- How many calories does it take to bring a calorie to the ISS? | Albert Einstein
How many calories does it take to bring a calorie to the ISS? | Albert Einstein:
The answer is about 1.6 candy bars worth of energy, which is rather less than I would’ve guessed.
- PLOS ONE: Who Multi-Tasks and Why? Multi-Tasking Ability, Perceived Multi-Tasking Ability, Impulsivity, and Sensation Seeking
PLOS ONE: Who Multi-Tasks and Why? Multi-Tasking Ability, Perceived Multi-Tasking Ability, Impulsivity, and Sensation Seeking:
Finally, the findings suggest that people often engage in multi-tasking because they are less able to block out distractions and focus on a singular task. Participants with less executive control – low scorers on the Operation Span task and persons high in impulsivity – tended to report higher levels of multi-tasking activity.
In other words, people who like to multi-task and think they’re good at it are pretty much delusional.
- Synesthesia traced to colors of kids magnetic letters: Learning and memory may play central role
Synesthesia traced to colors of kids magnetic letters: Learning and memory may play central role:
In a new study, researchers Nathan Witthoft and Jonathan Winawer of Stanford University present data from 11 color grapheme synesthetes who had startlingly similar color-letter pairings that were traceable to childhood toys containing magnetic colored letters.
Fascinating what the brain chooses to absorb…
- 'He Didn't Seem Crazy': Where Violence Meets Health Care – Jeff Deeney – The Atlantic
‘He Didn’t Seem Crazy’: Where Violence Meets Health Care – Jeff Deeney – The Atlantic:
…who at the time was not taking medication to treat his schizophrenia and who compounded his mental health problems by abusing PCP
An interesting turn of phrase and an interesting debate.
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