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...hole in the earth where the Actors’ Shakespeare Project performs the Shakespeare classic “Titus Andronicus”—otherwise known as the basement of the Garage—is as important to the overall mood of the play as the set on which the actors perform. The choice of venue exemplifies director David R. Gammons’ stripped-down aesthetic, a simplicity that works with the brutal scenes of the Bard’s script and the vicious passion of the all-male cast to create an image sure to leave a lasting...
Before computing pioneer John Backus and his team at IBM developed Fortran, the first widely used programming language, in the 1950s, computers had to be "hand coded" in wonky strings of digits in order to perform basic functions. Backus' invention allowed programmers to enter human-friendly instructions that computers would then translate on their own. The unprecedented "high level" system, which Backus said was inspired by "being lazy," paved the way for modern software...
...nationals. “His goal all along had been to win the national championship,” tri-captain Max Meltzer said. “He wound up a little short, but he is so talented, and so poised and confident, that he’s able to perform under any circumstance. He’s just a winner, and has some intangible qualities that you can’t teach.” “There’s anywhere from 15 to 20 thousand fans there,” O’Connor said...
Each Saturday from January to June, teams of mostly middle school students spend the morning learning about an important social issue and exploring opportunities for citizen activism. In the afternoon they perform a service project and reflect on solutions for positive change. Issues they tackle include hunger and homelessness, ageism, HIV/AIDS, drug and alcohol abuse, racism and personal conflict...
...notoriously sleep-deprived Harvard students about the importance of a good night’s sleep. The panel, composed of sleep experts from the medical school, started out with an issue particularly close to undergraduates’ hearts: all-nighters. Stickgold said that students who stay up all night perform about 20 percent worse on tasks involving recall than students who get some sleep the night before. This may be because facts are sorted out during sleep, he said, which implies that it’s important to get enough rest the night after studying as well as before...