Scientists have known for a while that dogs came to America in waves, but an ancient bone fragment has revealed that man’s best friend likely followed their human companions into Alaska as early 13,000 years ago. While the fragment itself is only around 10,150 years old, it supports the theory that humans and dogs migrated through the Northwest Pacific coastal route, which only became viable 13,000 years ago. 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
