Neuroscientists tackling the age-old question of whether perceptions of color hold from one person to the next are coming up with some interesting answers.
Many scientific concepts, including bushfires and climate change, happen at scales outside human perception. So how can we ever understand them?
Police bodycam image of Lamar Wright, who was recovering from surgery when he was pepper-sprayed and zapped with a stun gun by two officers in Euclid, Ohio.
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Deryn Strange, John Jay College of Criminal Justice and Kristyn Jones, John Jay College of Criminal Justice
The use of bodycams promised to settle disputes about what really happens in police interactions with civilians. But they might not, because of both human and technological limitations.
VR is being applied to shopping, car manufacturing and exercise – but it remains a challenge to transport humans to new worlds with an acceptable sense of presence.
Harsh truth: you probably look more attractive in a group than on your own.
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