Princeton Researchers Crowdsource Brain Mapping With Gamers, Discover Six New Neuron Types
With the help of a quarter-million video game players, Princeton researchers have created and shared detailed maps of more than 1,000 neurons — and they’re just getting started. “Working with Eyewirers around […]
How Companies Can Use the Data They Collect to Further the Public Good
By the end of 2017, Yelp had amassed more than 140 million reviews of local businesses. While the company’s mission focuses on helping people find local businesses more easily, this wealth of […]
Mental Health Awareness Week: Which Generation Is Most Stressed?
Millennials and Generation X are both feeling burnt out, suggest findings. As part of Mental Health Awareness Week, the MHF surveyed more than 4,500 people on stress in the UK. Those aged […]
How The US Withdrawal From The Iran Nuclear Deal Will Affect Iran’s Economy
Donald Trump’s decision to unilaterally pull the US out of the Iran nuclear deal doesn’t just have important political and security implications. Because sanctions are at the heart of the deal, it will also […]
Study: Conspiracy theorists are not necessarily paranoid
A new study from psychologists Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz helps to untangle the relationship between belief in conspiracy theories and paranoia. The researchers found that conspiracy theorists are not necessarily paranoid. […]
The U.S. Debt is an Unsolvable Crisis
Trending stories recently have included foreign policy, airplane safety and Michael Pompeo’s likelihood of becoming secretary of state. Less has been reported about the just released Congressional Budget Office report that forecasts […]
Six Ways Open Banking Will Transform Financial Services
You take out your smartphone and log onto Amazon to make a credit card payment, transfer some money into your ISA savings account and, as a small business owner, check your current […]
Why People And Robots Can Co-Exist In The Workplace
Machines are getting smarter, but many tasks and roles still need a human touch. Knowledge workers and robots that gather and mine data can co-exist in a world powered by artificial intelligence […]
Editing Brain Activity With Holography
What if we could edit the sensations we feel; paste in our brain pictures that we never saw, cut out unwanted pain or insert non-existent scents into memory? UC Berkeley neuroscientists are […]
An End to Traffic Jams? It Might Not Be a Dream
Three emerging technologies could soon transform the way we drive and go a long way toward eliminating traffic jams. In a new paper, Michael Ostrovsky of Stanford Graduate School of Business outlines these technologies — […]
Mr Frans Goetghebeur, Former Speaker At Bree/Schilde Summit Passes Away
We are sad to inform you Mr Frans Goetghebeur, former Chairman of the European Buddhist Union has passed away. Mr Goetghebeur was one of the speakers at the Bree/Schilde Summit in 2010. […]
Taming Big Tech, According To London School Of Economics
In the early days of the internet, the view that it would liberate, inform and empower people as a force for good was widely held. But following a series of scandals, where […]
New Technology Could Wean The Battery World Off Cobalt
Lithium-based batteries use more than 50 percent of all cobalt produced in the world. These batteries are in your cell phone, laptop and maybe even your car. About 50 percent of the […]
Ancient Bones Suggest First Humans Travelled Further Than We Think
Scientists have discovered an ancient bone in Saudi Arabia, dating back to 90,000 years ago. The relic is the oldest human (Homo sapiens) fossil to have been found outside of Africa and […]
