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The Internet of Things transforms our relation with world

Entrepreneur Chad Jones presented a human-computer interaction seminar last Wednesday about the Internet of Things.

Skills are easier to learn if associated to skills we have

Recent findings by researchers at the Center for the Neural Basis of Cognition (CNBC) suggest that it is easier to learn new skills if people can associate them with skills they already have.

Pugwash: Mars trip could be one-way

Student Pugwash is a non-advocacy, educational organization that discusses the implications of science. This article is a summary of last week’s dicussion on one-way trips to Mars.

How Things Work: NFC can be active or passive

This week's How Things Work is about near field communication (NFC).

SciTech Briefs

This week's SciTech Briefs cover Google's quantum processors, the ozone layer's recovery, 3-D printers in space, a new dinosaur discovery, lithium levels in stars, and Apple's smartwatch.

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