Memories Impact Ability to Make Sense of Future
Razi Berry Memory is as much about the future as it is the past. Whether experiencing something new, or something we’ve experienced a hundred times, people use memories of the past to navigate subsequent encounters. Traditionally, psychologists believed that the more ingrained a memory of something was, the more difficult it would be to update […]
What Happens to Info on Facebook when Someone Dies?
Razi Berry New analysis by academics from the Oxford Internet Institute (OII) predicts the dead may outnumber the living on Facebook within fifty years, a trend that will have grave implications for how we treat our digital heritage in the future. Grave implications for our digital heritage in the future The analysis predicts that, based […]
Measles Outbreaks Could be More Common in the Future
A recent study projects that small decreases in the MMR vaccine could lead to large increases in measles outbreaks. The study is a response to the 18 states which allow for non-medical or philosophical belief exemptions to vaccinations. The study cites that as a nation, the United States is “near the threshold of 90 to […]