‘Grab a leash and take your thoughts for a walk.’
Said Henry David Thoreau, “Methinks that the moment my legs begin to move, my thoughts begin to flow.” Walking boosts creativity. If you ever get...
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When sharing is forgetting
We are not only taking too many photographs and spending little time looking at them, but we’re also inhibiting in our memory in the act....
To single-space or double-space after a period? Here’s what the science says…
The rules of spacing have been wildly inconsistent going back to the invention of the printing press. The original printing of the U.S. Declaration of...
Human brains are hardwired for rural landscapes
According to a study done by psychologists at Exeter University, humans are hardwired for rural environments. An MRI scanner revealed that human brains grow confused at the...
Blame the humans, not the bots, for retweeting false news
According to research done by data scientists at MIT, it is humans, not bots, which disseminate false news. The study began with the 2013 Boston...
Why some children struggle to hold pencils
According to doctors, you can blame tech for children’s inability to hold pencils. Apparently all that screen time is doing nothing to strengthen their thumb,...
The simple technique that boosts your short and long-term memory
Want to remember more of what you read? Give your brain a 10-15 minute rest. No phones, no distractions, just pure boredom, a quiet room...
This professor describes the future educated person
Dear digital denizens, please rest easy. That so-called ‘internet addiction’ you have is an evolution of what humans have been doing along — curating, collecting,...