WAIT, don’t click away! Of COURSE you’re tired of being swamped with info about artificial intelligence (AI). You realize that you should know at least a little about it, but […]
What’s All This Fuss about “AI”?
Afrofuturism and Sci Fi
Science fiction and fantasy continue evolving. A rich and massive current wave is Afrofuturism. Books Afrofuturism — Africans have been writing science fiction since around the 1920s. Some of the […]
Cosplay, Games, Fire — It’s JohnCon 2018
Tournaments, a cosplay photo shoot, laser tag, comedy, games — yes, it’s JohnCon 2018 (April 6-8)! JohnCon is the annual convention of JHU’s Science Fiction and Fantasy Association (HopSFA). It’s […]
Osler Medical Symposium
Tuesday, April 3, 6:00 p.m., Gilman Hall 50 — The Role of Economics, Equity, and Entrepreneurship in Health and Medicine with Paul Rothman, CEO and Dean of Hopkins Medicine Tuesday, […]
Artificial Languages, Universal Languages
An undergrad recently asked me about Lojban. Those in computer science and related fields have probably heard of Lojban (a constructed language, formerly known as Loglan). And most of us […]
EVENT: Doing Medicine in Space, October 26th
CONVERSATIONS IN MEDICINE EVENT: Date: Thursday, October 26, 2017 Time: 5:30-6:30 Social Hour; 6:30 talk by Dr. Feinberg Place: Mason Hall RSVP required! Dr. Andrew Feinberg leads the Johns Hopkins […]
Pretty Sure You Didn’t Know This About Hopkins
You’re probably familiar with a lot of the JHU offices and centers; maybe you have visited the Office of Multicultural Affairs, checked equipment out of the Digital Media Center, or […]
Stories from Turkey
Once there was a white elephant, an Indian boy who was his friend, an architect, several sultans, and a mystery. My introduction to Turkish fiction was the beautifully written The […]
Scientists, Communicating, Doing Science
How does science get done? In many ways — experimenting, theorizing, testing, observing. But good science also comes from lots and lots of talking. At conferences, in journals, in hallways, […]
“Very Short Introductions” — Quick Overviews about Lots of Things
POP QUIZ — You need a quick overview about a topic. Where do you look? Your answer is partly right but could be better. You said “Wikipedia,” which never hurts. […]