In a recent study published in the journal JAMA Network Open, researchers analyzed how exposure to residential green space is highly beneficial for your brain. The team accessed the women’s data that included green space exposure and cognitive measures. Also, areas with more green space were less likely to be densely populated. But they found…
Why Musk’s Twitter Bid Has Shaken Tesla Investors
The chief executive’s debt load, his divided attention and Twitter’s own challenges could all take a toll on his electric-car company. Elon Musk’s deal for Twitter has features that make it risky, including billions of dollars of personal debt. If it goes wrong, it could burn Tesla shareholders and strain Twitter’s financial health. As Tesla…
Dr. Fauci Diagnoses China’s Bad Economic Habits
China’s stubborn embrace of lockdowns is out of step with the Omicron phase of the pandemic. As Bremmer argued in January: China’s stubborn embrace of lockdowns is out of step with the Omicron phase of the pandemic. HECTOR RETAMAL/AFP via Getty ImagesJust as with personal health, bad economic habits die hard. “We see countries with…
Energy Stocks Still Have Gas in the Tank
Oil-and-gas stocks have had an amazing run as the rest of the market sagged, and there may be more to come. Oil and natural gas are hot, and so are American energy stocks. But investors, whether they have been along for the ride or are just thinking of joining now, may be wary of getting…
Sheldon Krimsky, Who Warned of Profit Motive in Science, Dies at 80
He delved into numerous scientific fields — stem-cell research, genetic modification of food and DNA privacy among them — and sought to pinpoint the dangers. Sheldon Krimsky, a leading scholar of environmental ethics who explored issues at the nexus of science, ethics and biotechnology, and who warned of the perils of private companies underwriting and…
Arkansas Governor Who Signed State-Level Abortion Ban Says He’s Against A National Ban
A national abortion ban would be “inconsistent with what we’ve been fighting for for decades,” Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson (R) told ABC Sunday. The Supreme Court is reconsidering Roe v. Wade in a case involving a Mississippi law that sought to ban all abortions after 15 weeks of pregnancy. TangentOver the past 15 years, support…
Ask Larry: Will The 2022 COLA Apply To Benefit Rates For People Born In 1960?
Today’s Social Security column addresses questions about who will and who will not have the 2022 COLA applied to their benefit rates, what happens to divorced spousal benefits when an ex dies and whether SSA actually overpaid benefits. Such COLA increases are added to your benefit rate regardless of whether or not you start receiving…
4 Ways To Improve Performance: Cool New Science On Motivation
People have an instinct to matter—and you want to do great things in your work and in your personal life. Great performance is the result of the right motivation. Science has discovered new ways to get motivated and improve performance—and certain tactics work better than others. Tell yourself you’ll do better in these process steps,…
The Myth of the Genius Tech Inventor
We idolize founders with brilliant ideas, but triumph often results from business savvy combined with imagination. Jobs was a capable technologist but mostly a brilliant pitchman and brand genius. Elon Musk is a great inventor, but his SpaceX is a great company partly because he works with operations experts including Gwynne Shotwell. “The lone genius…
Biden Administration ‘Sheepishly’ Waving ‘Checkered Flag’ On Covid-19 Pandemic, Says Science Editor-In-Chief
Science magazine published an editorial from its Editor-in-Chief Holden Thorp, PhD, about the Biden Administration’s recent handling of the Covid-19 pandemic. Spoiler alert. It wasn’t positive. On May 5, Science magazine published an editorial from its Editor-in-Chief Holden Thorp, PhD, about the Biden Administration’s recent handling of the Covid-19 pandemic. It began with the sentence,…