Arnold Genthe was a German photographer who took the photo below during a trip to Japan in the late Meiji era. A photographer such as Genthe has the freedom to manipulate a subject, camera settings, composition, framing, etc. to convey whatever ideas he / she wants. A historian, however, has Read more…
Text: “Tear-free hair brushing? All you need is math.” Science Daily. https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2022/04/220413203128.htm Extract: “In a new paper, published in the journal Soft Matter, Mahadevan and co-authors Thomas Plumb Reyes and Nicholas Charles, explore the mathematics of combing and explain why the brushing technique used by so many is the most effective method Read more…
Text: Bower, Bruce. “https://www.sciencenews.org/article/chicken-domestication-bones-origin-asia-rice-fields-exotic-animals.” Science News. https://www.sciencenews.org/article/chicken-domestication-bones-origin-asia-rice-fields-exotic-animals The second paragraph clearly indicates how “unattainable” indisputable evidence. The article says, “In two new studies, scientists lay out a potential story of chicken’s origins.” The “potential story” shows the lack of complete certainty in the findings.
Text: “The ‘CSI Effect’: Does It Really Exist?” https://nij.ojp.gov/topics/articles/csi-effect-does-it-really-exist Extract: “Many attorneys, judges, and journalists have claimed that watching television programs like CSI has caused jurors to wrongfully acquit guilty defendants when no scientific evidence has been presented. The mass media quickly picked up on these complaints. This so-called effect was promptly Read more…
Text: “Rebuild it.” A certain amount of open-mindedness is required for someone to take the 9/11 tragedy and try and turn it into something humorous. To what extent is the parody ad “restrictive”?
This beer ad gives the protagonist an air of credibility. Apparently, choosing the correct brand of beer is essential in romantic success. This ad also shows how power is important – at least in the mind of the target audience. The ad is showing a link between credibility and power. Read more…
Text: “Quantum information theory: Quantum complexity grows linearly for an exponentially long time.” Sciencedaily.com. https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2022/03/220328150620.htm Summary from the website: “Physicists know about the huge chasm between quantum physics and the theory of gravity. However, in recent decades, theoretical physics has provided some plausible conjecture to bridge this gap and to Read more…
Text: “Twitter steps up Ukraine misinformation fight.” BBC.com https://www.bbc.com/news/business-61512261 Extract: “Twitter has said it plans to put misleading tweets from official accounts about the Ukraine war behind warning notices. The change follows heightened scrutiny of the social media platform after the war unleashed a new surge of misinformation, sometimes from Read more…
Text: Kelly M. Hoffman, Sophie Trawalter, Jordan R. Axt, and M. Norman Oliver. “Racial bias in pain assessment and treatment recommendations, and false beliefs about biological differences between blacks and whites.” https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.1516047113 Extract: “The present work examines beliefs associated with racial bias in pain management, a critical health care domain Read more…