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Edvard Munch – >7600 works have been digitised
06th June, 2018The Edvard Munch museum has digitised most of the artist’s works in an online catalogue.
‘We hope this online catalogue will be a source of pleasure to a broad public that will now have the opportunity to become acquainted with a large and important – and previously somewhat hidden – part of Munch’s oeuvre, and be useful to researchers and anyone else with a special interest in Munch’s drawings and the important function they had for the artist Edvard Munch.’
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IMF Working Paper: Should We Fear The Robot Revolution
06th June, 2018‘We may be on the cusp of a “second industrial revolution” based on advances in artificial intelligence and robotics.’
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The Macaulay Library
06th June, 2018‘The Macaulay Library is the world’s premier scientific archive of natural history audio, video, and photographs. Although the Macaulay Library’s history is rooted in birds, the collection includes amphibians, fishes, and mammals, and the collection preserves recordings of each species’ behavior and natural history.’
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IMF Working Paper: Australia’s Linkages with China
24th May, 2018China and Australia have increasingly strong links, especially through trade. These links are influenced by China’s transition to a services-driven, consumer-led economy. Three risks (both upside and downside) to China during this transition process are considered, focusing on their spillovers to Australia.
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National Geographic Has Digitized Its Collection of 6,000+ Vintage Maps
15th May, 2018“As some of the finest fictional world-builders have understood, few things excite the imagination like a map.”
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