Mind
How Does Technology Rewire the Intricate Circuitry of the Teenage Mind?
Adobe stock image, used under license There’s a line that I like to use when I give a speech these days. First I pull out my iPhone and show it to the audience. I call it my ‘dopamine machine’. Then I say: “The last thing I look at when I go to sleep at night …
The History of Mind Control
THE ENGLISH TRANSLATION of Wladimir Velminski’s Homo Sovieticus: Brain Waves, Mind Control, and Telepathic Destiny, originally published in German in 2013, comes at a fitting moment, as old paranoias about Russian psychological manipulation are being repurposed in the American political sphere. Velminski is a media historian, and his stated goal in Homo Sovieticus is “to …
MIND Technology: Outlook Still Uncertain Despite Improved Order Levels
donvictorio/iStock via Getty Images MIND Technology (NASDAQ:MIND, NASDAQ:MINDP) or “MIND”, formerly known as Mitcham Industries is a micro-cap provider of technology and solutions for exploration, survey and defense applications in oceanographic, hydrographic, defense, seismic and security industries. Strategic transformation and ambitious growth targets The company recently exited its seismic land leasing business as a result …
Sharks Use Earth’s Magnetic Fields to Guide Them Like a Map – “It Really Is Mind Blowing”
Sea turtles are known for relying on magnetic signatures to find their way across thousands of miles to the very beaches where they hatched. Now, researchers reporting in the journal Current Biology on May 6 have some of the first solid evidence that sharks also rely on magnetic fields for their long-distance forays across the …
Mental health is top of mind at UMW
As UMW students approach the end of an unprecedented semester, with final exams and holidays on the horizon, practicing self-care and inquiring about others’ wellbeing is important. Zen Garden photo courtesy of Dan Hirshberg. “It’s something every single member of our community can do for our students,” said Tevya Zukor, director of University of Mary …
The pursuit of consumer peace of mind: How international technology markets have responded and adapted as a result of Covid-19
Technology has been at the heart of how we have adapted to the Covid pandemic and 2020 will go down as the year where globally we adopted new technology at a faster rate and in more far-reaching ways than ever before. One of the key reasons for that has been consumers seeking reassurance, and technology …
For Long-Haulers, Covid-19 Takes a Toll on Mind as Well as Body
Forty hours after treating her first coronavirus patient, on March 30, Angela Aston came home to her family with a cough. “Gosh, your throat is scratchy,” her husband told her. Right away she knew she had likely been infected with Covid-19. As a nurse practitioner, Ms. Aston, 50, was confident she knew how to handle …
In Cummings’ mind, clever people break the rules | Alan Finlayson | Opinion
What planet are they on? It’s a good question, one we might ask of any government at any time. But it feels particularly appropriate for Dominic Cummings and the government he advises, which seems to think the rules it makes for the rest of us don’t apply to its members. The chief aide’s recent decision …
Judicial nominee pledges open mind on health law he blasted
WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal judge nominated to the nation’s second-most powerful court said Wednesday that he was writing as an academic and commentator when he criticized as “indefensible” a Supreme Court ruling upholding the Affordable Care Act. Justin Walker, a 37-year-old protege of Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh, …
Some Businesses Getting a Break On Rent Because of Coronavirus – NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth
Along Lowest Greenville on Greenville Avenue in Dallas, some businesses are doing what they can with take-out orders to try and keep revenue coming in. “I feel like every 24 hours you kind of wake up and it’s still a dream almost,” owner of Greenville Avenue Pizza Company Sammy Mandell said. “It’s just very surreal …
