Age gives you an edge in the workplace. Here’s how. | Melanie Katzman | Big Think
MELANIE KATZMAN Dr. Melanie Katzman is the author of the #1 WSJ bestseller CONNECT FIRST: 52 Simple Ways to Ignite Success, Meaning, and Joy at Work (McGraw-Hill; October 22, 2019). She is a business psychologist, advisor, and consultant to the world’s top public and private companies, government agencies and nonprofits.
Identifican un perfil de personas capaces de controlar el VIH sin tratamiento
Investigación y Desarrollo Investigadores de Barcelona, Madrid y Sevilla han identificado un perfil de personas capaces de controlar el VIH sin tratamiento tras analizar a tres pacientes, un hombre y dos mujeres, que contrajeron la infección hace 25 años y tienen el virus indetectable en sangre sin haber tomado nunca antirretrovirales. El estudio, que publica […]
Want to be a better leader? Take off the mask. | Peter Fuda | Big Think
There are two kinds of masks leaders wear. Executive coach Peter Fuda likens one to The Phantom of the Opera—projecting perfectionism to hide feelings of inadequacy—and the other to The Mask, where leaders assume a persona of toughness or brashness because they imagine it projects the power needed for the position. Both of those masks […]
Una vacuna desarrollada por el ejército de EU induce potentes anticuerpos contra el Zika
Investigación y Desarrollo Un nuevo estudio dirigido por científicos del Instituto de Investigación del Ejército Walter Reed de Estados Unidos (WRAIR) ha demostrado por primera vez que una sola dosis de una vacuna experimental contra el Zika puede aumentar la inmunidad preexistente al flavivirus y provocar respuestas protectoras de anticuerpos neutralizantes cruzados contra virus Zika […]
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Hidden secrets of DaVinci’s Virgin of the Rocks
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Un algoritmo desvela dibujos ocultos en una obra maestra de Da Vinci [VIDEO]
Investigación y Desarrollo Un nuevo algoritmo ha sido empleado para ayudar a visualizar dibujos ocultos debajo de la Virgen de las Rocas de Leonardo Da Vinci. El profesor Pier Luigi Dragotti del Imperial College London y la doctora Catherine Higgitt de la National Gallery utilizaron el nuevo algoritmo combinado con una técnica llamada escaneo de […]
Neil deGrasse Tyson: Science journalism has a problem | Big Think
Journalists writing about science have become more science fluent over the past 20 years, but the need to be first and the practice of giving equal exposure to opposing views regardless of scientific evidence (e.g. climate change) has been detrimental to the public’s understanding of the facts. Reporting on science from the «frontier» doesn’t provide […]
Dragging the Space-time Continuum
Artist’s depiction of a neutron star orbiting a rapidly-spinning white dwarf. The white dwarf’s spin drags the very fabric of space-time around with it, causing the orbit to tumble in space. Credit: Mark Myers, OzGrav ARC Centre of Excellence/Swinburne University of Technology
How Singapore Is Putting A New Face on AI
Sponsor Content produced by Insider Studios with Dell Technologies A national-level focus on developing AI skills in Singapore is resulting in advances in robotics and image processing, as well as a new generation of apprentices trained to make artificial intelligence part of day-to-day operations for businesses of all types.
Why There Could Be A Black Hole In Our Solar System
In 2016 astrophysicists, Konstantin Batygin and Mike Brown noticed unusual gravitational activity in the outer solar system. They speculated this activity was from a ninth planet situated in the Kuiper belt. But now astrophysicists James Unwin and Jakub Scholtz propose Planet 9 isn’t a planet but actually a primordial black hole.
Are the illuminati real? – Chip Berlet
The year was 1776. In Bavaria, new ideals of rationalism, religious freedom and universal human rights competed with the Catholic church’s heavy influence over public affairs. Adam Weishaupt, a law professor frustrated with the Church’s ideology, decided to spread his ideas through a secret society: the Illuminati. Chip Berlet dives into the history, ideals and […]
Conexión entre un tipo de tumor cerebral y las enfermedades neurodegenerativas
Agencia SINC Varios equipos de investigación españoles han descubierto una conexión entre los gliomas –tumores que se desarrollan en el cerebro– y las enfermedades neurodegenerativas. Los resultados revelan que la proteína TAU –relacionada con dichas patologías– se halla en las células de los gliomas y tiene la capacidad de dificultar su progresión. La proteína TAU regula la capacidad de las células tumorales para […]
The history of the world according to corn – Chris A. Kniesly
Trace the 9,000 year old history of the domestication of corn, or maize, and its effects on global agriculture.
Adam Savage’s Favorite Tools: Machinist Squares
Everyone has some kind of 90-degree angle square in their shop, but Adam advocates for a specific kind of square: the 4” machinist’s square. They allow for fine and delicate layout on small parts, something a big honking 12” square will have trouble with. Adam has them in multiple sizes going down to 3/4” long […]