Here is a sampling of the week’s events and how to tune in (all times are Eastern). Note that events are subject to change after publication. Monday See the video game “The Sims 4” in a different light, courtesy of Pieter Schoolwerth, a Brooklyn-based artist. For “Shifted Sims,” his first solo exhibition at New York’s… Read More »
By Jessica Hamzelou Sleep is important whatever your ageCavan Images/Getty Images Why do we sleep? The answer may depend on the person’s age, according to research that suggests the main role of sleep changes at the age of around two-and-a-half. Newborn babies spend a lot of time sleeping, and this gradually reduces as they get… Read More »
Among the pandemic’s biggest challenges for public health experts have been just how novel it is, how hard it’s been to come by sufficient useful data, and how few tools scientists have for accurately tracking and predicting its spread. A recent study looking at information gathered by an app that 500,000 people use to log… Read More »
We live in a world where it’s becoming easier and easier to be really negative about things AND feel miserable as a result of it. In fact, it’s so easy now, that even when we have much to be thankful for and positive about, we still tend to drift towards the negative. But what if… Read More »