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(Yoshiyoshi Hirokawa/Getty Images) Deep down, everyone just wants to be understood. And regardless of what language we speak, or whether we are blind or sighted, new research hints at a shared, universal non-verbal communication system that comes to life when we gesture without talking. The study of children aged 3 to 12 years old was led by…
While we know plastic is terrible for marine life, detecting plastic pollution in the ocean is notoriously challenging. Plastics come in many colors, break down to microscopic sizes, and are made of a variety of chemicals. Adding to the problem is the vast size of the ocean, to which millions of tons of plastic are added each year. It is essential to identify which parts of the ocean collect the most plastic to effectively target cleanup and pollution prevention efforts. Might satellites bolstered with machine learning be up for the oceanic task of tracking plastic pollution? According to research recently published in Nature Communications, yes.
While hype around the metaverse hasn't gone anywhere, there's something brewing that's actually being practically applied in companies: AR instead of VR. Although Apple's Vision Pro is at this point ludicrously expensive, there are far cheaper options that are already providing practical benefits.
illustration by Angelica Alzona for Forbes In the early June, Amanda Claypool was looking for a job at a fast-food restaurant in Asheville, North Carolina. But she faced an unexpected and annoying …
Researchers in neuroscience, psychology and education are uncovering new information about how brains learn best at an unbelievable pace. We have more insight into the brain’s learning processes th…
NFC technology has started gaining momentum and its application in various fields and businesses is increasing every single day. Businesses are going to need NFC technology in their everyday operat…
I want to make something clear before we dive into this topic. I made huge mistakes in classroom management as a teacher. I let certain disruptive behaviors go unchecked because I was tired and I d…
The business world is driven by buying and selling transactions—also known as commerce. Today, the business world sees technological advances and societal changes driving an e-commerce boom. Amazon…
What started out as a necessity has turned into a way of life for many: remote work. Over two years after the start of the Covid-19 pandemic and the subsequent shift to remote work, experts are sta…
Chinese internet giants have become compliant parts of the regime they promised to disrupt. For Tencent’s Pony Ma and other tycoons the future is fraught. In April 2022, a resurgence of Covid sprea…
Regulatory T cells interact with skin cells using glucocorticoid hormones to generate new hair follicles and promote hair growth. The could have positive implications for the development of new the…
You may be familiar with the saying “The future starts now.” As catchy as this phrase may be, it is fundamentally not true. The future doesn’t start now, or tomorrow, or next month—at least not if …
How many extraterrestrial intelligent civilizations are out there and when will one of them send us a message? The answers, according to a paper published in The Astrophysical Journal are 42,777 an…
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Social media is shaping our lives, and it's influencing the way we connect, communicate & make decisions in the 21st Century. From brand reputation & credibility to product quality assessment & recommendations, customers now rely heavily on social media. According to a recent survey, over 82% of people trust social networks to guide purchasing decisions, and 80% of consumers have purchased something via…
(Yoshiyoshi Hirokawa/Getty Images) Deep down, everyone just wants to be understood. And regardless of what language we speak, or whether we are blind or sighted, new research hints at a shared, uni…Deep down, everyone just wants to be understood. And regardless of what language we speak, or whether we are blind or sighted, new research hints at a shared, universal non-verbal communication system that comes to life when we gesture without talking. The study of children aged 3 to 12 years old was led by Şeyda Özçalışkan, a psychological scientist at Georgia State University in Atlanta and native Turkish speaker who studies language development in different types of learners and different language speakers.
Getty Images Unmuting, raising your hand, chiming in—interruptions are simply awkward on Zoom. Here’s how to effectively—and politely—interrupt someone in a virtual meeting, according to experts. A…
Getty Images Technology today presents us with a paradox, both as consumers and professionals. Increasingly, the productivity and communication tools we’ve become so reliant on are negatively affec…
Stephanie Arnett/MITTR New large language models will transform many jobs. Whether they will lead to widespread prosperity or not is up to us.Whether it’s based on hallucinatory beliefs or not, an …
It has been difficult for “non-techy” folks (the vast majority of us) to wrap our heads around what Progressive Web Apps are, and how they can benefit our businesses and organizations. The Answer I…
It used to be that hard skills were valued more than soft skills in the workplace. But that has changed significantly over the last several years. According to Rohan Rajiv, Director of Product Mana…
As the modern workplace evolves, its associated practices must too. An office used to mean a fixed location, now it’s anywhere with an internet connection or something to write with. A multi-millio…
Our planet set a record for completing one rotation faster than scientists had ever previously recorded, according to TimeAndDate.com. Earth rotated once around its axis on Wednesday, June 29, in 1…
Microsoft Corp. (MSFT), one of the world’s biggest tech companies, sells personal computing devices, cloud systems and services, software, and other products.1 With products geared toward bot…
Strategic thinking is a critical skill in life. Interestingly, a lot of us hear about it for the first time in our lives through our managers “You are great at execution, but you need to start thin…
Earlier this year, I predicted the rise of intelligent business practices as a trend shaping Australian small-to-medium businesses. Barely two months on, things have already progressed to the point…
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