Perfectionistic students get higher grades, but at what cost?

Student performance matters. Students who perform well have better health, earn a larger income and contribute more to society than those who perform poorly. | Continue reading


@phys.org | 4 years ago

Chemist creates catalyst to produce anti-mosquito substances

A chemist from RUDN University has developed a catalyst for the production of eugenol acetate, a substance that destroys the larvae of mosquitoes transmitting dangerous diseases. The article was published in the journal Materials. | Continue reading


@phys.org | 4 years ago

Invisible Life

A hopeful celebration of female camaraderie and strength. | Continue reading


@rogerebert.com | 4 years ago

Hollywood’s Formula: The rules that make films great

The rules that make films great | Continue reading


@medium.com | 4 years ago

Only Cloud Knows

While Feng’s latest may be unbearably sentimental and too blunt, it’s also good enough, if you’re looking for a little romance and a good cry. | Continue reading


@rogerebert.com | 4 years ago

Togo

A smart, affectionately made tale about an underdog and his musher. | Continue reading


@rogerebert.com | 4 years ago

XX44PANDA44XX’s Xbox Clip

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@xbox-clips.com | 4 years ago

We calculated CO2 emissions from Bolt rides to balance them out

Bolt is using technology to improve urban mobility. We are working towards a future with less traffic, fewer parking lots and lighter… | Continue reading


@medium.com | 4 years ago

A Review of Netflix’s Metaflow

tl;dr Metaflow is a framework that alleviates several infrastructure-related pains data scientists experience in their projects. It takes… | Continue reading


@medium.com | 4 years ago

Berlin's bright sky isn't great for bats

People can hardly imagine a city without night-time street lighting. But how do nocturnal animals such as bats respond to the illuminated urban landscape? In a recent study, scientists from the Leibniz Institute for Zoo and Wildlife Research (Leibniz-IZW), together with German an … | Continue reading


@phys.org | 4 years ago

What Would (Person) Do?

When making decisions, ask yourself, What would (person) do? | Continue reading


@medium.com | 4 years ago

Bark beetles control pathogenic fungi

Ants and honeybees share nests of hundreds or thousands of individuals in a very small space. Hence the risk is high that infectious diseases may spread rapidly. In order to reduce this risk, the animals have developed special social behaviors that are referred to as "social immu … | Continue reading


@phys.org | 4 years ago

Researchers produce first laser ultrasound images of humans

Technique may help remotely image and assess health of infants, burn victims, and accident survivors in hard-to-reach places. | Continue reading


@news.mit.edu | 4 years ago

Real-Time music recommendations for new users with Amazon SageMaker

How we leverage the information a user provides at registration to surface the best personalized music recommendations in real-time. | Continue reading


@tech.iheart.com | 4 years ago

Higher carbon dioxide levels could muddle our thinking

A team of researchers from the University of Colorado Boulder, the Colorado School of Public Health and the University of Pennsylvania has found evidence that suggests higher CO2 levels in the future may adversely impact the cognitive abilities of students in classrooms. The grou … | Continue reading


@phys.org | 4 years ago

Chemist develops flower-like catalysts from graphene

A RUDN chemist and colleagues from Iran have developed a new strategy for producing hollow, porous catalysts for the Heck coupling reaction. These catalysts are characterized by a flower-like structure. They consist of graphene, on the surface of which layered aluminum-cobalt hyd … | Continue reading


@phys.org | 4 years ago

Capturing alien comets: Simulating rogue bodies on their journey through the solar system

There should be interstellar comets hiding in our solar system after making a journey of many light-years. Maybe we have already seen one but believed it was a "normal" comet formed in the solar system, according to Tom Hands, astrophysicist at the University of Zürich and member … | Continue reading


@phys.org | 4 years ago

Revealing the structure of axons

Recent studies have shown that under the axonal membrane, rings composed of actin filaments give the structure its flexibility. But those studies had not been able to define the precise architecture of these rings. By combining two microscopy techniques, optical and electronic, F … | Continue reading


@phys.org | 4 years ago

The 'airbag' that protects cells against stress

Scientists at the Centro Nacional de Investigaciones Cardiovasculares (CNIC) have identified the molecular mechanisms that allow cells to survive mechanical stress. The results, published today in Nature Communications, show that cells produce molecules that act as a type of "air … | Continue reading


@phys.org | 4 years ago

Biomedical law experts suggest it's time to expand the legal term for 'human'

A pair of biomedical law experts, one with McGill University the other Stanford University, are suggesting in a Policy Forum piece in the journal Science that it might be time to expand the legal term for "human." In their paper, Bartha Knoppers and Henry Greely argue that recent … | Continue reading


@phys.org | 4 years ago

Survey reveals low awareness of volcanic hazards in Australia

Heather Handley pointed out two large photos on her poster at AGU Fall Meeting last week: a bouncing kangaroo and a dreamy beach scene, two things commonly associated with Australia, where Handley is an associate professor in volcanology at Macquarie University. But Handley wasn' … | Continue reading


@phys.org | 4 years ago

Social shorts: Facebook tests Brand Collabs tool on IG, Twitter beefs up safety council, YouTube creators protest censorship

The social media marketing week in review: A round up of news and announcements you may have missed. | Continue reading


@marketingland.com | 4 years ago

The Decade in Fame

It engulfed everything, and look where we are now. | Continue reading


@slate.com | 4 years ago

Charityware – Doing Good with Proceeds from Software Purchases

An app I created just crossed 1,000 purchases last month so it’s a good time to reflect on my “business model”. It’s pay what you want… | Continue reading


