Choosing to forget something takes more mental effort than trying to remember it
Choosing to forget something might take more mental effort than trying to remember it, according to new research.
A new research suggests that in order to forget an unwanted experience,...
5 things you need to know about becoming more data-driven
Data-driven is quickly becoming the hottest buzzword in tech. Everything is data-driven these days, from decision-making to campaign formulation and production planning. To be data-driven is to be one...
NASA warns that India’s anti-satellite missile test left 400 fragments of space debris
NASA said the test carried out by India in space, which consisted in testing an anti-satellite missile, leaving more than 400 pieces of orbital debris orbiting, has been a...
The majority of the world’s bird population originated in Australia
These birds—also known by their order name, passerines—comprise more than 6,000 species, including familiar birds like cardinals, warblers, jays, and sparrows. Passerines make up more than 60 percent of...
Brexit at a standstill: British parliament rejects all alternatives to May’s plan
None of the four alternatives to the Brexit plan that British House of Commons MPs voted on Monday night achieved a majority.
Parliament rejected proposals that would have brought the...
More than half of the cars in circulation in Norway are electric
Just curiosus: Norway makes most of its money with the Northern Sea oil exports
According to official statistics from the Norwegian Road Federation, more than half of the cars in...
Asian long-horned tick spreads uncontrollably through New York City
The long-horned tick (Haemaphysalis longicornis) is native to the temperate areas of eastern and central Asia, including China, Korea and Japan, as well as certain Pacific islands such as...
People can think like computers?
Computers, like those that power self-driving cars, can mistake random scribbles for trains, fences, and even school busses. People aren’t supposed to be able to see how those images...
Mars Helicopter ready to take off on Mars 2020 mission
The U.S. space agency presented a few moths ago the Mars Helicopter and it has now passed the main tests.
It is a vehicle quite different from what we usually...
A toddler’s language data fits on a floppy disk
Language acquisition between birth and 18 is a remarkable feat of cognition, rather than something humans are just hardwired to do, according to new research.
Researchers have calculated that, from...