Society
Frozen fans urge Disney to give Elsa a girlfriend in sequel theguardian v
The record-breaking and critically acclaimed 2013 animated film tells of Princess Elsa’s struggle to master her magical powers to reconnect with her sister Anna. It was widely construed as the studio’s first foray into feminism because it eschewed a traditional happy-ever-after with a prince in favour of sisterly devotion. Now Twitter users have called upon Disney to give Elsa a girlfriend in Frozen 2, which is currently in production.
See also Why #GiveElsaAGirlfriend Shouldn’t Surprise Anyone
Some people, including many Christians, were surprised at the news. I, for one, found their surprise a little surprising. In fact, anyone shocked by this news hasn’t been paying attention to what’s going on in the culture.
Harvard to Impose Sanctions on Final, Single-Gender Club Members harvardmagazine
Citing their history of gender discrimination and negative influence on campus life, University President Drew Faust announced in an e-mail today that Harvard will ban members of historically male final clubs and other unrecognized, single-gender social groups from holding certain leadership roles and receiving College endorsements for fellowships.
Space
This is NASA's audacious plan to land humans on Mars within your lifetime businessinsider
...the space agency seems serious this time. President Obama challenged NASA to get astronauts to Mars in the 2030s. And while other presidents have done the same since the Apollo missions returned from the moon, NASA says that it's finally ready for its Mars shot.
Deep Space Industries partners with Luxembourg to test asteroid mining technologies techcrunch
The agreement is a small, but important step toward developing the technologies necessary to enable the potentially very lucrative business of asteroid mining.
Tech
HoloFlex is prototype Android smartphone with a flexible display and glasses-free 3D androidauthority v
“HoloFlex offers a completely new way of interacting with your smartphone,” said Dr. Roel Vertegaal, the director of the Human Media Laboratory. “It allows for glasses-free interactions with 3D video and images in a way that does not encumber the user.” Content displayed on the phone appears three dimensional when viewed from any angle by any number of viewers.
Robotics
Aido: Next Gen Home Robot indiegogo
I found out about this campaign from an article on Fortune where the author was almost in a panic over it (it contained some unnecessary language, and wasn't the best written article anyway, so no link). Kind of an overreaction. But, still...if you wanted to know what Rosie's great grandfather looked like, this is it!
Instead of the Creator
As Thinking On Animal Ethics Shifts, New Journal On Animal Feeling Launches npr.org
The first issues have been devoted to fish pain (Do they have it? How can we know for sure?) as well as other important topics such as that of animal mourning...
North Korea
North Korean leader hails nuclear success in opening congress reuters v
"In this year of the seventh party congress, the military and the people accomplished the great success in the first hydrogen bomb test and the launch of an earth observation satellite, Kwangmyongsong-4, to brilliantly illuminate the prowess of Juche Joson," he said, referring to the North's home-grown founding ideology combining Marxism and extreme nationalism.
UK
Ken Livingstone describes the creation of the state of Israel as 'a great catastrophe' telegraph.co.uk
The former Mayor of London was suspended from the Labour Party after he invoked Hitler to defend a colleague over anti-Semitic remarks and claimed that there was a “well-orchestrated campaign” against the party by the “Israel lobby”.
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