900 performances, it was the biggest nonmusical hit in two decades, a record it still holds today. (The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time came close, racking up 800 performances in its two-year run.) Brimming […]
KEN URBAN’S BIG MOMENT
With a new post at MIT and a world premiere play at the Huntington, everything’s coming up Urban Who would ever have thought that a field trip to an engineering firm would be responsible for giving the American theater one of its most potent and exciting new voices? But that’s kind of how it […]
FISH EYE: MASS DIVER ELLENBOGEN ON HIGH-SPEED UNDERWATER PHOTOGRAPHY AND SHOOTING SHARK PORTRAITS
“In the modern-day world we see photography as very quick, very instantaneous and immediate. But in reality this kind of photography takes a lot of patience, a lot of setup, different lenses and lighting that make it more complicated. “
ICE COLD: AS NONCRIMINAL DETAINMENTS RISE IN MASS, THIS CASE STANDS OUT
Despite having the ticket, ICE holds that Rodriguez did not comply with their orders—even though he was not given a date to exit the country.
NON-PROPHETS: HARVARD ELITES LOOK TO ANALYTICS TO COME TO GRIPS WITH HISTORIC UPSET
As the headlines and Trump’s scandals became increasingly unpredictable, Silver’s metrics provided a degree of reassurance. Until, of course, they didn’t.
MAYA BEISER: REINVENTING THE WHEEL BY REDEFINING THE CELLO
This Friday, the cello goddess will perform David Bowie’s Blackstar in full, joined by the Ambient Orchestra.
SAVING SCIENCE, ONE DATASET AT A TIME
The librarians and archivists in the group were there to caution the technologists that this wasn’t a new problem, and to remind that the solutions would end up being more complicated than they might imagine.
PIPE SCHEMES: RESEARCHERS WORRY GAS LEAKS LEFT UNREPAIRED. GAS COMPANY SAYS KEEP CALM, CARRY ON.
Researchers say more than 4,000 mild, moderate, and severe “lost” gas leaks “vanished from public utility company data” between 2014 and 2015 despite no record of being repaired.
NEW BOOK TELLS STORY OF AARON SWARTZ FROM THE BEGINNING OF HIS STRUGGLE—MORE THAN 200 YEARS AGO
“He wasn’t one for sitting and waiting to change the world by indirect means.”
