Bolts magazine has an article by one of the researchers published in American Political Science Review who found that police interactions directly correlate with lower voter turnout,… Read the rest “Researchers: one police stop makes a person less likely to vote.”
A professor at the prestigious Wharton School of Business at the University of Pennsylvania – probably America’s most highly regarded business school – has found … Read the rest “Study: ChatGPT could earn an MBA from Wharton”
Phys.org passes along research led by Dr. Katerina Johnson of Oxford and Dr. Karli Watson of UC Boulder, who found that the more social a monkey is, the healthier its gut biome is – which… Read the rest “Good friendships make a healthier gut biome (in monkeys, at least).”
MIT Technology Review takes a serious look at the ramifications of having public discourse in private hands, especially when it comes to a written record of turning points in human history.… Read the rest “Twitter’s collapse could wipe clean the historical record – of the last 16 years’ major moments, at least.”
As a habitual night-owl, it pains me to consider this Scientific American interview with UC Berkeley neuroscientist Eti Ben Simon, whose research has shown that people who don’t… Read the rest “Sleep-deprived people are more selfish and lonely.”
A friend of mine clued me into this project. It really works and I encourage you to try it.
Did you know cephalopods have been on Earth for longer than trees? That Hawaiian bobtail squid glow… Read the rest “Science Art: “Get Squid Facts” street art, Philadelphia, 2022.”
SONG: “False Social Reality”.
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SOURCE: Nature Communications 23 Aug 2022, “Americans experience a false social reality by underestimating popular… Read the rest “SONG: False Social Reality”
Nature looks at a “false social reality” that shapes our government policy – a persistent, mistaken belief across the population that underestimates support for … Read the rest ““False social reality”: More people care about climate change than you think. A LOT more.”
Maybe you saw this image on Twitter with a blurb like:
… Read the rest “Science Art: Photo de Proxima du Centaure, l’étoile la plus proche du Soleil…, Etienne Klein, 2022.”Photo de Proxima du Centaure, l’étoile la plus proche du Soleil, située à 4,2 année-lumière de nous.
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Maybe a half-step beyond “I know it when I see it.” PC Gamer repeats reports of some strange technological applications allegedly being tested in China, in the form of a helmet… Read the rest “Mind-reading helmet used to detect porn in China.”
Science News examines the science of the Top 40, with a survey of the charts that found what goes into that first, breakthrough hit is the opposite of what makes for an ongoing musical career… Read the rest “Pop-song paradox: What it takes to be a one-hit wonder is the opposite of what it takes to have a long career.”
Scientific American interviews two Indiana University researchers, Debby Herbenick and Tsung-chieh (Jane) Fu, who’ve found that folks of all ages are getting a little less busy… Read the rest “People are having less sex.”
Euronews.com reports on a new use for robots, to enforce social mores and good citizenship. Citizens seem less than pleased with the artificial politeness police, however:
… Read the rest “Singapore robots patrol against “anti-social behavior.””Called “Xavier,”
An Icelandic thinktank, Alda, has published a report on two multiyear studies that indicate it really is better to work smarter, not harder – or not longer at least. Workers in a four-day… Read the rest “People get more done working a four-day week.”
Recode echoes a warning published in PNAS and signed by 17 researchers in fields as disparate as climate science, biology, and philosophy. They’re convinced that the rapid rise … Read the rest “Social media a threat to humanity, warn biologists, ecologists, and other unlikely experts.”
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