David McRaney, author of You Are Now Less Dumb and the host of Boing Boing's podcast You Are Not So Smart, made this video about the effect your clothes have on the way you think and behave.
Clothes have power over your mind
Study finds that right-wing authoritarians aren't very funny
A new study published in Personality and Individual Differences found that while right-wing authoritarians have a hearty sense of humor for jokes that make fun of low-status and marginalized people, they struggle to produce funny material. Highlights from the study: Right-Wing Authoritarianism (RWA) was associated with humor production. People low in RWA created funnier jokes,… READ THE REST
Diabetic's blood-sugar levels affected by false ingredient labels
In a Harvard University test, type-2 diabetics' blood sugar levels were found to be more strongly affected by perceived sugar levels of a sweet drink than its actual sugar levels. From Real Clear Science: In actuality, the two beverages were the same: a drink with roughly fifteen grams of sugar. Subjects were just told they… READ THE REST
How to cure people afflicted with conspiracy theories
In the summer of 2016, I began working on a play about an addiction support group for conspiracy theorists called How To Build A Universe That Doesn't Fall Apart. It had one public staged reading in May of 2017, then ultimately decided to turn it into a novel, which I finished and sent off to… READ THE REST
Magnets and metal make this fun and cool scientific desk toy utterly fascinating
Back in the early 1800's, Russian physicist Emil Lenz noted an interesting phenomenon. When he dropped a magnet through a pipe, the magnet's magnetic field created counter-rotating currents in the copper or aluminum pipe. To the naked eye, that dropped magnetic ball falls a whole lot slower when it's inside the pipe than outside. It… READ THE REST
Get over 45 hours of elite Microsoft Excel training for just $40
If there was ever a better endorsement for making sure your resume skills are just as good as you say they are, look no further than Great Britain. Last week, Public Health England used an outdated Microsoft Excel spreadsheet, which inadvertently underreported the number of positive COVID-19 diagnosed cases during the week. Because of the… READ THE REST
These six voice recorders are all tiny, but mighty — and also, on sale
Have you ever considered getting a digital voice recorder? They can actually be a lot more helpful than you might realize. From constructing business letters or memos to medical or legal dictation to recording meetings, interviews or lectures, voice recorders are a compact, lightweight way to store hundreds of hours of digital audio you can… READ THE REST
