Gamification was always just behaviorism dressed up in pixels and point systems. Why did we fall for it?
Kenyan runners, like many others, are grappling with the impact of expensive, high-performance shoes.
AI-powered NPCs that don’t need a script could make games—and other worlds—deeply immersive.
Scientific American (June 26, 2024): The July/August 2024 issue features The New Science of Health and Appetite – What humans really evolved to eat and how food affects our health today…
Nutrition influencers claim we should eat meat-heavy diets like our ancestors did. But our ancestors didn’t actually eat that way
“Heavy and healthy” can be a rare or common condition. But either way it may signal that some excess weight is just fine
Blockbuster weight-loss drugs are revealing how appetite, pleasure and addiction work in the brain
Times Literary Supplement (June 26, 2024): The latest issue features ‘More is More’ – Claire Lowdon on excess; Flaubert’s moral vision; Twenty years of British Politics; Quantum Mechanics and Medieval women….
The Globalist Podcast (June 26, 2024): A look back at the leaders debate in France and Macron’s stark words over immigration policies. Plus: protests in Kenya intensify, our Quality of Life series casts an eye on Vienna and Japan unearths rare metals.
The court ruled there was no legal justification for the ultra-Orthodox exemption from service, a decision that threatened to split Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s wartime government.
At least five people were killed in clashes with the police that erupted after lawmakers approved tax increases that critics said would drive up the cost of living for millions.
Miriam Adelson long operated in the shadow of her powerful husband, Sheldon Adelson. Now, after his death, she is playing in politics as a solo practitioner for the first time.
The deaths of at least 1,300 pilgrims during the hajj point to the growing threat that climate change poses to beloved gatherings.
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