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S8Editor's Note: Fiber has been linked to a host of health benefits including a reduced risk of heart disease, Type 2 diabetes and some types of cancer. And when consumed as resistant starch, it seems less likely than other forms of fiber to cause unpleasant effects like gas or bloating, Dr. Patterson said. S9Reciprocity: Getting What You Give   Reciprocity teaches us why win-win relationships are the way to go, why waiters leave candies with the bill, why it’s a good idea to use the least force possible to secure an outcome, and why a lot of companies don’t permit their employees to accept gifts. This model demonstrates why we should view giving as being as valuable as having. It prompts us rewrite the Golden Rule to say, “Do unto others knowing that something will be done unto you.” So what exactly is reciprocity? In physics, reciprocity is Newton’s third law, which states that for every force exerted by object A on object B, there is an equal but opposite force exerted by object B on object A. Every force involves the interaction of two objects where the force asserted by one is reciprocated with an equally powerful and directionally opposite force by the other object. Forces always occur in pairs of the same type of force, and it is not possible for one object to exert a force without experiencing a reciprocal force.
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S10Editor's Note: That said, I'd advise you to stop thinking about taking it with you and start thinking about how you can give back. Do you really want your life's work to end up in the pockets of Amazon and Margaritaville? Isn't there someone a little closer to home who might benefit from your legacy? S11S12S13S14Would your dog eat you if you died? Get the facts. - National Geographic Premium (No paywall)  In 1997, a forensic examiner in Berlin reported one of his more unusual cases in the journal Forensic Science International. A 31-year-old man had retired for the evening to the converted garden shed behind his mother’s house, where he lived with his German shepherd. Around 8:15 p.m., neighbors heard a gunshot.That mystery was cleared up quickly, when the man’s German shepherd vomited human tissue including skin with still-recognizable beard hair. This wasn’t a case of a starving dog resorting to eating its owner to survive; a half-full bowl of dog food was still sitting on the floor when police arrived. The disturbing implication: Maybe man’s best friend isn’t so loyal after all.
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S15The U.S. plans to limit PFAS in drinking water. What does that really mean? - Environment (No paywall)  But while public health experts approve of the new rule, they contend that getting forever chemicals out of our drinking water will be a herculean task given the sheer quantity of PFAS found in it along with the difficulty in removing them. And it may come at a cost to consumers. Here’s what to know about what comes next—and what the new rule means for you.The downside of the new rule is the cost of installing the technology to fix the problem—which estimates suggest could be between $1.5 billion to $4 billion. Under the new rule, all U.S. public water systems will have three years to test their water for the six PFAS tagged by EPA and five years to reduce levels to the new national standard of 4 parts per trillion.
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S16S17S18S19Animated Chart: The World's Top 15 Carbon Emitters (1850-2022)  In the 1950s, with the increase in merchant traffic, the shipping sector became one of the major contributors to carbon emissions. During the same period, with the expansion of the Soviet Union, Russia surpassed Germany to become the second-largest carbon emitter. China also rose to occupy the fourth place.
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S20S21S22S23S24 Serve More Customers With Inclusive Product Design  The spring 2024 issue’s special report looks at how to take advantage of market opportunities in the digital space, and provides advice on building culture and friendships at work; maximizing the benefits of LLMs, corporate venture capital initiatives, and innovation contests; and scaling automation and digital health platform.The spring 2024 issue’s special report looks at how to take advantage of market opportunities in the digital space, and provides advice on building culture and friendships at work; maximizing the benefits of LLMs, corporate venture capital initiatives, and innovation contests; and scaling automation and digital health platform.Imagine a product that millions of people find frustrating to use because of a design choice that could have easily been avoided. If it were your product, wouldn’t you want to know who was frustrated by it and why, how to fix the problem, and how your organization could avoid making similar mistakes in the future?
