The Daily Populous

Antisthenes lived a life rooted in Socrates’ ethics, seeing virtue as the ultimate goal and actions as more important than words.

While Socrates was the first to call himself a citizen of the world (cosmopolitan), he also considered himself a citizen of Athens.

Upon seeing a prostitute’s son throwing rocks at a crowd that had formed, he said “Careful son. »

The Vancouver Aquarium is giving up its fight to keep whales and dolphins in captivity, saying the heated public debate on the issue is hindering its conservation work.

Last spring, the Vancouver Park Board voted to prevent the aquarium from bringing in any new whales and dolphins, after commissioners said they were concerned about the ethics of keeping the animals in captivity.

Vancouver Aquarium CEO John Nightingale says the debate over cetaceans in captivity was hindering the non-profit's conservation work. »

I think the current wave of automation will be different from previous ones, in ways which make it more disruptive.

The current wave is affecting services, but there is no fourth sector of the economy left for workers to switch to.

Automation is different this time because the problems we experienced last time will be more severe, and more widespread, and happen faster. »

Scientists have taken a step towards one of the biggest goals in medicine - a universal blood test for cancer.

A team at Johns Hopkins University has trialled a method that detects eight common forms of the disease.

Dr Cristian Tomasetti, from Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, told the BBC: "This field of early detection is critical. »