Caffeine seems to jumpstart more than just people. A study conducted in a former coffee farm in Costa Rica has revealed that coffee pulp significantly boosts the growth of new trees; in two years, the area researchers covered with the pulp had turned into a small forest, while the control area was dominated by grass. The hope is that this revelation could lead to better forest restoration alongside efficient management of agricultural waste and by-products. Read full article here
Education
Overcoming Bias
Kai Cheng’s professor had a brilliant scheme. In his first lecture, he promised that each lecture would feature a “Lie of the Day”. But why? It made his students more attentive and analytical, poring over every detail of his lecture and making sense of why things were true. It was such a powerful teaching method that his students digested his most technical lectures quite easily because they tried so hard to catch his lie. The kicker? There was no lie in that first lecture; he had lied about that too! Read full article here
Merv
August 17, 2022