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S2540 Years Ago, a Forgotten Sci-Fi Movie Beat Brendan Fraser to the Punch  Remember Encino Man, the bawdy 1992 comedy which starred Brendan Fraser as a frozen caveman forced to readjust to 20th century life after being thawed out in a teenager’s garage? Well, eight years earlier a slightly more cerebral film also brought a prehistoric man encased in a block of ice back to life.Unfortunately, hijinks certainly did not ensue in Iceman, a largely forgotten yet highly rewarding piece of existential sci-fi released 40 years ago on April 13, 1984. Set almost entirely in an isolated research facility where scientists and anthropologists are busy exploring Arctic life, Iceman poses all kinds of questions about ethics, religion and the human condition. And apart from the fast-moving finale involving accidental murder and a literally breath-taking helicopter joyride, it does so quietly and contemplatively.
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S2635 Years Ago, Nintendo's First Pok  We never spare a thought for the second impression. There’s loads of wisdom and research about how important a first impression is, the lasting impact it can have on relationships, the confidence it can provide. The second impression? Meaningless. It’s a tragic figure, really, because what if the second impression is really cool? Is it possible for a second impression to stick with us? For Pokémon fans, the answer is yes.On April 14, 1999, Pokémon Pinball released in Japan (it came to North America in June). For Japanese fans it was just a piece of a much larger ecosystem of toys, video games, trading cards, and TV shows. But for fans in the West, Pokémon content was much harder to come by. The first Pokémon game in the U.S., Pokémon Red and Blue, released on Sept. 28, 1998. The first season of the anime started a syndicated run a few weeks prior to the game’s release and ended in mid-November. Pokémon fever really took hold over Christmas that year, and fans were eager to embrace whatever game came next. Most weren’t expecting pinball.
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S275 Years Ago, Star Wars Wasted Its Most Important New Character  The mysterious Jannah was one of the best things to come from Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker. Why haven’t we seen her since?In 2019, The Rise of Skywalker was the last hope for many Star Wars fans. The films that preceded it had divided the fandom, perhaps irrevocably. However you felt about the first installment of Star Wars’ sequel trilogy, The Force Awakens — or The Last Jedi, its polarizing follow-up — the franchise had one more chance to get it right.
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S2870 Rad Things for Your Home That Are So Freaking Cheap on Amazon  If your Amazon cart is rarely full of home goods other than the occasional hand soap refill, you have to take a peek at this list of clever finds to instantly elevate your space. They’re all practical and functional around the house, but they’ll also make your home look super impressive (with barely any effort). Best of all, these 70 home finds are all so freaking cheap that you’ll want to start redoing your home ASAP.These light bars are 8.5 inches long but still super slim, so it’s easy to hide this four-pack under cabinets or in your closet. Though they can be tap-operated, this pack also comes with a remote to dim them or set timers, adding versatility to them. They can be mounted with screws or adhesive tape, and the battery-operated lights run for 100 hours, which makes these a zero-effort add-on.
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S29S30Brain Scans Of Jazz Musicians Could Unlock The Mystery Of Creative Flow  Flow, or being “in the zone,” is a state of amped-up creativity, enhanced productivity, and blissful consciousness that, some psychologists believe, is also the secret to happiness. It’s considered the brain’s fast track to success in business, the arts, or any other field.However, in order to achieve flow, a person must first develop a strong foundation of expertise in their craft. That’s according to a new neuroimaging study from Drexel University’s Creativity Research Lab, which recruited Philly-area jazz guitarists to better understand the key brain processes that underlie flow. Once expertise is attained, the study found that this knowledge must be unleashed and not overthought in order for the flow to be reached.
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S31These Physicists Can't Explain Why a Small Neutron Star Came Bursting Back to Life  Magnetars are young neutron stars with magnetic fields billions of times stronger than our most powerful Earth-based magnets.After a decade of silence, one of the most powerful magnets in the universe suddenly burst back to life in late 2018. The reawakening of this “magnetar”, a city-sized star named XTE J1810-197 born from a supernova explosion, was an incredibly violent affair.