@medium.com | 4 years ago

ELI5 Keyless Trading

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@tide.org | 4 years ago

What’s next for Facebook’s Libra? It may have little to do with the coin

The future of Facebook’s Libra may lie in its blockchain, and what third-party developers do with it, than anything to do with the stablecoin. | Continue reading


@decrypt.co | 4 years ago

It's even worse than it appears. | Continue reading


@scripting.com | 4 years ago

/Filmcast Ep. 548 – Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker

David, Devindra, Jeff, and Peter awaken to devote an entire episode to Star Wars: Episode IX – The Rise of Skywalker, the third installment in the Star Wars sequel trilogy. Are the cast ready for the return of the J.J. Abrams? Or are they reminiscing the last director? Stay tuned … | Continue reading


@slashfilm.com | 4 years ago

How big a problem is ocean polystyrene pollution?

If you've been to the beach, you're familiar with the joys of beach food—all the way from shaved ice raspados in Mexico to fish and chips in England. And in many cases these treats come bundled up in plastic. A particularly prevalent example is the takeaway container or cup made … | Continue reading


@phys.org | 4 years ago

Scientists study manta rays' impressive ability to heal

"Whoopi' the manta ray—a regular visitor to Western Australia's Ningaloo Reef—has helped University of Queensland and Murdoch University scientists study rays' impressive ability to heal. | Continue reading


@phys.org | 4 years ago

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@impot.us | 4 years ago

Recent rise in CFC emissions could delay ozone hole healing by almost 20 years

The recently discovered increase in emissions of trichlorofluoromethane (CFC-11) may delay the recovery of the Antarctic ozone hole by over a decade if it continues, suggests a modelling study in Nature Communications. Although uncertainties exist regarding the levels of CFC-11 e … | Continue reading


@phys.org | 4 years ago

Alpine Linux Adds ‘Initial Support’ for KDE, GNOME Desktops

Alpine Linux 3.11 has been released and alongside Linux kernel 5.4 and updated packages comes "initial support" for KDE and GNOME desktops. | Continue reading


@omgubuntu.co.uk | 4 years ago

Apple's most significant moves of 2019 (Macworld)

With 2019 rapidly dwindling before us, Dan Moren runs down Apple’s biggest moves over the past twelve months. | Continue reading


@macworld.com | 4 years ago

H-1B Electronic Pre-Registration: Streamlining or Chaos?

Come next year, tech firms that want to hire H-1B visa workers will face a process that’s supposed to be simplified… but might turn into a complete | Continue reading


@insights.dice.com | 4 years ago

UK Politicos Brexit from Whatsapp to Signal

Take a break from calling for the end of e2e, so they can switch encrypted chat apps | Continue reading


@theregister.co.uk | 4 years ago

New technique increases 3-D printing speed by 1,000 to 10,000 times

Ultraprecise 3-D printing technology is a key enabler for manufacturing precision biomedical and photonic devices. However, the existing printing technology is limited by its low efficiency and high cost. Professor Shih-Chi Chen and his team from the Department of Mechanical and … | Continue reading


@phys.org | 4 years ago

International Seminar on Sports Archives

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@digitalmeetsculture.net | 4 years ago

Study busts 9 to 5 model for academic work

QUT's Professor Adrian Barnett led the research which examined more than 49,000 manuscript and 76,000 peer review online submissions to The BMJ and The BMJ Open, measuring whether the submissions were made on weekends, national holidays or late at night. | Continue reading


@phys.org | 4 years ago

Boeing's Starliner Won't Reach Space Station, NASA Chief Says

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@space.com | 4 years ago

How Japan’s Rail Network Survived the Earthquake (2011)

A brief 12-15 seconds before a massive earthquake of 8.9 magnitude hit mainland Japan on the afternoon of 11 March...Read More... | Continue reading


@railway-technology.com | 4 years ago

European Union Digital Evidence Situation Report 2019 [pdf]

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@europol.europa.eu | 4 years ago

Istanbul, zkRollup, and Ethereum throughput limits: an analysis

By some estimates zkRollup could help Ethereum increase its throughput to 3000 transactions per second (tps). This essay is an attempt to verify this claim. | Continue reading


@iden3.io | 4 years ago

Ketamine became the drug of choice for our dissociated moment

How ketamine became the vice of choice for our dissociated moment. | Continue reading


@thecut.com | 4 years ago

Resolving disputes through computer evidence: lessons from the Post Office Trial

On Monday, the final judgement in the Post Office trial was handed down, finding in favour of the claimants on all counts. The outcome will be of particular interest to the group of 587 claimants who brought the case against Post Office Limited, but the judgement also illustrates … | Continue reading


@benthamsgaze.org | 4 years ago

Funding Friday: The Ifs

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@avc.com | 4 years ago

Bringing Legacy Fiber Optic Cables Up to Speed

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@spectrum.ieee.org | 4 years ago

ACM signs letter opposing free distribution of peer-reviewed journal articles

MORE THAN 135 SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH AND PUBLISHING ORGANIZATIONS JOIN TOGETHER IN OPPOSITION  TO PROPOSED ADMINISTRATION POLICY FORCING IMMEDIATE FREE DISTRIBUTION OF PEER-REVIEWED JOURNAL ARTICLESProposed Policy Would Undermine American Science, Research, Intellectual Property, an … | Continue reading


@newsroom.publishers.org | 4 years ago