In noisy situations, your words and gestures help you to be understood
Communication seems natural to us, but there are plenty of situations where background noise makes it hard for us to understand each other. In those moments, gesturing can come in handy, particularly if conversations in your native language are takin.....»»
Vehicle stop study illuminates importance of officer"s first words
Eugenia Rho believes in the importance of first impressions, especially during vehicle stops......»»
Database stores names for family members in 1,200+ languages
The words different cultures use to describe family members have revealed some intriguing insights—including why in Balto-Slavic languages there is a complicated relationship between in-laws and weasels......»»
Study points out errors in illustrations of one of the most famous scientific experiments
Illustrations of scientific experiments play a fundamental role in both science education and the dissemination of scientific knowledge to the general public. Confirming the adage that "a picture is worth a thousand words," these depictions of famous.....»»
The best noise-canceling headphones of 2023: Sony, Bose, and more
It's a noisy world, but our picks of the best noise-canceling headphones will help hush it for you while making music, podcasts, and other sounds even sweeter......»»
Plant cells use mechanical cues to regenerate damaged tissues, shows study
Plants have an impressive ability to regenerate damaged tissues, but how they do it is not fully understood. Now, researchers from Japan have discovered the mechanisms involved in this superpower......»»
Anthropic’s Claude AI can now digest an entire book like The Great Gatsby in seconds
Claude's input memory grows to 75,000 words, beating GPT-4 by a wide margin. Enlarge / An AI-generated image of a robot reading a book. (credit: Benj Edwards / Stable Diffusion) On Thursday, AI company Anthropic announce.....»»
Study: Spanish courts hand down milder sentences for rapes if they are committed by the victim"s partner or ex-partner
Just four years ago, the Spanish Supreme Court pointed out in a ruling that there is no such thing as a "conjugal debt." In other words, a woman is not obliged to satisfy her husband's sexual needs. It may come as a surprise that this point still nee.....»»
Full-featured Final Cut Pro & Logic Pro coming to iPad in May
Apple is bringing its Final Cut Pro and Logic Pro apps to the iPad as subscriptions for artists and musicians with multi-touch gestures and machine learning features.iPad gets Logic Pro and Final Cut ProStarting from Tuesday, May 23, Final Cut Pro an.....»»
Magnetic energy strings flex, wiggle and reconnect in a nanomagnetic array
A multi-institutional team exploring the physics of collective behavior has developed and measured a model nanomagnetic array in which the behavior can be best understood as that of a set of wiggling strings. The strings, which are composed of connec.....»»
Research exposes differences between how men and women compete against each other
It is well understood that in the labor market there exist wage gaps between men and women, and in general, women have had to fight to break the "glass ceiling" to get to upper management in the workplace. The causes of the gender gap may be multiple.....»»
Study presents new clues about the rise of Earth"s continents
Continents are part of what makes Earth uniquely habitable for life among the planets of the solar system, yet surprisingly little is understood about what gave rise to these huge pieces of the planet's crust and their special properties......»»
Chimpanzees combine calls to communicate new meaning
A key feature of human language is our ability to combine words into larger compositional phrases, where the meaning of the whole is related to the meaning of the parts. Where this ability came from or how it evolved, however, is less clear......»»
Apple Arcade adds 20 new games today, including 4 originals
Apple Arcade just added 20 games, including a TMNT roguelike and a Disney twist on Words With Friends......»»
Study shows more woodlands will not impact tourism
Hiking, cycling, climbing and boating. When we take time off from work or school, we like to go out into nature. The landscape in other words play an important role for our vacations. To promote biodiversity and carbon sequestration there is a focus.....»»
Wastewater microfibers contribute to potential pollution on Kenyan coastline
Washing clothes releases microfibers, which can be synthetic (plastic) and non-synthetic, but little is understood about the environmental impact. To better understand this, researchers teamed up with the Flipflopi project, an initiative which uses t.....»»
Fur seals on a remote island chain are exposed to huge amounts of toxic heavy metals, yet somehow, they"re healthy
Juan Fernández fur seals are so poorly understood that they were considered extinct for nearly a century before a remnant population which had managed to evade generations of hunters was rediscovered in the 1960s......»»
Jony Ive spent the past 4 years perfecting his typeface. Here’s why he’ll never be done
LoveFrom’s signature typeface is 300 years in the making. Here, Ive and his team take us inside the design for the first time, and explain what it means for the secretive studio. Jony Ive is a man who chooses his words carefully.Read Full Sto.....»»
AI for security is here. Now we need security for AI
As the mass adoption and application of AI are fairly new, the security of AI is not yet well understood. Why we must change that — now. As the mass adoption and application of AI are fairly new, the security of AI is not yet well understood. W.....»»
Information Theory Finds the Best Wordle Starting Words
Information theory can help people mathematically calculate the best starting guess for the popular online game.....»»
A recent research on the effects of central bank balance sheet policies
Central bank balance sheet policies are among the most popular stabilization policy tools but are still poorly understood theoretically and empirically. A new study by Bocconi University, Milan, professors Luigi Iovino and Dmitriy Sergeyev published.....»»