US Open tennis – where and when The US Open takes place at Flushing Meadows Park in New York. It will be running from Monday, August 27 to Sunday, September 9. The Women’s final takes place on Saturday, September 8 (4pm ET, 1pm PT, 9pm […]
Day: August 27, 2018
Clear today!
With a high of F and a low of 67F. via IFTTT
Graphika visualizes Twitter’s filter bubbles in the US
It’s no surprise that political discourse in America is divided — especially online. And last week in MIT Technology Review, data visualization company Graphika brought those divides to life with 3D, colored depictions of the kind of filter bubbles found on Twitter in the U.S. Co-written by […]
CDC uses HP bioprinters to speed up testing for new antibiotics
The testing will start at CDC’s regional labs in the first quarter of HP’s fiscal 2019 (between November and January). Its initial focus is on widely resistant bacteria. And HP won’t be done once the bioprinters are in the Center’s hands. HP will help the […]
Brescia, l’ultimo saluto a Manuela Bailo: ai funerali le colleghe in rosso contro i femminicidi
Brescia e i bresciani si stringono attorno a Manuela Bailo, la 35enne uccisa a fine luglio dall’uomo di cui si era innamorata. Chiusa la camera ardente all’obitorio dell’ospedale Civile della città, un lungo corteo poco prima delle 16 è partito alla volta della parrocchia di […]
The Physics of Falling Into a Black Hole
There was an art accident recently. A man fell into a black hole—OK, not that kind of black hole, but an art exhibit consisting of an 8-foot-deep circular hole painted black. The idea was to represent the feeling of a super deep, even endless hole. […]
Salvini abbraccia Orban. Prove d’internazionale sovranista
Berlino, 27 agosto 2018 – Ognuno per sé, ma tutti insieme. Potrebbe essere lo slogan dei sovranisti d'Europa, contraddittorio solo in apparenza. Salvini incontra l'ungherese Viktor Orban, domani a Milano, poi vedrà il ceco Andrej Babys, per trovare una … by Livio Acerbo #greengroundit #thisisnews
Danish homeware retailer JYSK opening two new stores in Greece
“The expansion of our network allows more customers from across Greece to visit our stores and make their purchases quickly and easily, without … social experiment by Livio Acerbo #greengroundit #travel #tours
La riforma delle pensioni è sempre più virtuale
Il governo prepara quota cento, opzione donna e il contributo di solidarietà sulle pensioni più ricche. Ma non è detto che i vantaggi attesi saranno reali … by Livio Acerbo #greengroundit
HP is ‘printing’ drugs for the CDC to speed up antibiotic testing
At least 2 million people in the U.S. become infected with so-called “super bugs” and at least 23,000 people die as a direct result of these infections each year, according to the Centers for Disease Control (CDC). Now, HP’s Biohacker technology is working with the […]