A team of German researchers who wanted to find out of if certain noises help humans sleep better designed an experiment to track individuals’ sleep patterns while they listened to certain sounds.
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Adolescent obesity rates would benefit from more adolescent sleep, with the heaviest individuals benefiting the most. Each hour of extra sleep resulted in a reduction of body mass index.
As western governments tighten their budgetary belts, they are experimenting with their nations’ economies as well as with the health of their citizens, according to recent research on austerity.
The Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention confirms that 33 people have been infected with the H7N9 strain of influenza which has mutated from its feathered source to infect humans.
It’s interesting to think about why people confuse models with theories. I think probably there are two reasons. One is the incredible effectiveness of mathematical theories in the physical and […]
Canadian scientists used MRI to observe brain activity when subjects listened to music they never heard before. The reward center of the brain lit up in response to music they liked.
It would be an extremely interesting ACLU Board of Directors meeting talking about at what point a machine would have enough attributes in common with people.
What you need in terms of business smarts is great pattern recognition.
In the multiplayer game League of Legends, players who use abusive language can see their words used against them in a court of their peers. The technology behind this jury can be applied to other online communities.
A few years ago, Lay’s Potato Chips threw down the gauntlet in a new advertising campaign: “Bet you can’t eat just one!” It was a clever slogan–and had a clever […]
Scientific geniuses tend to share a passion for abstraction that doesn’t lend itself to easy communication.
It may sound obvious, but security experts warn that as hacking technology becomes more sophisticated, employees should take care not to reveal too much when they’re away.
Are all true scientists destined to become atheists? The answer is no, or at least that doesn’t seem to be the case judging by statistics.
There is a way for parents to prepare themselves for the differences their children will manifest, and ultimately develop empathy, which is “the cornerstone of being a good parent.”
The clumsily-named (by one exec’s own admission) Inactive Account Manager will take action on a user’s Google footprint if they haven’t logged in within a specified period of time.
The human mind likes simplicity. It’s a complicated world, so we filter it into one cohesive and easy-to-digest worldview. This perspective is a rather unscientific one, however. When we observe […]
The United States still has problems to resolve, but it is on a stronger economic footing than before the crisis.
HealthTap allows users to pose questions to a network containing thousands of physicians. In addition to providing affordable advice, the service gives doctors a way to grow their online reputation.
If you’re trying to understand what this cult of personality is in North Korea, think about George Orwell’s 1984. This is a case of a country in which the leadership has […]
“[T]he Gothic era,” Bruno Klein writes in the introduction to Gothic: Visual Art of the Middle Ages, 1140-1500, “was a time of seeing, in which much was discussed in words, […]
The project, called RoomE, uses off-the-shelf hardware and custom-designed software to create an environment in which the computer is always watching and responds to both voice and gesture commands.
A San Francisco-based company is planning to ship its super-thin, polymer-based haptic keyboard to manufacturers next year. It offers the sensation, and even the sound, of pressing keys.
Wisdom is particularly present in the humanities, in the teaching of literature, philosophy, history, the arts in general. This is my area of interest. I think the teaching of the […]
We are profoundly influenced by our surroundings in many ways that psychologists are now starting to fully understand.
A team of researchers has figured out a way to use nanotechnology to create images at the highest dots-per-inch resolution possible. Such images could be used for anti-counterfeiting or high-density data encoding.
I wrote an article inHarvard Business Review asking why can’t we build a $300 house? Now, why do you need a $300 house? Just let us look at a simple […]
We’re beginning to find evidence that epigenetics can, in fact, influence the next generation in a way that’s at least partially Lamarckian.
Welcome to the brave new world of cyber warfare.
The bad guy is often the easiest role to play, because they are often the best written. The screenwriter can have fun and indulge while the good guys react most […]
The British cosmologist Stephen Hawking has had his moments of doubt, about both himself and about the future of the human race. Hawking was diagnosed with ALS, or Lou Gehrig’s disease, […]