Have you ever wondered why some people effortlessly achieve their goals while others struggle? The answer lies in the intricate web of habits that shape our daily lives. Habits, both good and bad, hold immense power over our actions, making them a fascinating subject of study and a gateway to
Virtual reality (VR) is a computer-generated simulation that allows users to interact with a three-dimensional environment as if they were there. VR has been around for decades, but it has only recently become affordable and accessible enough for education [1]. There is a great deal of potential for VR to
What is the “new normal” for the modern workplace? The COVID-19 Pandemic altered the global workplace and introduced a variety of online resources to connect remote employees during quarantine. Zoom meetings, Slack chats, and PJs became synonymous with the typical workday. Yet, despite the ubiquity of remote work during the
By Nichelle Wong Background What’s your first reaction to a compliment? Do you smile modestly and brush it off? Do you accept it with a gracious “thank you” and let it brighten your afternoon? Praise may seem innocuous, but women and female-presenting individuals must deal with an invisible obstacle [1].
One of many fascinating and bizarre phenomena to emerge out of TikTok has been videos of “talking” dogs – dogs apparently communicating with their owners using a set of push buttons labeled with words. We know dogs are capable of making simple associations between a button and a particular action
Graphic art by Margaret Cartee Highly diverse: 20% women. Lampooning this graduate program advertisement lightened the hilarious tragedy of our thermodynamics course – a 17% female proportion. Out of a fairly diverse introductory calculus physics class, I persisted as the only female physics major over the last four years. Let
The latest AI technology arriving at the top of conversations among students is ChatGPT — the powerful language model that has gained prominent attention in education. But, what exactly is ChatGPT? What are the disadvantages and advantages in the context of a classroom? The AI tool is a well-improved chatbot
“The Metaverse in its entirety could be considered a single vast nam-shub, enacting itself on L. Bob Rife’s fiber-optic network,” penned Neal Stephenson in his book Snow Crash [2]. The Metaverse in Snow Crash eerily mirrors the current development of technology and the metaverse in the real world. To some,
Have you ever heard the joke that sex for women is like a song where it keeps building up but the beat never drops? As it turns out, there is actually some scientific merit behind this joke. It is called the orgasm gap, and it is a “really well-established finding
Obesity is becoming an increasingly common condition throughout the world, especially in North America. The prevalence of overweight or obese children and adolescents increased from 4% to 18% globally from 1975 to 2016 [6]. In 2016, there were 1.9 billion adults, 39% of the global population,that were overweight and 650
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