The five-step wellness model that really works – and the psychology behind it

Wellness actually often involves a lot of effort.

Victoria Ruby-Granger, Lecturer in Psychology, De Montfort University • conversation
April 5, 2024 • ~8 min

Thin, bacteria-coated fibers could lead to self-healing concrete that fills in its own cracks

Your skin heals from cuts and scrapes on its own − what if concrete could do that too?

Yaghoob Farnam, Assistant Professor of Civil Engineering, Drexel University • conversation
March 22, 2024 • ~7 min

Touch boosts babies’ self-recognitition

Touch helps babies and toddlers learn self-awareness. The discovery could lead to interventions for kids with motor development delays.

Esther Robards-Forbes - UT Austin • futurity
March 14, 2024 • ~5 min

4th traffic light would benefit pedestrians and drivers

Adding a fourth light to traffic signals would not only be good for autonomous vehicles and human drivers, it would also benefit pedestrians.

Matt Shipman-NC State • futurity
March 12, 2024 • ~5 min

AI has a large and growing carbon footprint, but there are potential solutions on the horizon

Technological approaches could help reduce the carbon impact of artificial intelligence systems.

Shirin Dora, Lecturer, Computer Science, Loughborough University • conversation
Feb. 16, 2024 • ~8 min

Are you really in love? How expanding your love lexicon can change your relationships and how you see yourself

Words have power, and what vocabulary you have at your disposal to describe your relationships with other people can shape what directions those relationships can take.

Georgi Gardiner, Associate Professor of Philosophy and Fellow of the University of Tennessee Humanities Center (UTHC), University of Tennessee • conversation
Feb. 12, 2024 • ~10 min

Focus on right now, not the distant future, to stay motivated and on track to your long-term health goals

Long-term goals can be hard to stick to if the benefits are only way off in the future. Research suggests ways to focus on the here and now to help you ultimately achieve your more far-off targets.

Paul Stillman, Assistant Professor of Marketing, San Diego State University • conversation
Jan. 4, 2024 • ~9 min

Driverless cars: stopping dead seems to be a default setting when they encounter a problem — it can cause chaos on roads

Self-driving cars still perceive what’s going on very differently to how humans do.

Barry Brown, Professor of Human Computer Interaction, Stockholm University • conversation
Jan. 3, 2024 • ~7 min

Tesla's recall of 2 million vehicles reminds us how far driverless car AI still has to go

Autonomous driving technology needs to be able to think and behave more like a human.

Saber Fallah, Director of Connected Autonomous Vehicles Lab at the University of Surrey, University of Surrey • conversation
Dec. 14, 2023 • ~6 min

Google's Gemini AI hints at the next great leap for the technology: analysing real-time information

Learning about the world from live events is the next step for AI.

Lars Erik Holmquist, Professor of Design and Innovation, Nottingham Trent University • conversation
Dec. 11, 2023 • ~5 min

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