Automation Has Encouraged the Pilot’s Wandering Mind
With increasing automation, pilots may be thinking about the cold cuts they're going to buy at the deli instead of focusing on the flight.
All the Study Subjects Have Gone to Prison
Studies on health disparities are being confounded by yet another disparity: the disproportionate incarceration of black men.
The Elderly Fear Their Future Robot Friends Will Corrupt Children
Senior citizens' hesitance about using caretaking robots comes from a fear that their grandchildren will become emotionally dependent on the machines.
Science: Owning Yachts Much Better Than Merely Chartering Them
When it comes to luxury products, owning them makes you much more satisfied with your life than using them.
The Dangerous Mathematical Con of Hedge Funds and Financial Advisers
Using too many trials to design investment algorithms renders them statistically useless and potentially devastating.
Speed-Reading Apps Will Not Revolutionize Anything, Except Your Understanding
The one-word-at-a-time presentation eliminates the eye movements that help you comprehend what you're reading.
When a Romance Is Threatened, People Rebound With God
And when they feel God might reject them, they buddy up to their partner.
Your Brain Starts Faltering After You Reach Age … 24
Sorry to break it to you, TSwift. At least in terms of cognitive functioning while playing StarCraft 2, you're finished.
Cavemen Were Awesome Parents
Toy hand axes, rock bashing, and special burials indicate that Neanderthals were cooler parents than previously thought, according to a new theory.