Healthcare Electronics Are Booming—Here’s How to Make Them More Sustainable

Newswise — Wearable healthcare devices—such as glucose monitors, ultrasound patches and blood-pressure monitors—can be invaluable for keeping patients safe.  A new study from the University of Chicago and Cornell University found that demand for such healthcare electronics could approach 2 billion units per year by 2050. But unless measures are taken to reduce the environmental […]

The ultimate guide to using AI to supercharge your work and get ahead in your career

AI-powered tools are changing how people work by boosting productivity, streamlining tasks and accelerating career growth. In our latest course, Beyond the Basics: How to Use AI to Supercharge Your Work, you’ll learn step by step how to craft effective prompts and use AI to handle daily tasks and automate workflows. By integrating these AI […]

How to Reclaim Your Mind

Modernists like Woolf developed an attitude, which T. S. Eliot called “impersonality,” meant to reclaim their mental lives from the habits they unknowingly followed. The philosopher Raymond Geuss has a story that captures the idea nicely. Geuss recalls a mentor—a school teacher of his—dispensing advice about becoming a visual artist. “Set aside half an hour […]

How to get your part of the Google settlement in Texas

Google settles $1.4B Texas lawsuit Top headlines include Google settling a massive privacy lawsuit filed by the State of Texas, Mexico suing Google over the label “Gulf of America,” a bill limiting ownership of land by some foreign buyers passes the Texas House and car dealerships brace for impacts from tariffs. AUSTIN, Texas – Texans […]

We’ve finally cracked how to make truly random numbers

Eeny, meeny, miny, mo, catch a tiger by the toe – so the rhyme goes. But even children know that counting-out rhymes like this are no help at making a truly random choice. Perhaps you remember when you first realised you could game the outcome by carefully choosing the starting point? Flipping a coin, or […]

Advait Sarkar: How to stop AI from killing your critical thinking

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