How many times have you shown up to a video meeting with people at work only to find you have terrible internet that day? Maybe the others on the call are cutting in and out, or maybe your own signal is being corrupted on ...
Quantum Physics
Sep 25, 2023
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A new study which helped pet parrots make video calls to each other suggests that the birds may have benefited from making new feathered friends over the internet.
Plants & Animals
Apr 21, 2023
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Can we truly connect with each other through video calls? Yes, according to a recent study. Psychologists found our bodies synchronize almost as much in digital conversations as in real life. But this doesn't mean we should ...
Social Sciences
Apr 5, 2023
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A message of faith and hope first delivered by Pope Francis in the middle of the 2020 coronavirus lockdown will be sent into space, the Vatican announced Monday.
Space Exploration
Mar 27, 2023
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Even if you think you are good at analyzing faces, research shows many people cannot reliably distinguish between photos of real faces and images that have been computer-generated. This is particularly problematic now that ...
Social Sciences
Jan 26, 2023
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If you find yourself shouting and gesticulating wildly if others can't hear you during a Zoom call, you're not alone. The more the video quality of an online meeting degrades, the louder we start talking, a new study by researchers ...
Social Sciences
Apr 13, 2022
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It's no secret that being a work-from-home mom during the dawn of the COVID-19 pandemic was a drag. And those tech tools—video meetings and texting—designed to make remote work easier? They just added to the stress and ...
Economics & Business
Nov 19, 2021
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On the internet, the old saying goes, nobody knows you're a dog—but that could be set to change with the invention of a device which helps pets place video calls to their owners.
Plants & Animals
Nov 17, 2021
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Entire regions of Earth in flames. Storms trailing destruction in their wake. And the haunting fragility of humanity's only home floating like a blue—but also tarnished—pearl in the vastness of space.
Space Exploration
Nov 4, 2021
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In a new study, researchers demonstrate an automated, easy-to-operate quantum key distribution (QKD) system using the fiber network in the city of Padua, Italy. The field test represents an important step toward implementing ...
Quantum Physics
Jun 10, 2021
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