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Using Squid Game to Teach Economics

Teaching with Squid Game First-year business and economics students throughout the globe might in the future be using Netflix's international hit series "Squid Game" to learn intricate economic concepts. A new article by the Monash Business School has shown how incorporating the hit dystopian series "Squid Game" techniques can reinvent how students learn Game Theory, one...

Astronomers Identify Remains of Long-Lost Galaxy Consumed by the Milky Way

The Gaia spacecraft's view of the Milky Way galaxy, with purple marking the remains of the Pontus galaxy. (Image credit: ESA/Gaia/DPAC, CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO) The massive appetite of a Galaxy The Milky Way galaxy devoured more galaxies in its early days than astronomers assumed. The Gaia spacecraft discovered the remains of an ancient cosmic collision in...

Pictures Reveal the Chemical Ecosystem of Murchison Meteorite Particles

Re-exploring a renowned meteorite Ground braking Atomic Force Microscopy (AFM) analysis is being used to better explore the chemical diversity of the renowned Murchison meteorite that exploded over Australia in 1969. The desired outcome of this procedure might result in the discovery of new particles in meteorites and samples from space. Preliminary analysis of the Murchison...

Self-Healing Materials For Robotics Composed of ‘Jelly’ and Salt

Credit: University of Cambridge Scientists have developed self-healing, biodegradable, 3D-printed materials that could be used to develop realistic artificial hands and other soft robotics applications. The low-cost jelly-like materials, developed by scientists at the University of Cambridge, can sense strain, temperature, and humidity. Furthermore, unlike earlier self-healing robots, they can additionally partially repair themselves at room...

United States Sea Levels Expected to Rise at a Faster Rate Than in Previous 100 Years

According to the most recent projections, sea levels along the United States coastline rise will rise quicker within the following three decades than they did in the previous 100 years, bringing more flooding to coastal cities like New York and Miami. According to a report led by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, sea levels...

Research Study Shows Link Between Oral Microbiome and Naturally Occuring Alveolar Bone Loss

The Oral Microbiome and Naturally Occurring Alveolar Bone Loss: An Experimental Investigation It is increasingly obvious that the collection of bacteria, viruses, and fungi that dwell on and within us—the human microbiome—significantly benefits our health. The microbiome as a supplement has been described as a management tool for immune cells that affect bone health in...

Mental Speed Rarely Changes Over a Lifespan

Study reveals that the speed of cognitive information processing stays exceptionally stable over decades Mental speed-- the speed at which we can manage problems needing quick decision-making-- does not change significantly over the years. Psychologists at Heidelberg University came to this conclusion under the leadership of Dr. Mischa von Krause and Dr. Stefan Radev. They...

Autonomously Swimming Biohybrid Fish Made From Human Cardiac Cells Reveals Secrets of Heart Physiology

The first fully autonomous biohybrid fish from human stem-cell derived cardiac muscle cells. Credit: Michael Rosnach, Keel Yong Lee, Sung-Jin Park, Kevin Kit Parker An autonomously swimming biohybrid fish, designed to emphasize two crucial regulatory functions of the human heart, has shown the relevance of feedback mechanisms in muscle pumps (such as the heart). The...

Orangutans Instinctively Use Hammers to Strike and Sharp Rocks to Cut

Loui (the juvenile male orangutan) using the core as an active element to vertically strike on the concrete floor of the testing room during the Flake Trading condition of Experiment 2. Credit: Motes-Rodrigo et al., 2022, PLOS ONE, CC-BY 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) Untrained, captive orangutans can finish two significant steps in the routine of stone tool use:...

Did Civilization Rise Because of a Comet Impact?

Credit: Vladislav Tchakarov Human beings unexpectedly changed around 13,000 years ago. Hunter-gatherer societies began to transform their lifestyle quickly. They began to construct permanent settlements and focused their efforts on farming. The earliest man-made megalithic structures around were also constructed around this period. Was a comet collision the reason behind this fast advancement of human...