Would you dare to pour a bucket of ice water over yourself? And pinching your cheekbones on camera until a bruise comes out? Would you lick toilet seats just to show what you’re capable of? The presence on social networks of challenges that encourage users to take certain risks and share images is so common that minors are very familiar […] … learn more→

Every person looks for an application or software to ease the process and integrate complex issues. If you are also looking for the same, consider browsing the internet on EdrawMax. This is one of the best, easy to use, and most potent diagramming applications that can help users create ideas effectively and efficiently. Using this […] … learn more→

In Hyperion , a science fiction novel written by Dan Simmons in 1989, the characters are connected to a network of artificial intelligences, called the “datasphere”. By allowing them to have instant access to any information, knowledge is immediately available, but the ability to think for oneself is now lost. More than thirty years after the publication of […] … learn more→

A seed collection? A collection of fossils? It may sound old-fashioned in a world of virtual reality and artificial intelligence. But these types of systematized repositories of biological material store valuable scientific information collected over time and geographical space. Biological collections can be considered as micromuseums that house scientific information of great importance for research, education and the […] … learn more→

Social media challenges are wide-ranging – both in the stunts they involve and the reasons why people do them. But why do young people take up challenges that pose a threat to health, well-being and, occasionally, their very lives? We are an engineering professor who specializes in understanding how humans interact with computers and a psychology professor with expertise in […] … learn more→

Among the many areas widely consolidated by psychological research is that of the science of motivation. Decades of research have laid the foundations for understanding why motivated behavior occurs and how it occurs. Furthermore, this research has had a very applied nature since it has been contexts such as education, work, or sports, which have stimulated said research. […] … learn more→

Parents can often find themselves staring in bewilderment at the little human they helped to create. Sometimes this bewilderment is centred around awe and amazement. Sometimes it is firmly entrenched in shock and embarrassment about a specific behaviour they have just witnessed. When a child swears it can be the latter that engulfs us. Children […] … learn more→

Over the past three years, people from all walks of life have learned a great deal about different branches of science. The COVID-19 pandemic introduced many of us to information about virology and vaccine production. Environmental disasters in every part of the world have brought concepts from meteorology and climatology to daily news reports. In […] … learn more→

Young children love to play with their mums and dads. But for busy parents, it’s often the last thing they feel like doing. Running a home and family, doing paid work and trying to squeeze in some personal time mean parents don’t have a lot of time or energy to play magical princess dragons or […] … learn more→

Among the world’s ever-expanding array of board games, a small but growing number deal with climate change. But are these games any good? As a professor of English who specializes in environmental literature, I set out to learn how well these board games portray the perils that global warming poses to the planet. Are they an effective […] … learn more→