Daniel Susskind’s A World Without Work show why advances in artificial intelligence mean that all kinds of jobs are increasingly at risk. Susskind argues that machines no longer need to reason like us in order to outperform us. Tasks that used to be beyond the capability of computers –from diagnosing illness to drafting legal contracts-…
Lisa Balabanlilar, Rice University specialist on early modern Asian history, comes to life, in her sensitive biography of Jahangir, the fourth of the six great Mughal Emperors of India, the oldest son of Akbar the Great who extended the Mughal Empire across the Indian subcontinent and the father of Shah Jahan, the builder of…
A £250, 000 brand new Lamborghini crashed on M1 motorway just twenty minutes into its first trip in Ossett, West Yorkshire. The sports car suffered mechanical failure and as it broke down on the third lane of the M1 before a van rammed into its back. Police reported no injuries but tweeted “It’s only a…
A Saturn Herald Short Story by Penny Nair Price June 2020 “The Bottom Pincher.” How a girl saved a bottom pincher’s marriage. Annie smiled at her boss who was busy behind his desk on her first day in the sumptuous office she was now working in on the twentieth floor of a publishing house in…
Footage on social media showed a line of police retreating from crowds of people running at them with makeshift weapons on Overton Road near Angell Town Estate in Brixton. Police said they were called by concerned residents to the illegal street party but were met by a hostile crowd. Twenty-two officers have been injured and…
The Orphans Elephants arrive at Marble Arch are 21 life-size bronze elephant sculptures representing real elephants including the orphaned calf which highlights their sad backstory, under the care of Sheldrick Wildlife Trust. One mother elephant sits in the middle of the herd left behind by poachers, victims to habitat loss, climate change and other sources…
A short story about horses ponies and riding with a comical slant owing to the names of the steeds – A FLASH FICTION STORY FOR THE SATURN HERALD What’s in a name? Well two friends – Julie and Julie – yes their parents had both, before either of the families had met, chosen Julie for…
Review of (My Mother) Short Film Directed by Wassim Geagea FOCUSSING ON THE MOTHER FIGURE IN AN UNUSUAL WAY This short film based around Christians in Lebanese village stars 9-year-old Elias (Jack Abboud Ed Janah) who can’t forgive Jesus for taking his deceased mother away from him to heaven and wonders if she is kept…
Councils and charities in England have called for help to ensure people did not have to return to the streets when hotels reopen on 4 July, will be given an extra £105m to support rough sleepers put up during lockdown. Thousands of rough sleepers were housed in hotels and B&Bs as coronavirus hit. The government…
There are less than 20, 000 Indian elephants surviving in India and less than 800 tuskers. Kerala and Odisha top the list with dozens of deaths each year. The railways have killed elephants after they die by running down and beaten by the forest department. Some elephants are illegally captured in the wild jungles of…