Students Who Listened to Beethoven During Lecture — and Heard the Same Music in Dreamland — Did Better on Test Next Day But scores on the material nine months later dropped to ‘floor level,’ Baylor University study finds College students who listened to classical music by Beethoven and Chopin during a computer-interactive lecture on microeconomics […]
U.S. Cities with the Worst Speeding Problem + Fatality Rates Data from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) shows that despite the risks, approximately 70 percent of American drivers report speeding at least some of the time. Each year, speeding kills about 10,000 people and is responsible for nearly 30 percent of all motor […]
Hybrid technique aims to produce stronger, corrosion-resistant nickel for auto, medical, manufacturing industries WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – Nickel is a widely used metal in the manufacturing industry for both industrial and advanced material processes. Now, Purdue University innovators have created a hybrid technique to fabricate a new form of nickel that may help the future […]
Children’s footwear and apparel brand, Super Heroic, launched its first social impact campaign in collaboration with NASA. With this partnership they hope to encourage, and make accessible to inner city youth the reality of space exploration and STEAM career opportunities as a whole! Apart from finding the collection on the Super Heroic site, the NASA gear will be […]
On Thursday, November 14th at 6:30 PM ESPN celebrated today’s visionaries and their role on leveraging innovation to impact change. The dinner will take place ahead of Beyond Innovation – an annual event hosted by Beyond Sport, which will convene a series of leaders and innovators across sports, technology, government and education to inspire cross-sector discussion and partnership on innovative solutions to the global STEM […]
PBS Unveils New Look on Eve of 50th Anniversary Refresh of Iconic Logo Modernizes Brand to Better Connect with Viewers in the Digital Age PBS announced today an update to its iconic brand, including a refreshed logo, bold color palette, custom typeface and illustration style. The new identity will roll out throughout 2020 as PBS celebrates its […]
WORLDS BEYOND EARTH, A NEW HAYDEN PLANETARIUM SPACE SHOW,PREMIERES JANUARY 21, 2020,AT THE AMERICAN MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY ACADEMY AWARD WINNER LUPITA NYONG’O TO NARRATE A STUNNING EXPLORATION OF WORLDS THAT SHARE OUR SOLAR SYSTEMBASED ON THE LATEST DISCOVERIES Featuring immersive visualizations of distant worlds, groundbreaking space missions, and breathtaking scenes depicting the evolution of our solar system, […]
Q&A with Author Weiqi Wang on: THE CONTINUED QUEST TO MAKE MAGIC AND SCIENCE COMPATIBLE WITH THIRD BOOK OF ACCLAIMED YOUNG ADULT SERIES Question: How would you define this genre that you invented for Code of Rainbow and why is it important to differentiate this from your typical sci-fi series? Weiqi Wang: This series is […]
The geoengineering of consent: how conspiracists dominate YouTube climate content Most YouTube videos relating to climate change prevention oppose scientific consensus and hijack technical terms to appear credible, says study using YouTube to learn about climate science will expose you to video content that mostly opposes worldwide scientific consensus. That’s the finding of a new study […]
Expert Offers Insight into the “Oxygen-Enhanced Exercise” Trend & Shares Breathing Tips to Improve Health & Enhance Your Workout Have you seen anyone at your gym wearing unusual face masks as they workout? If not, you are sure to encounter this soon and when you do, there is no need for alarm. It’s called oxygen-enhanced exercise, and it’s a holistic approach to fitness that has recently […]