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S32Hulu Just Quietly Released the Most Innovative Thriller of the Decade  We are never truly alone. There’s always something watching us, tracking us, and feeding our habits into an imperceptible algorithm. Artificial intelligence basically knows our every move — and whoever can weaponize it can effectively control our lives.The idea of perpetual surveillance was once just a cautionary tale; the subject of speculative science fiction. In the past few decades, that idea is creeping closer to reality. And it’s made older, tech-centric thrillers, like Hulu’s The Stranger, eerily prescient in hindsight.
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S3320 Years Ago, Nintendo Made a Perfect Platformer -- And Nailed the Kirby Formula  Kirby and the Amazing Mirror doesn’t reinvent the classic formula, but it does find ways to improve it.Over the past three decades, Kirby games have changed very little. The eldritch horror learned to float and copy enemy abilities in the early ‘90s and has been riding high on that warp star since, becoming one of Nintendo’s most cherished and plush-like mascots. Though there have been a few underrated deviations like Kirby’s Pinball Land and Kirby Air Ride, most of the 39 (!) titles follow that simple flying and sucking formula.
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S34S35A beginner's guide to a joyful Persian tradition of spring renewal and rebirth | Aeon Videos  Coinciding with the spring equinox, Nowruz marks the Persian new year, a festival of rebirth and renewal that’s rooted in Zoroastrianism, but has been celebrated across secular lines for millennia. And, as the Iranian-born, Denmark-based director Naghmeh Pour writes in the introduction for her short film on Nowruz, it’s ‘a tradition that’s stood the test of time and regimes that tried to ban it without luck’. Walking viewers through the symbols, small rituals, cultivation of good habits and shared good times that comprise Nowruz, Pour creates a joyful introduction to a deeply rooted custom that, today, is celebrated by some 300 million people around the world.
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S36S37Is attachment theory actually important for romantic relationships?  There has been a recent surge of attention toward attachment theory: from TikTok videos to online quizzes that claim to “assess your attachment style.” It’s become a hot topic, especially in the context of romantic relationships, with some articles claiming that one person (or partner’s) attachment styles are the reason why relationships fail. As experts in developmental and clinical psychology focusing on attachment theory, we seek to provide an accessible resource to better understand the science of attachment, and what it means for one’s romantic relationships.
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S38After Iran's attack on Israel, is a devastating regional war next?  After almost two weeks of waiting, Tehran retaliated against Israel for the April 1 bombing of its consulate in Damascus, Syria, launching multiple waves of drones and cruise missiles at Israel. More than 300 weapons were reportedly fired from Lebanon, Iraq, Yemen and Iran itself, marking the first time the Islamic Republic has directly struck Israeli territory.
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S39Shadow war no more: Hostilities between Israel and Iran have strayed into direct warfare - is there any going back?  Falling short of direct military confrontation, this conflict has been characterized by war through other means – through proxies, cyber attacks, economic sanctions and fiery rhetoric.Events over the last few weeks in the Middle East have, however, changed the nature of this conflict. First, Israel – it is widely presumed – broke diplomatic norms by bombing an Iranian mission in Syria. The operation, in which 12 individuals were killed – including seven officials from Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corp Quds Force – ratcheted up the stakes.
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S40Our research has found a way to help the teacher shortage and boost student learning  Australian schools are facing unsustainable pressures. There are almost daily reports of too many students falling behind and not enough teachers to teach them. Meanwhile, the teachers we do have are stressed, overworked and lack adequate support in the classroom. Governments are well aware of these challenges and there is no shortage of efforts to tackle them. We have tutoring schemes for students who are struggling, wellbeing programs for burnt-out teachers, and leadership programs to develop senior teachers.
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S41Rogue waves in the ocean are much more common than anyone suspected, says new study  We used three-dimensional imaging of ocean waves to capture freakish seas that produce a notorious phenomenon known as rogue waves. Our results are now published in Physical Review Letters*. Rogue waves are giant colossi of the sea – twice as high as neighbouring waves – that appear seemingly out of nowhere. Stories of unimaginable mountains of water as tall as ten-storey buildings have populated maritime folklore and literature for centuries.
