Author Archive for Kenneth Stein

If you haven’t heard Paul Potts’ version of Nessun Dorma, you’re in luck!

For those who would like to compare Paul’s effort to some standard, I’ve included Pavarotti’s version here as well.
This way, you can compare and contrast the two tenors. FYI - Paul Potts went on to win the competition, performing for the Queen of England.

Raymond Crowe amazes people with his shadow puppetry wizardry. Were you impressed? If so, why? An animation could be created that looks just like his shadow puppets. Perhaps it’s the fact that the only technology in between Raymond and his artistic expression is a 120 watt lightbulb and a screen.

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Instead of reading about it, just play it! Have a comment, go ahead and leave one!… Continue reading

Troy, N.Y. — The latest edition of the Oxford English Dictionary boasts 22,000 pages of definitions. While that may seem far from succinct, new research suggests the reference manual is meticulously organized to be as concise as possible — a format that mirrors the way our brains make sense of and categorize the countless words in our vast vocabulary.

“Dictionaries have often been thought of as a frustratingly tangled web of… Continue reading

Is medicated memory manipulation ethically sound? And perhaps more importantly, who should be charged with the decision to deliver such a treatment: patient or physician?

Elisa Hurley, a philosophy professor, is seeking answers to these questions in her research currently underway at The University of Western Ontario.

In the Academy Award-winning film Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, a fictional, non-surgical procedure called ‘targeted memory erasure’ is… Continue reading