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Take a social media sabbatical for your health
Jessica Taylor Mental HealthcareAccording to We Are Social's "Digital in 2017" report, social media users have increased by 21 percent since 2015. "More than 1 billion now people use Facebook every day, meaning that more than half of all active Facebook users use the service on a daily basis," the report said.
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Retooling libraries with makerspaces
Brian Stack EducationNearly three years ago, in an article for MultiBriefs Education, I talked about the need to transform libraries for the 21st century. Since that time, the need for change in library structures continues to be great. "For school libraries — much like the newspaper industry — staying relevant in the 21st century has been the story of reinvention," I wrote. "Technology has put information at our fingertips like never before."
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Governments worldwide allocate funds to fight cybercrime
Bambi Majumdar Law Enforcement, Defense & SecurityCybercrime is on the rise. While we are not surprised by the fact, the rate at which it is increasing, the sophisticated technologies used by the perpetrators and the inadvertent complicity from telecom sectors have raised additional concerns.
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Are you ready for the ‘robocalypse’ coming to manufacturing?
Delany Martinez ManufacturingAutomation is the newest buzzword on everyone's lips when it comes to manufacturing. Is it reliable? Will it really replace humans effectively? Will there be a pushback from consumers? Apprehensive questions abound, but many are born out of misunderstanding the spread of automation, or overly-optimistic forecasts over how quickly "the turnover" will actually eclipse flesh-and-blood workers.
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Social anxiety disorder: Researchers study genetic causes
Dorothy L. Tengler Mental HealthcareSocial anxiety is normal for everyone, except when the anxiety begins to interfere with living a happy and healthy life. Social anxiety disorder (SAD), or social phobia, involves intense anxiety or fear about various social situations and is the third-most common mental health problem in the world today after alcoholism and depression.
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How not to get replaced by machines at work
Linchi Kwok Travel, Hospitality & Event ManagementI was not exaggerating in my previous article when I discussed how "machines will soon perform more service jobs than humans." My proposition was supported by more than 10 recent examples where service jobs are being replaced by robots or automatic service in restaurants, hotels and other fields in the service sector.
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Virtual reality in the classroom
Brian Stack EducationI made the mistake of bringing Brady and Cameron, my 11- and 9-year-old boys, with me last month to the store when it was time to upgrade my phone. Much to the dismay of my wife Erica, the salesperson also sweet-talked me into buying a virtual reality (VR) headset, like one of these.
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What has changed with repeal of internet privacy rules? Not much
Ross Lancaster Science & TechnologyLast year, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) passed new privacy rules under Section 222 of the Communications Act. Hailed as a huge win for consumer advocacy and civil liberties groups, the rules required internet users to give their internet service provider (ISP) an affirmative opt-in if their ISP wanted to access information like location data, app usage and internet browsing histories.
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66 percent of the world faces water shortages every year
Judith Villarreal Waste Management & EnvironmentalWhile it has been known for some time that the world water crisis is among the top three global problems, we now have a more accurate number and percentage of people who are currently facing this problem. The true scale and severity of water shortages around the globe have emerged from a recent study done by the University of Twente in the Netherlands.
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Turning spinach into human heart tissue
Dorothy L. Tengler Medical & Allied HealthcareLike Popeye, we have all grown up knowing the health benefits of eating leafy green spinach. Belonging to the chenopodiaceae family (also known as goosefoot), spinach is part of a family of nutritional powerhouses. As for its benefits, dark green spinach leaves contain high levels of chlorophyll and health-promoting carotenoids (beta carotene, lutein and zeaxanthin), which are touted to have anti-inflammatory and anti-cancerous properties — especially important for healthy eye-sight, helping to prevent macular degeneration and cataracts.
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