Category: Humans
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Inadequate sleep. Inadequate perspectives.
Inadequate sleep is a public health problem affecting more than one in three adults worldwide. A new study suggests that insufficient sleep could also have grave economic consequences. (1) We feel bad for not sleeping. Because if we don’t, then we can’t stay awake for long. Once again blinded we are. By our mania to…
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Controlling the uncontrollable. Giving birth to God…
Quantum bits are now easier to manipulate for devices in quantum computing, thanks to enhanced spin-orbit interaction in silicon. (1) The world was born in chaos. And chaos gave birth to us. At the end, we will manage to control everything. And everything will be destroyed. The cosmos will be lost inside the stillness of…
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Undermatched.
"Undermatching" is a term to describe when high-performing students, typically from economically-disadvantaged households, attend less competitive colleges than their qualifications permit. A new study concerning this widespread phenomenon in the U.S. finds that it correlates with another higher education problem: delayed graduation. The study, presented by University at Buffalo researchers at the American Educational Research…
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e-Book. Not mine! Being here. Touching.
Decoding digital ownership: Why your e-book might not feel like 'yours'. People feel very differently about owning physical books versus e-books, a recent study shows. While stereotypes suggest that younger consumers prefer digital books, that is not actually the case, researchers found. Despite stereotypes that paint millennials as "all technology, all the time," young people…
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Engraved symbols. Long gone. Deep into our heart…
Engraved stone artifacts are important clues to the history of human culture and cognition. Incisions on the cortex (soft outer layer) of flint or chert flakes are known from Middle and Lower Paleolithic sites across Europe and the Middle East. However, it can be difficult to determine the action that created an incision: was it…
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