History Is the Throbbing Pulse: An Interview with Doireann Ní Ghríofa

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History Is the Throbbing Pulse: An Interview with Doireann Ní Ghríofa

íGhrímany of these images are taken straight down.íGhrítheres just something uninspiring about most satellite images.íGhríWhile its fun to explore the world by zooming around on Google Earth.

History Is the Throbbing Pulse: An Interview with Doireann Ní Ghríofa

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History Is the Throbbing Pulse: An Interview with Doireann Ní Ghríofa

íGhríThe two organizations joined forces in 2014 in the hopes that Googles machine learning algorithms could advance plasma research and bring us closer to the dream of fusion power.

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