The pandemic affects our health in more ways than you’d expect. Necessary health protocols such as isolation and rigorous sanitation are affecting our microbiome — the “collection of microbes that live on and inside our bodies”. Developing a diverse microbiome is crucial to developing a robust immune system; for example, exposure to pets early in life reduces the risk of developing allergies. What then shall we do to maintain a healthy microbiome during this sanitisation-frenzy?
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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
