“Being a professional writer, I sometimes have trouble justifying taking the time to hike in the middle of my workday,” Jill Suttie told Greater Good Magazine. “But research suggests that hiking doesn’t just feel good, it might also keep my brain in top shape.” “The experience of hiking is unique, research suggests, conveying benefits beyond […]
Day: February 25, 2020
How the world’s most-used social media sites rate
According to this graphic by HootSuite for their annual report, Facebook still leads the world, but there is a lot in play, such as fewer minutes spent each day on Facebook and more on SnapChat, researchers found. Click the video for a discussion of the results or the source link for the original article by […]
Rethinking A.I. with an eye towards ethical behavior
Artificial intelligence is about to grow a conscience, thanks to innumerable experts the U.S. Department of Defense hired to study ethics in A.I. Fifteen months of consultations with academics, scientists and others led to the announcement. “Deliberate steps to minimize unintended bias in A.I. capabilities” are top priorities in the DoD’s work. “The Defense Department’s […]
Life in space may not need oxygen to survive
The first multicellular organism known to live without ever taking its first breath has been found living completely free of oxygen inside salmon. The parsasite, Henneguya salminicola, is a jellyfish-like organism that doesn’t have a mitochondrial genome, marking the first time such an absence has been discovered. The tiny creature excites scientists who are now […]
5G picking up speed across North America
Although we’ve been hearing about 5G for a long time, it’s hard to know what to expect once the rollout in 2020 starts to pick up speed and more people trade up their phones to 5G devices. “Until this point there have been a few sparse 5G networks available in cities, but with only a […]