admin

Ben McKenzie vs. crypto | The Verge

A few years ago, during the absolute peak of the cryptocurrency craze, a somewhat surprising skeptic emerged. Most people know Ben McKenzie from his acting work on Southland or Gotham, or would recognize him instantly as Ryan Atwood from The O.C. While seemingly everyone else was buying Bitcoin, McKenzie decided to figure out what Bitcoin…

Read More

What Orbán’s fall from power means for research around the world

During his position as Prime Minister, Victor Orbán overhauled the Hungarian higher education system to align institutions with his political party’s conservative ideology.Credit: Sean Gallup/Getty The electoral defeat of Viktor Orbán after sixteen years in power is being welcomed by scientists in Hungary — and elsewhere. Researchers who watched Orbán dismantle academic freedoms, strip university…

Read More