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Belkıs Balpınar exhibition at Anna Laudel Düsseldorf
Anna Laudel Düsseldorf presents Belkıs Balpınar's solo exhibition "Relative Points of View" from Aug. 19.
Hello AInstein! Robot with ChatGPT shakes up Cyprus classrooms
High school students and their tutors in Cyprus have developed a prototype robot powered with ChatGPT artificial intelligence technology to harness and improve teaching experiences in the classroom.
Rare Stradivarius sells for near-record $15.3 million
A rare Stradivarius violin that belonged to a Russian-American virtuoso and was used in the "Wizard of Oz" soundtrack sold at auction in New York for $15.3 million, just below the record for such an instrument, according to auction house Tarisio.
Rare Einstein papers set record at Paris auction
Albert Einstein's handwritten notes for the theory of relativity fetched a record 11.6 million euros ($13 million) at an auction in Paris on Nov. 23.
The manuscript had been valued at around a quarter of the final sum, which is by far the highest ever paid for anything written by the genius scientist.
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NASA sends quote by Nobel-winning Turkish author into space
A quote by the Turkish Nobel laureate Orhan Pamuk was launched into space on a NASA space probe earlier this week, the author's publisher said on Oct. 18.
Bees: The Most Important Living Creatures on the Planet
The Earthwatch Institute named bees the most important living thing on the planet in its latest debate at the Royal Geographical Society in London in 2019.
The researchers also reminded that bees are already at risk of extinction. Recent studies show that about 90% of the world's bees are extinct.
Nine-Year-Old Laurent Simons Who Has an IQ of 145 Graduated from University
Nine-year-old Laurent Simons of Belgium has an IQ of 145 and will become the world's youngest undergraduate student, Daily Mail reports. The boy is due to graduate next month at Eindhoven University of Technology in the Netherlands. with a major in Electrical Engineering, having completed the entire training course in just nine months.
Cambridge's Youngest Lecturer, Deyan Mihaylov, Explains Gravitational Waves at Ratio Conference
On March 5, the audience of the next Ratio event will learn more about one of the most important physical discoveries in the last century - gravitational waves
Greek astrophysicist awarded for role in landmark discovery
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) astrophysicist Erotokritos Katsavounidis has been awarded the Golden Cross of the Order of the Phoenix for his contribution to the first direct detection of gravitational waves in 2015.
Japanese Masazo Nonaka Confirmed as World's Oldest Living Man Aged 112
Masazo Nonaka from Japan was recognised today as the world's oldest man at the ripe old age of 112, as his family revealed his secret: sweets and hot baths. Nonaka, who was born on July 25, 1905 — just months before Albert Einstein published his theory of special relativity — received a certificate from Guinness World Records at home on Japan's northern island of Hokkaido.