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If you’re picking up a new iPhone, you should grab a pair of these too. Source: How to Make Your New Apple EarPods Fit Perfectly
How do you raise a child? Ask any mother, and she’ll offer a long list of things you should do–and shouldn’t do. Not only will three mothers share three different recommendations; as anthro… Source: How do you raise a child? Insights from a World of Babies – Welcome to the AAA Blog
The FCC’s safety standards for cellular communications date from 1996. 5G networks will require many more cell sites, operating at higher frequencies. Source: Why 5G Makes Me Reconsider the Health Effects of Cellphones
Public restrooms are plagued by unusable toilet-paper dispensers, difficult flushing controls, and poor stall-status visibility. Many of these issues can be addressed by following standard usability practices. Source: The User Experience of Public Bathrooms
Outdoor air has been regulated for decades, but emissions from daily domestic activities may be more dangerous than anyone imagined. Source: The Hidden Air Pollution in Our Homes
We usually interpret someone looking us straight in the eye during an interaction as a sign of trustworthiness. In fact, it can be rather unsettling when someone avoids eye contact. But recent research has challenged this standard view, and the data suggest something rather deceitful.
Most performance fabric suppliers have focused on comfort by moving sweat and body moisture vapor from the skin surface to avoid a clammy feeling and chilling effect. Polygiene is a world-leading provider of permanent textile odor control technology solutions for clothing and sports equipment. Source: Wash Less, Smell Sweeter: How Polygiene Beats Body Odor For…
The Pulitzer Prize–winning poet, who died last week at 91, found an enduring language to express his anguish at what human exploitation has done to the world. Source: W. S. Merwin’s Poems of Ethical Care – The Atlantic
The Camp365 trailer can fit into a standard garage and be towed by most vehicles. Source: Tiny trailer unfolds into a 100-square-foot cabin
Writers like David Wallace-Wells try to persuade with facts. Cognitive science suggests there’s a better way. Source: It’s time for climate change communicators to listen to social science
With every new transit option, younger generations pull a little further away from car ownership. Source: Millennials are right to kill the American car
Farming incubator Square Roots is announcing a new partnership today with food distribution giant Gordon Food Service. Square Roots has built urban farming facilities in refurbished, climate-controlled shipping containers, which it uses to grow food and train farmers in a year-long program. Until now, it has operated out of a single location in Brooklyn, which…
African-Americans and Hispanics consume fewer pollutant-generating products, but get hit hardest by the negative effects Source: White Americans Produce More Air Pollution Than They Consume
Air pollution affects everyone. Increasingly, people are using low-cost air quality sensors to measure this microscopic phenomenon. Can you trust the readings? The answer holds real-life implications, especially when it comes to your health.Consumer-grade sensors are not yet as reliable as labor Source: Consumer-Grade Air Quality Sensors: Are They Good Enough? | Molekule Blog
A new report lists the happiest and the unhappiest cities in the country. Source: Ranked: 20 Happiest and 20 Unhappiest Cities In America
According to science Source: Being forgetful is actually a sign of high intelligence
Despite the claims of several splashy essays, they are not the burnout generation and they are not afflicted by workism. Source: Millennials’ obsession with their workaholism isn’t based in fact.
In the past three decades, the number of Americans who are on disability has skyrocketed. Every month, 14 million people now get a disability check from the federal government. Source: Unfit for Work: The startling rise of disability in America
A Human’s Guide to Machine Intelligence Source: A technology expert gives four suggestions on how to rein in algorithms – The Verge
A video shows what the city and the Boston harbor islands looked like in 1969. Source: How dirty was Boston 50 years ago? ‘The harbor was used as a waste bin’ – The Boston Globe
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-03-04/global-wellness-rankings-these-are-the-best-places-to-live
Spectre can capture terrific nighttime shots with a press of the shutter. Source: Spectre is a new iOS camera app that uses AI to create stunning long exposures
It’s time to start treating tech like indispensable tools again. Source: A Computer Scientist’s Guide To Dumping the Needless Tech In Your Life
Smelling a baby appears to release dopamine, that feel-good neurotransmitter that fuels our brain’s reward center. Source: The Science Behind Why People Always Want To Smell A New Baby | Fatherly
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