Fake news is a form of misinformation that is created to manipulate people’s perceptions of real facts and events. It’s not a new problem, and it’s becoming more prevalent on social media. To spread, fake news needs three things. Those items are misinformation, intense conflict, and distraction. 1. Misinformation The media is a powerful tool…
Asimov’s Three Laws are a crucial code of behavior that fictional autonomous robots must obey as a condition for integration into human society. The laws were shaped in the literary work of Isaac Asimov and others, and they have appeared in many venues including films ( Repo Man, Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence), cartoon…
Bluetooth is a radio technology that can be used to connect devices within a short distance. It’s one of the most common wireless technologies in use today and appears on products across the smart home space. To communicate, Bluetooth devices use a radio that hops between dozens of short-wavelength UHF (ultra-high frequency) channels hundreds of…
The solar system consists of the Sun and the planets, natural satellites, asteroids, meteoroids and comets that orbit it. These objects range in size from microscopic dust to the largest planets. They all have certain characteristics that scientists use to classify them. These include size, temperature and composition. Planets In our solar system, a planet…
The human brain is a complex system of billions of neurons that communicate through electrical pulses. These pulses can be measured in the EEG (electroencephalogram). The waves generated by the brain are referred to as brainwaves, and they occur in four distinct categories. Each one is associated with specific mental activities. Alpha Alpha waves are…
The Sun is only one of billions of stars in our galaxy, the Milky Way. This means there are many other solar systems out in space, each with their own planets and moons. The eight planets in the Solar System and their hundreds of natural satellites (moons) are surrounded by countless asteroids, comets and other…
The mind is a complex set of cognitive functions controlled by the brain. But it also has some unique features that make it unique from the rest of the body. Despite the growing popularity of the reductive materialist view of consciousness, some philosophers are still questioning whether experience can be merely physical. Your imagination Your…
The Sun, the eight planets and their moons, and countless asteroids, comets, and other small, icy objects comprise our Solar System. The Solar System formed 4.5 billion years ago from leftover materials from the collapse of a cloud of interstellar material. The four inner planets, Mercury, Venus, Earth and Mars, were rocky, but the outer…
Evolution is the process by which populations of different organisms (species) develop and adapt to their environments. Evolution occurs naturally through the action of natural selection, which rewards certain advantageous traits and punishes others through better or worse survival or reproduction. 1. Humans will become cyborgs Cyborgs are people who have a bionic or mechanical…
