Human societies evolve along similar paths (University of Exeter)
PUBLIC RELEASE: 18-DEC-2017 Societies ranging from ancient Rome and the Inca empire to modern Britain and China have evolved along similar paths, a huge new study shows. Despite their many differences,...
View ArticleSteven Pinker talks Donald Trump, the media, and how the world is better off...
Updated 22 Feb 2018, 4:12pm VIDEO: Steven Pinker talks Donald Trump’s “counter-enlightenment” movement and how the world is better than ever before(The World) “By many measures of human flourishing the...
View ArticleThe Pandemic Isn’t a Black Swan but a Portent of a More Fragile Global System...
newyorker.com Bernard Avishai – April 21, 2020 Nassim Nicholas Taleb is “irritated,” he told Bloomberg Television on March 31st, whenever the coronavirus pandemic is referred to as a “black swan,” the...
View ArticleNew model predicts the peaks of the COVID-19 pandemic (Science Daily)
Date: May 29, 2020 Source: Santa Fe Institute Summary: Researchers describe a single function that accurately describes all existing available data on active COVID-19 cases and deaths — and predicts...
View ArticleData fog: Why some countries’ coronavirus numbers do not add up (Al Jazeera)
Reported numbers of confirmed cases have become fodder for the political gristmill. Here is what non-politicians think. By Laura Winter – 17 Jun 2020 Have you heard the axiom “In war, truth is the...
View ArticleAn ant-inspired approach to mathematical sampling (Science Daily)
Date: June 19, 2020 Source: University of Bristol Summary: Researchers have observed the exploratory behavior of ants to inform the development of a more efficient mathematical sampling technique. In a...
View ArticleThe covid-19 pandemic is worse than official figures show (The Economist)
economist.com But some things are improving, and it will not go on for ever Sep 26th 2020 AS THE AUTUMNAL equinox passed, Europe was battening down the hatches for a gruelling winter. Intensive-care...
View ArticlePeople with extremist views less able to do complex mental tasks, research...
theguardian.com Natalie Grover, 22 Feb 2021 Cambridge University team say their findings could be used to spot people at risk from radicalisation Our brains hold clues for the ideologies we choose to...
View ArticleWe read the 4000-page IPCC climate report so you don’t have to (Quartz)
qz.com Amanda Shendruk, Tim McDonnell, David Yanofsky, Michael J. Coren Published August 10, 2021 [Check the original publication here for the text of the report with most important parts highlighted.]...
View ArticleBook Review: Discriminating Data: Correlation, Neighborhoods, and the New...
blogs.lse.ac.uk Professor David Beer – November 22nd, 2021 In Discriminating Data: Correlation, Neighborhoods, and the New Politics of Recognition, Wendy Hui Kyong Chun explores how technological...
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