JTA — Sharon Nazarzadeh had no idea when she put a Nowruz celebration on the calendar again at the Museum of Jewish Heritage in Manhattan just how poignant the festivities would be. Nazarzadeh first ...

The holiday is celebrated by Iranians of all religious backgrounds, with Iranians in the diaspora hoping for a change for the better in their homeland this year. Sharon Nazarzadeh had no idea when she ...

“This is the time of rebirth, a new beginning,’’ Nazarzadeh said. “Nowruz means ‘new day.’ And this is my wish, of course, for all Iranians, whether they’re living in diaspora or living in Iran or ...

Norwalk's first Georgian restaurant will soon be hosting an event aimed at showing that we all eat at "one symbolic table." MaaMa Georgian Food, by Cheese and Bread, will hold its "MaaMa’s World Table ...

This is Part 4 of a four-part series exploring how the brain generates meaning. In Parts 1, 2, and 3 of this series, I traced meaning from biological significance through neural mechanisms to symbolic ...

Newsrooms have been experimenting with AI for several years now but, for the most part, those efforts have been just that: experiments. A relatively unknown startup, Symbolic.ai, wants to change that, ...

Camping tents and sleeping bags may get the glory, but your camping table is arguably the MVP of any camping trip. That’s because it’s the glue that ties together the best camp kitchens, acting as the ...

As avid puzzlers know full well, the humble jigsaw puzzle is a thing of beauty in multiple ways. Not only are jigsaws an absorbing time sink, but multiple studies have demonstrated they are good for ...

Will computers ever match or surpass human-level intelligence — and, if so, how? When the Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence (AAAI), based in Washington DC, asked its members ...