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Chandrayaan-3: Indian lunar mission inches closer to Moon
Chandrayaan-3: Indian lunar mission inches closer to Moon
Chandrayaan-3 may not be the first to land on the south pole if it's beaten by Russia's new Moon mission.
2023-08-17 14:26
Andrew Tate claims he's 'not sorry' as he discusses past webcam business: 'Everybody made money'
Andrew Tate claims he's 'not sorry' as he discusses past webcam business: 'Everybody made money'
In a candid interview with Candace Owens, the American political commentator, Andrew Tate opened up about his involvement in the webcam industry
2023-07-30 14:18
FTC's Amazon antitrust lawsuit faces high bar in US court -experts
FTC's Amazon antitrust lawsuit faces high bar in US court -experts
By Mike Scarcella The U.S. Federal Trade Commission's lawsuit accusing Amazon.com of abusing its retail market power to
2023-09-27 18:15
Can you find which letter 'G' is written correctly? Most people can't
Can you find which letter 'G' is written correctly? Most people can't
We use letters every day of our lives, but apparently, there's one lowercase letter that we do not recognise. Psychologists at Johns Hopkins University have discovered that most people aren't aware that there are two types of the lowercase letter g. One of them is the open tail 'g' which most of us would have written out by hand with its image comparable to "a loop with a fishhook hanging from it. Sign up to our free Indy100 weekly newsletter Then, there is the loop tail 'g' which appears in print form e.g. books and newspapers as well as in Serif fonts such as Times New Roman and Calibri - we've all seen this type of letter millions of times, but it seems remembering it is an entirely different challenge altogether. There were 38 volunteers in the study published by the Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception & Performance and they were asked to list letters that they thought had two variations in print. In the first experiment, "most participants failed to recall the existence of looptail g" while only two people could write looptail g accurately. "They don't entirely know what this letter looks like, even though they can read it," co-author Gali Ellenblum said. Next participants were asked to look for examples of the looptail g in the text and were asked to reproduce this letter style after this and in the end, only one person could do this while half the group wrote an open tail g. Finally, those taking part in the study were asked to identify the letter g in a multiple-choice test with four options of the letter where seven out of 25 managed to do this correctly. So how can we know a letter but not recognised it? It could be to do with the fact we are not taught to write this kind of 'g," according to Michael McCloskey, senior author of the paper. "What we think may be happening here is that we learn the shapes of most letters in part because we have to write them in school. 'Looptail g' is something we're never taught to write, so we may not learn its shape as well," he said. "More generally, our findings raise questions about the conditions under which massive exposure does, and does not, yield detailed, accurate, accessible knowledge." In a play-along video on John Hopkin's YouTube channel, four different g's labelled from one to four appear on the screen where it asked viewers to guess which is the correct looptail 'g'. (*Spoiler ahead*) The correct answer is number 3. Meanwhile, this study has also led research to question the impact that writing less and using more devices has on our reading abilities. "What about children who are just learning to read? Do they have a little bit more trouble with this form of g because they haven't been forced to pay attention to it and write it?" McCloskey said. "That's something we don't really know. Our findings give us an intriguing way of looking at questions about the importance of writing for reading..." Have your say in our news democracy. Click the upvote icon at the top of the page to help raise this article through the indy100 rankings.
2023-06-18 23:49
Pokémon Sleep: Game where players go to bed rockets up the App Store
Pokémon Sleep: Game where players go to bed rockets up the App Store
Pokémon Sleep, a game in which players go to bed in real life to win, is rocketing up the App Store charts. The app is now sixth in Apple’s charts, suggesting that makers The Pokémon Company may have found a way to replicate some of the success of their previous hit Pokemon Go. To play the game, people download the app onto their iPhone – or use a separate, paid-for accessory that the company says can be used to track sleep as well as make it easier. Once that is done, users mostly play by going to sleep. When they wake up in the morning, they will receive information about their sleep patterns – how long they slept, what kind of sleep that was, and whether players made any noises during the night – and receive rewards of Pokémon that will be caught based on that data. The game has received some negative reviews: on the iOS App Store, one player called it “deeply flawed and predatory”, criticising the fact that tracking sleep with the iPhone app means sleeping with it and leaving the screen on. While players can use the Pokémon Go Plus +, which has been given a confusing name presumably to separate it from the existing Pokémon Go Plus, that costs $60. It also received a critical review in The Verge, which said that while it was “incredibly cute”, it came with some drawbacks, including the fact that it requires players to undertake dull tasks during the day and offered few meaningful ways to actually improve sleep. Nonetheless, the game appears to have proven incredibly successful on the iPhone’s App Store and Android’s Google Play Store, where it has been downloaded millions of times. The game comes amid a growing interest in the benefits of sleep, and the technology that can help promote it. Multiple wearables such as those made by Apple, Garmin and Whoop all track the sleeping habits of their wearers, and other companies have promoted cooling and massaging technologies that are aimed at helping people get more restful sleep.
2023-08-01 01:16
Telstra-TPG Telecom network sharing deal blocked by Australia's competition tribunal
Telstra-TPG Telecom network sharing deal blocked by Australia's competition tribunal
The Australian Competition Tribunal has upheld a decision to block a network sharing agreement between wireless internet firms
2023-06-21 08:15
Fortnite Chapter 5 Release Date
Fortnite Chapter 5 Release Date
Fortnite Chapter 5 is expected to release in November 2023 after the conclusion of Fortnite Chapter 4 Season 4.
2023-08-01 03:48
Google to Pay Texas $8 Million to Settle Deceptive Pixel 4 Ad Claim
Google to Pay Texas $8 Million to Settle Deceptive Pixel 4 Ad Claim
Google has agreed to shell out $8 million to Texas over deceptive ads it made
2023-05-14 02:45
Grab a Refurbished MacBook Air for $370
Grab a Refurbished MacBook Air for $370
Setting up a home office can be easier and cheaper than you think. Buying refurbished
2023-06-24 20:26
Solar Beats Coal in Europe for First Time - But There’s a Glitch
Solar Beats Coal in Europe for First Time - But There’s a Glitch
The European Union’s transition to clean energy marked a milestone in May, when solar panels generated more electricity
2023-06-03 14:18
Solar Farms Out at Sea Are Clean Energy’s Next Breakthrough
Solar Farms Out at Sea Are Clean Energy’s Next Breakthrough
Buffeted by waves as high as 10 meters (32 feet) in China’s Yellow Sea about 30 kilometers off
2023-07-14 07:28
Second Crypto Platform Offering High Yields Halts Withdrawals and Deposits
Second Crypto Platform Offering High Yields Halts Withdrawals and Deposits
Delio, a South Korean digital-asset platform, said it has suspended customer deposit and withdrawals, becoming the second site
2023-06-14 22:50