by Heather Zeiger | Aug 14, 2024 | Bioethics, Mornings with Carmen
Today on Mornings with Carmen, we talked about making tires that will not fall apart in the harsh conditions at the Moon’s south pole, the latest Gallup pole numbers on American’s views on euthanasia, and if the Singularity is nearer. Designing tires that...
by Heather Zeiger | Aug 7, 2017 | Announcements, Science, Technology
Originally, I wanted to write an article about parabiosis since it was a hot topic in the news. But, it turns out what the company Ambrosia is doing isn’t exactly parabiosis. It’s more akin to expensive blood transfusions. Parabiosis involves attaching two...
by Heather Zeiger | Aug 7, 2017 | Announcements, Society, Technology
I’ve written critically on how social media and the gaming industry uses psychological hacks to get people hooked, but is there a positive side to hacking our brains? Gamification is using gaming techniques to motivate users to do things they may not otherwise...
by Heather Zeiger | May 3, 2017 | Uncategorized
In this second article on technology addiction at MercatorNet, I look at the data from Adam Alter’s book Irresistible: The rise of addictive technologies and the business of keeping us hooked.
by Heather Zeiger | Apr 5, 2017 | Announcements, Book Review, Science, Society, Technology
This first of two articles I review Sharon Begley’s book Can’t Just Stop: An Investigation into Compulsions. Begley says that our need to check our cell phone every five minutes is not an addiction, but a compulsion. Begley is a science writer and has...