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S42S43S44In a time of information overload, enigmatic philosopher Byung-Chul Han seeks the re-enchantment of the world  Byung-Chul Han is the enigmatic philosopher and author of The Burnout Society and Psychopolitics: Neoliberalism and New Technologies of Power. In his latest book The Crisis of Narration, he argues that despite the “present hype around narratives, we live in a post-narrative time”. Narrative, Han suggests, is under threat. It is being consumed and reshaped by capitalism and neoliberalism. Environments where narratives once offered meaning and stability have been filled with information – a serialised, de-narrativised form of communication.
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S45S46Why are blooper reels so funny?  Blooper reels are very popular, with some videos on YouTube racking up tens of millions of views. It’s a curious thing: why are videos of mistakes sometimes getting as much attention (or more!) as clips from the actual TV and movie productions?From a psychological standpoint, the concept of “benign violation theory” can be applied to understand why bloopers are often found funny. This theory suggests that, for something to be found funny, it must violate some kind of norm or expectation while also being perceived as non-threatening or benign.
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S47S48S49Something borrowed, something Bluey: why we love a TV wedding  There is nothing like a wedding episode. Bluey’s first 28-minute special, The Sign, was the ultimate wedding television. Full of family, and family-friendly, the wedding between Bluey’s godmother Frisky and uncle Radley was the sticky cake that held longer-than-average toddler attention spans and drew in broad audiences around and beyond Australia.
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S50Crisis communication saves lives - but people with disability often aren't given the message  In a pandemic, bushfire or flood, people need high quality safety and crisis information. Getting emergency messages quickly can help people know how to prepare, what rules to follow, where dangers are, where to gather safely and when help is on the way. This life-saving potential exists for everyone – including people with disability, who may be particularly affected by climate change. So it is important that crisis information is accessible and its meaning is clear for everyone.
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S51Sydney attacker had 'mental health issues' but most people with mental illness aren't violent  The man who killed six people and injured countless others at a Bondi shopping centre on Saturday, 40-year-old Joel Cauchi, reportedly had “mental health issues”, police explained soon after the tragic event, while ruling out terrorism.Cauchi had reportedly been diagnosed with a mental illness at age 17 years and had received treatment in the public and private sector. But Queensland Police said Cauchi’s mental health had declined in recent years.
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S52Judge finds Bruce Lehrmann raped Brittany Higgins and dismisses Network 10 defamation case. How did it play out?  Bruce Lehrmann has lost his defamation suit against Channel Ten and journalist Lisa Wilkinson after the media defendants proved, on the balance of probabilities, that Lehrmann raped his colleague Brittany Higgins in Parliament House in 2019.After a trial lasting around a month, Federal Court Justice Michael Lee – an experienced defamation judge – concluded that both Lehrmann and Higgins had credibility issues, but ultimately he was persuaded that Lehrmann raped Higgins, as she’d alleged and he’d denied.
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S53S54Reptiles in South Africa are under threat - but there's good news too  University of the Witwatersrand provides support as a hosting partner of The Conversation AFRICA.Small animals do not often share the limelight. That includes reptiles. With more than 12,000 species, this largely low-profile group of vertebrates is more species-rich than each of the following groups: mammals, birds and amphibians. And many reptiles play important but largely unknown roles in ecosystems, such as snakes controlling pest species or crocodiles as apex predators.
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S55How logic alone may prove that time doesn't exist  Modern physics suggests time may be an illusion. Einstein’s theory of relativity, for example, suggests the universe is a static, four-dimensional block that contains all of space and time simultaneously – with no special “now”. What’s the future to one observer, is the past to another. That means time doesn’t flow from past to future, as we experience it.
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S56S57Five tips to help you start new hobbies in retirement  Retirement can be an exciting but also scary prospect for many. How you fill your time is totally up to you, but with so many choices it can be a bit daunting. But it’s important to make sure you keep active, physically and mentally. Hobbies can increase wellbeing by boosting brain function, enhancing social skills and improving fine motor skills. A study carried out in 2022 found that spending time on hobbies was associated with lower symptoms of depression and a perceived increase in a person’s sense of health, happiness and overall life satisfaction.
