Category: Humans
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Longing for experience…
Opportunities for people to interact with nature have declined over the past century, as many now live in urban areas and spend much of their time indoors. Conservation attitudes and behaviors largely depend on experiences with nature, and this ‘extinction of experience’ (EOE) is a threat to biodiversity conservation. Researchers now propose that citizen science,…
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Sensing… Not sensing… Being…
Engineers have created an electronic ‘skin’ in an effort to restore a real sense of touch for amputees using prosthetics. (1) We have senses. We lose senses. We improve senses. We regain senses. And at no point do we ever stop to wander. That what can so easily change. Cannot truly exist after all… In…
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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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