Tag: technology
How playing video games can change your retirement
Bob De Schutter, Miami University
The teenagers who were hooked on Pac-Man in the arcades and amusement parks of the early 1970s are getting ready...
2015, the year that was: science and technology
Maggie Villiger, The Conversation
There are a number of definitions of science, as both a process and a body of knowledge. At root, it’s an...
Windows 95 turns 20 – and new ways of interacting show...
Jonathan Roberts, Bangor University
The arrival of Microsoft Windows 95 on August 24 1995 brought about a desktop PC boom. With an easier and more...
Damaging electric currents in space affect Earth’s equatorial region, not just...
Damaging electric currents in space affect Earth's equatorial region, not just the poles
Brett Carter, Boston College and Alexa Halford, Dartmouth College
The Earth’s magnetic field...
EXPLORING NATURE
When fake data is a good thing – how synthetic data...
Ambuj Tewari, University of Michigan
You’ve just finished a strenuous hike to the top of a mountain. You’re exhausted...