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S58S59S60Marijuana tax revenues fall short of projections in many states, including Colorado  Nearly half of Americans live in a state that allows legal access to recreational marijuana. Eleven more states, including Wisconsin and Florida, are considering legalization in 2024. One of the most common rationales for legalizing marijuana is increasing state tax revenue. How much revenue comes in depends on decisions states make about regulating the marijuana industry, including how it is taxed.
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S61Does 'virtue signaling' pay off for entrepreneurs? We studied 80,000 Airbnb listings to find out  The next time you’re searching through Airbnb listings, you may find there’s more to consider than just amenities and price.To stand out from the competition, some Airbnb hosts tout their personal values – such as integrity, empathy and conscientiousness – in listings for their properties. This sort of display has been called “virtue signaling.” Although the phrase can be derisive, we’re using it here as a neutral description of a business tactic: Virtue signaling happens when a business entity communicates to a target audience that it has a purpose beyond providing a service for profit.
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S62S63Taylor Swift's homage to Clara Bow  One track on Taylor Swift’s new album, “The Tortured Poets Department,” honors a long-celebrated, oft-miscast heroine of American feminism: actress Clara Bow.As historians of the 1920s, we’ve studied Bow’s fame and her cultural legacy. At her ranch in rural Nevada, we oversee a collection of her personal artifacts, including her clothing and a makeup case.
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S645 questions schools and universities should ask before they purchase AI tech products  Every few years, an emerging technology shows up at the doorstep of schools and universities promising to transform education. The most recent? Technologies and apps that include or are powered by generative artificial intelligence, also known as GenAI.These technologies are sold on the potential they hold for education. For example, Khan Academy’s founder opened his 2023 Ted Talk by arguing that “we’re at the cusp of using AI for probably the biggest positive transformation that education has ever seen.”
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S654 reasons the practice of canceling weakens higher education  Last month, Danny Mamlok, a friend of mine and an Israeli professor from Tel Aviv University, was scheduled to give a talk at Concordia University in Montreal on the topic of education for tolerance. Four days before the presentation was supposed to take place, the organizers of this event said they were subjected to significant pressure from pro-Palestinian activist groups at McGill and Concordia to cancel Mamlok’s presentation. Not wanting to give in to this pressure, the organizers insisted that Mamlok, who has advocated for peace for decades and as an Israeli soldier even refused to serve in the West Bank, be allowed to deliver his talk.
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S66Why Iran's failed attack on Israel may well turn out to be a strategic success  Teaching Fellow, Political Science and International Security, University of Strathclyde As midnight approached on April 13, over 300 weapons were launched from Iran towards Israel. This included 185 drones, 110 ballistic missiles and 36 cruise missiles. The vast majority were shot down by Israel’s Iron Dome air defence system with help from the UK, the US and neighbouring Jordan.
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S67S68Trump's New York felony charges are going to trial - what the images might show when the business fraud case kicks off  When former President Donald Trump soon returns to court in New York City, there are likely to be few visual surprises. Trump’s hush-money trial before New York Judge Juan Merchan is scheduled to start with jury selection on April 15, 2024.Monday’s scene will likely echo the one from 2023, when Trump walked past cameras into a courthouse in order to appear for his arrest on 34 felony charges for allegedly committing business fraud and paying porn star Stormy Daniels money to remain quiet about her claims of their sexual encounter. As historic as the moment was, the visuals were rather bland.
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S69How the pandemic deepened an existing wellbeing crisis in headteaching - new research  The COVID pandemic exacerbated problems that had been simmering in the education profession across the UK. Already facing significant challenges with resources and workload, headteachers are now navigating the longer-term disruptions caused by COVID, with lasting ramifications for the profession, as well as schools and students.Our new study found low wellbeing, depressive symptoms, high work-related stress and physical and mental exhaustion were common among headteachers during the height of the pandemic.
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