Number of words: 1,844 Meet Jonathan Haidt, a professor of social psychology at the University of Virginia who studies morality and emotion. If social psychology was a sport, Haidt would be a Phil Mickelson or Rodger Federer – likable, fun to watch and one of the best. But what makes Haidt one-of-a-kind in academia is … Read more
Number of words: 2,371 What is so special about the human brain? Why is it that we study other animals instead of them studying us? What does a human brain have or do that no other brain does? When I became interested in these questions about 10 years ago, scientists thought they knew what different … Read more
Number of words: 1,889 One of the truisms of modern life is that nobody has any time. Everybody is busy, burned out, swamped, overwhelmed. So let’s try a simple thought experiment. Imagine that you came into possession of a magical new set of technologies that could automate or expedite every single part of your job. … Read more
Number of words: 732 Imagine if you could slide your finger up and down the side of your AirPods to control the volume. Or if a few taps on the aluminum shell of your toaster could set the perfect time and temperature for a toasted bagel. This is the future envisioned by UltraSense, a new … Read more
Number of words: 303 The Cretaceous period ended about 66 million years ago, with the extinction of almost three-quarters of life on Earth, including dinosaurs. The extinction was triggered by an asteroid impact that created the 180-kilometre wide Chicxulub crater. Scientists were able to describe what happened the day after the impact event, the First … Read more
Number of words: 320 We know that Earth’s magnetic North Pole doesn’t quite line up with the North Pole on a world map — it’s wandered, at a glacial pace, about 1,400 miles since its first discovery in 1831, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). What scientists didn’t expect, however, is that … Read more
Number of words: 2,450 The phenomenal rise of the SUV all started with a squabble over chicken. It was 1963 – the height of the Cold War – and US president Lyndon Johnson was fuming over a tax that France and West Germany had imposed on cheap, intensively-farmed US chicken flooding European supermarkets. In December … Read more
Number of words: 1,972 Unless you’ve spent quality time on the International Space Station, this is probably not a view you are super familiar with. This is the east coast of the United States. That’s New York down there in the lower right, and it’s a band of light all the way up through Washington … Read more
Number of words: 632 Toyota Motor and Volkswagen each sell 10 million cars, give or take, every year. Tesla delivered about 367,500 in 2019. But when it comes to electronics technology, Elon Musk’s scrappy company is far ahead of the industry giants. This is the takeaway from Nikkei Business Publications’ teardown of the Model 3, the … Read more
Number of words: 1,922 If you’re on the hunt for a new job, there’s a new twist to the hiring process that’s increasingly common: Getting judged by artificial intelligence. Major businesses like Unilever and Ikea are turning to AI programs to sniff out suitable applicants — and predict future job performance — partly as a way … Read more
Copyright © 2022 Bulls Eye - All rights reserved