What Philadelphians need to know about the city’s 7,000-camera surveillance system
Police can reconstruct someone’s movements for days or weeks at a time, without any court oversight.
Albert Fox Cahn, Practitioner-in-Residence, Information Law Institute, New York University •
conversation
May 24, 2024 • ~7 min
May 24, 2024 • ~7 min
Video games like Snufkin: Melody of Moominvalley can inspire players to look after nature
In Snufkin: Melody of Moominvalley, restoring harmony with nature against exploitative forces is key to the game’s narrative.
Lucas Friche, PhD Candidate, Communication Studies, Université de Lorraine •
conversation
March 26, 2024 • ~6 min
March 26, 2024 • ~6 min
Anyone can play Tetris, but architects, engineers and animators alike use the math concepts underlying the game
People young and old love the classic video game Tetris. A working knowledge of the spatial reasoning concepts underlying Tetris can set students up for success in mathematics.
Leah McCoy, Professor of Education, Wake Forest University •
conversation
Feb. 28, 2024 • ~7 min
Feb. 28, 2024 • ~7 min
Love or hate TikTok's viral bottle-smashing trend? A neuroscientist explains what that says about your brain
For some viewers, the tinkling sound of breaking glass combined with the image of the bottle breaking are perceived as rather satisfying and even soothing.
Helen E Nuttall, Lecturer in Cognitive Neuroscience, Lancaster University •
conversation
Aug. 24, 2023 • ~7 min
Aug. 24, 2023 • ~7 min
Why don’t parents like their kids to play with toy guns?
Even fake guns can be dangerous if they are mistaken for real ones by the police or other armed adults.
Laura Prater, Research Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of Washington •
conversation
March 27, 2023 • ~5 min
March 27, 2023 • ~5 min
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