Journey to Mars
Source: NASA
Like any quest, the journey to Mars will require careful planning and many intermediate steps. Check out this timeline of stages in the process of making humans independent from our home planet.
Technology
7 Technologies That Are Revolutionizing Ocean Exploration
Source: Mental Floss
Humans have mapped a larger percentage of the surface of Mars than Earth’s seafloor. These 7 technologies are looking to change that.
Selfie face distortion is driving people to get nose jobs
Source: Vox
When our view is distorted, we don’t perceive things as they really are. Find out why some people are making an extreme and permanent choice based on bad information.
With teen mental health deteriorating over five years, there’s a likely culprit
Source: The Conversation
Even a change that’s generally good can have negative consequences.
Seat Belts: Get the Facts
Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
It’s likely that when your grandparents were your age, they rode in a car without buckling a seat belt first. Find out how effective seat belts are at saving lives and why some people don’t use them, even today.
How smart cities can create their own poetry – tech podcast
Source: The Guardian
In this podcast, the creator of an art installation in Manchester, England, discusses how she used real-time data that informed poems written by A.I. and were displayed around the city.
In the Gilded Age, Americans loved and feared the railroad companies — and it can teach Big Tech a valuable lesson
Source: Business Insider
Tech company CEO Richard White compares current internet service providers and how to regulate them to railroad companies of the Gilded Age.
New humanities class explores the history of the ‘self’ from B.C. to VR
Source: Yale News
A course at Yale University examines the intersections of individuality, society, and technology.
Researchers Study Effects Of Social Media On Young Minds
Source: NPR
Ever wonder what using social media does to your brain? Read to learn what one team of researchers found when exploring this topic.
If Romeo and Juliet had cellphones . . .
Source: Canada.com
It’s easy to imagine that Shakespeare’s star-crossed lovers would have had a happier ending with the benefit of modern technology. A social researcher explores this idea more deeply.