Garfield Benjamin, Solent University Not content with monitoring almost everything you do online, Facebook now wants to read your mind as well. The social media giant recently announced a breakthrough in its plan to create a device that reads people’s brainwaves to allow them to type just by thinking. And Elon Musk wants to go even further. One of the Tesla boss’s other companies, Neuralink, is developing a brain implant to connect people’s minds directly to a computer. Musk admits that he takes inspiration from science fiction, and that he wants to make sure humans can “keep up” with artificial…
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Willie Chinyamurindi, University of Fort Hare Women in South Africa are in a far better position economically now than they were at the dawn of democracy two decades ago. This is thanks largely to laws and policies designed to diversify the country’s public and private sectors after apartheid. Legislation is one way to improve the lot of women in the workplace. The other involves what Aretha Franklin and Annie Lennox call “sisters doing it for themselves” – individual women taking their careers into their own hands and mentoring their peers to do the same. One way in which women can…
Holy Humour Taking a break. God is talking to one of his angels and says, “Do you know what I have just done? I have just created a 24-hour period of alternating light and darkness on Earth. Isn’t that good?” The angel says, “Yes, but what will you do now?” God says, “I think I’ll call it a day.” Sunday Quote “I don’t believe…
Unlike the good days of yore, we roast like oxen on hot coal! A man screams fire! Fire! We swing to action by setting up a tripod, moving our fingers in the rhythmic flick, clicks! We are delightful news pioneers, stacking up contents for our fans and blogs rather than helping a distressing compatriot. Our lives rest on the shoulders of callous licensed men of guns, pronouncing upon us guilt with their bullets ploughed into our lungs. Maybe the sporadic shooting is strategic – to shrink the plebeians. The land groans of the agony of a trapped rat in…
Reading 1 2 Cor 11:18, 21-30 Brothers and sisters: Since many boast according to the flesh, I too will boast. To my shame I say that we were too weak! But what anyone dares to boast of (I am speaking in foolishness) I also dare. Are they Hebrews? So am I. Are they children of Israel? So am I. Are they descendants of Abraham? So am I. Are they ministers of Christ? (I am talking like an insane person). I am still more, with far greater labors, far more imprisonments, far worse beatings, and numerous brushes with death. Five times…
Scott Lear, Simon Fraser University There is a movement afoot (pun intended) to get more people exercising by involving their family doctors. In the United Kingdom, the government recently released Moving Medicine — an online resource to help doctors talk to their patients about the importance of exercise in relation to conditions as diverse as cancer and dementia. This is a welcome initiative given that physical inactivity is the fourth leading cause of death in the world, according to the World Health Organization. The benefits of exercise have been proven over and over again: Exercise reduces risk of depression, type…
Dr. Elena Merenda, University of Guelph-Humber and Nikki Martyn, University of Guelph-Humber In Ontario, Education Minister Lisa Thompson recently announced she will be consulting with education partners on the possibility of removing hard caps on class sizes. Kindergarten classes are capped at 29 and grades 1, 2 and 3 have a cap of 23 students. Regular caps could sometimes be higher due to children moving in and out of a class. There are many particular reasons why both teachers and students won’t do as well with larger class sizes. For example, more children means less time for teachers to attend…
Traditional and Contemporary focuses on Ankara fabric spliced with contemporary tailoring. African fashion has taken a spike in creative designing over the years and we are ultra-excited to be documenting its progress one stylish picture at a time. Every Fashion Friday, we’ll be surfing through social media streets to find design inspirations for our Pride Woman (which is you, by the way). See our weekly style catalogue. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Ankara Digest by LAMLAN (@ankaradigest) on Aug 13, 2019 at 2:52am PDT View this post on Instagram A post shared by Merveillebysassi (@merveillebysassi)…
Laugh Quote “Doctors are just the same as lawyers; the only difference is that lawyers merely rob you, whereas doctors rob you and kill you too.”– Anton Chekhov You just saved my life There was this guy at a bar, just looking at his drink. He stays like that for half of an hour. Then, this big trouble-making truck driver steps next to him takes the drink from the guy and just drinks it all down. The poor man starts crying. The truck driver says, “Come on man, I was just joking. Here, I’ll buy you another drink. I just…
Ryan Schacht, University of Utah and Monique Borgerhoff Mulder, University of California, Davis Popular wisdom and established evolutionary science hold that the sexes seek fundamentally different relationships: men want short-term, no-strings-attached relationships whereas women value longer-term, loyal partnerships. The explanation generally comes down to biological differences between men and women. Because women invest more in reproduction than men do – think pregnancy, morning sickness and stretchmarks – being picky becomes important because choosing poorly can be costly, even devastating. However, for men, reproduction may only entail a brief sexual liaison and a bit of sperm – there are potentially no…