Education
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BOOKS: Bill Gates offers a hopeful take on climate change | Jeff Rowe
Credit: CC0 Public Domain "How to Avoid Climate Disaster: The Solutions We Have and the Breakthroughs We Need," by Bill Gates (Knopf) Feb. 17, 2021 (AP) -- Watching Bill Gates in the news over the ye ...
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Act Like Everyone is Watching (in 4 Steps) — Mickey Z.
(Mickey Z.) Mickey Z. — Now With Purpose February 10, 2021 Surely, everyone knows the self-help exhortation to “dance like no one is watching.” Good advice, I’d say. But, it can also be life-altering ...
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Computer Model Shows If You'll Die From COVID-19 | University of Copenhagen
Credit: CC0 Public Domain Feb. 5, 2021 (MedicalXpress) -- Artificial intelligence is able to predict who is most likely to die from the coronavirus. In doing so, it can also help decide who should be ...
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Ramanujan Machine Creates Mathematical Conjectures | Israel Institute of Technology
Credit: CC0 Public Domain Feb. 5, 2021 (Phys.org) -- Using AI and computer automation, researchers have developed a "conjecture generator" that creates mathematical conjectures, which are considered ...
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Smartphone-based COVID-19 test delivers results in 10 minutes | University of Arizona
UArizona researchers image a sample using a smartphone microscope. Credit: UArizona Biosensors Lab Jan. 29, 2021 (MedicalXpress) -- Researchers at the University of Arizona are developing a COVID-19 ...
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Pandemic slows across world | AFP
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Jan. 29, 2021 (MedicalXpress) -- The COVID-19 pandemic slowed down in every region of the world over the past week, according to a specialised AFP database. Here is ...
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Hand gestures while speaking influence how words are heard by others | Bob Yirka
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Jan. 28, 2021 (Phys.org) -- A team of researchers in The Netherlands has found that hand gestures used by people when speaking can influence how their words are bei ...
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Rare Quadruple-Helix DNA Found In Living Human Cells With Glowing Probes | Hayley Dunning
Quadruple-helix DNA. Credit: Imperial College London Jan. 8, 2021 (Phys.org) -- New probes allow scientists to see four-stranded DNA interacting with molecules inside living human cells, unraveling i ...
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World's Fastest Optical Neuromorphic Processor | Swinburne University of Technology
Dr Xingyuan (Mike) Xu with the integrated optical microcomb chip, which forms the core part of the optical neuromorphic processor. Credit: Swinburne University of Technology Jan. 7, 2021 (TechXplore) ...
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How the Richest Man in the World Made Us Trust the COVID Vaccine — Mickey Z.
(credit unknown) Mickey Z. — World New Trust December 27, 2020 Preface: In August 2020, I wrote an article entitled, “Can a 'Warp Speed' COVID-19 Vaccine Be Safe?” It covers a lot of ground and if yo ...
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Be a Good Neighbor: 5 Reminders About Community — Mickey Z.
Photo: Jon Tyson (Unsplash) Mickey Z. — Now With Purpose December 24, 2020 “We have all known the long loneliness and we have learned that the only solution is love and that love comes with community ...
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