Health & Medicine

Shark Attack Survivors Unite to Save Sharks

Source: Pew Charitable Trusts

Imagine barely escaping a shark attack with your life and going on to become an advocate for protecting sharks. It happens more often than you’d think!

The Benefits of Optimism Are Real

Source: The Atlantic

In this article, Emily Esfahani Smith examines two films, Silver Linings Playbook and Life of Pi, to delve into the relationship between optimism and resilience.

Memory contaminates perception

Source: The Guardian

An interesting new study that shows how visual working memory can influence our perception of events.

Detroit students want poor school conditions addressed

Source: CT Insider

Young people in the Neighborhood Service Organization’s Youth Initiatives Project are making their voices heard. Find out how their student team work is supporting their teachers.

Why is Being Scared so Fun?

Source: TED-Ed

Every year in America, nearly 30 million people visit haunted houses and horror movies bring in over half a billion dollars at the theater. Why do people like to be scared? Watch this video with Margee Kerr about the biology and psychology of being scared—and why being scared can be a good thing.

The Most Amazing Optical Illusions (and How They Work)

Source: Live Science

Thanks to modern neuroscience, we can understand the brain processes that take place we encounter some visual illusions. Explore this collection of popular illusions and find out how they work.

Ukraine war refugees: Swansea Covid field hospital beds donated

Source: BBC

Former field hospital beds are being repurposed for Ukrainian refugees in Wales, an effort that allows more families to stay together. Read about the impact this immigration has had on the Welsh population and child bed poverty.