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Our secret? We’re better at sharing our ideas.
Extending a welcome to new arrivals.
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In Sheffield, a city of new arrivals, creativity is helping newcomers adjust.
The mixing desk used to make Pink Floyd’s dark Side of the Moon album.
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The mixing desk used to make Dark Side of the Moon fetched a huge sum at auction recently. Its productive life is far from over.
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In a highly individualistic world where work prevents us from spending time with friends and family, a universal basic income could change society.
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Rather than replace humans, AI could actually boost our creativity.
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Turns out learning a musical instrument really could benefit your child, in more ways than you might think.
Committing to a safe and active sex life could boost your health in 2017.
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An active sex life can promote love and togetherness, drive creativity and build better health.
Just let them.
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It may be messy, but it’s worth it.
Leonard Cohen in 2012 accepting an award for his song lyrics.
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Leonard Cohen, who has died at 82, had both a tragic vision and a voice that was warm, funny and closely observant. His unique gaze helped fans see the world anew.
When will computers and humans interact fully?
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A long historical progression has brought technology to the masses – and will expand our capabilities as far as we can imagine.
A magical dreamscape: Knighton Wood, Epping Forest, London.
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The 1980s cult show Fat Tulip’s Garden fuelled the creativity of its young viewers. But in a digital age, are children less exposed to this kind of absurdist, performative storytelling?
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IBM’s Watson watched hundreds of horror movie trailers and then created its own for the new film Morgan.
Bad leaders are bad news – for their followers and for the world as a whole.
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There’s a widening global crisis in the legitimacy and credibility of leadership. It can be attributed to five sources: unable; unintelligent; immature; immoral and/or destructive leadership.
Seymour Papert lectures on LOGO, computers and education.
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Seymour Papert’s vision has helped computers become widespread in education today, and gave birth to the movement to teach children to program.
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The first Australian National Playwrights Centre (ANPC) was founded in 1973 – the age of bongs, thongs and social wrongs. Australian drama was by then well into its Biggest Renaissance Ever. The Pram Factory…
Children express creativity through ‘pretend play.’
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Summer can likely be full of activities that you do with your child. Here’s what research shows on how to boost your child’s creativity.
Turn up the volume of creativity.
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A focus on core subjects for 16-year-olds should not exclude arts, music or drama.
Who will make a better dance mix – a computer or a human?
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Testing whether machines are capable of generating sonnets, short stories or dance music that is indistinguishable from human-generated works.
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Are you a rigid librarian or an eccentric poet? How you see yourself may enhance your creative performance.
Our visions of the future embrace huge, glittering cities, but Sydney has a case of the little town blues.
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The city, with its carnivalesque excesses, has long been a muse for artists. But Sydney’s lockout laws infantilise its citizens and stifle activity.