Tag: knowledge
SZ climate column: Please get excited about the important things – knowledge
I don’t know if you’re sometimes on Twitter, where it’s so nice to listen to the roar of the waves of indignation. I can’t recommend it unreservedly because it’s easy…
Psychology: Is there a nicer way to fail?
Humans are amazingly bad at learning from mistakes. Psychologists try to clarify why this is so – and which strategies help to make it better. source site
Does money make you happy? What science knows about it – knowledge
Are rich people really happier than poor people, and does inflation make you sad? What speaks for the fact that money is a key to happiness from the point of…
Artificial intelligence and law: humans or machines? – Knowledge
If you think about what artificial intelligence (AI) means for the concept of human responsibility, you will eventually come across HAL. The computer from Stanley Kubrick’s “2001: A Space Odyssey”…
RKI: The flu wave has started – earlier than usual – knowledge
The flu epidemic is rolling in Germany. The Robert Koch Institute (RKI) retrospectively dates the beginning of the last week of October, as from the weekly acute respiratory disease report…
Cognitive research: do computer games make you smart?
A large study suggests that video games can have a positive effect on children’s cognition. Why parents shouldn’t rely on it anyway. source site
On drops of water through the air – knowledge
They are true jumping artists: Springtails, only millimeters in size and wingless, often live on the surface of streams, swamps or ponds and can jump more than ten times their…
Where does vitamin D deficiency come from?
One of the most common causes of a Vitamin D deficiency is too little sunlight. But also certain Kidney and liver diseases can cause vitamin D deficiency. Other factors that…
Cracks in the system: what is the condition of French nuclear power plants? – Knowledge
By Christian J Meier France’s nuclear power plants are weakening: for the whole of 2022, they will be supplying significantly less electricity than usual. The electricity export nation France imports…
An ice-cold case: new questions about the murder of Ötzi – knowledge
Of Jacob Wetzel The discovery of the body on September 19, 1991 was a stroke of luck for science. That day, two mountaineers discovered a frozen, naturally mummified dead man…