Friends and colleagues from the University of Cambridge have paid tribute to Professor Stephen Hawking, who died on 14 March 2018 at the age of 76. Widely regarded as one of the world’s […]
Professor Stephen Hawking 1942-2018
Got The Message? Your Brainwaves Will Tell
Neuroscientists from KU Leuven measure brainwaves to determine whether people understand what they hear. The new technique was developed by Professor Tom Francart and his colleagues from the Department of Neurosciences at […]
Watching Others Makes People Overconfident in their Own Abilities
Watching YouTube videos, Instagram demos, and Facebook tutorials may make us feel as though we’re acquiring all sorts of new skills but it probably won’t make us experts, according to research published in Psychological Science, […]
Researchers Call For Large-Scale Scientific Investigation Into Fake News
The indictment of 13 Russians in the operation of a “troll farm” that spread false information related to the 2016 U.S. presidential election has renewed the spotlight on the power of “fake […]
When a Competitor Abandons the Market, Should You Advance or Retreat?
Companies pay close attention when a competitor drops out of the market, according to new research by Joshua Lev Krieger. Too often, though, they come to the wrong conclusion. In late 2016 drug […]
Which News Outlets Have the Most Power? Columbia Business School Research Spotlights Information Inequality in 18 Countries and Identifies Top News Outlets
Latest Columbia Business School Research of 18 Countries Shows TV Remains the Most Dominate and Influential Source; Fox News, CNN, and MSNBC/NBC Deemed “Most Powerful” NEW YORK – Amid the increased prevalence […]
March 24, 2018: The Oxford-Cambridge Boat Race Seminar
Title: The Oxford-Cambridge Boat Race Seminar Date: 24 March 2018 Time: 4.31pm & 5.32pm Venue: Putney Embankment (Close to the start line) + Wimbledon Past Oxford-Cambridge Boat Race Seminars by The Future Leadership Institute: […]
LSD Produces A New Type Of ‘Harmonic’ Order In The Brain, According To Neuroimaging Study
New brain published in the journal Scientific Reports sheds new light on how LSD produces its psychedelic effects. The drug resulted in the “emergence of new type of order in the brain,” the researchers […]
Before Reefs Become Deserts: Keeping Coral Healthy In Hawaii
Researchers develop novel approach to understand both human and environmental impacts on coral reef health across the Hawaiian Islands. Many of Hawaii’s once-thriving coral reefs are now struggling to recover from recent […]
Artistic Licence: How Hunger Was Used As A Deadly Weapon In WWI
If you were asked to name a weapon used in World War I, you’d probably think of gas attacks, or artillery, or tanks. But another unusual weapon was battering people across the […]
Identification Of Brain Region Responsible For Alleviating Pain Could Lead To Development Of Opioid Alternatives
Researchers from the UK & Japan have identified how the brain’s natural painkilling system could be used as a possible alternative to opioids for the effective relief of chronic pain, which affects […]
Mission-oriented Innovation Could Stimulate Growth While Tackling Plastic In Seas, Dirty Cities And Dementia
A plastic-free ocean, 100 carbon neutral cities by 2030 and cutting dementia by 50% are highlighted as examples of missions that could drive innovation and economic growth in a report for the […]
The Military Must Transform For The Digital Age
Artificial intelligence (AI), unmanned and autonomous machines and other new technologies should be embraced by Western militaries so they are equipped to face the threats of the digital age, argues a new […]
Web-based Teaching Can Improve Science Understanding For Struggling Pupils
Web-based learning tools can help deepen science knowledge among all middle school students, and ease the science literacy gap for underachieving students, according to a three-year study published today in the International Journal […]
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