Jack Ma – The Inspirational Story of Alibaba Founder Jack Ma is the founder of the E-commerce giant Alibaba and is a stakeholder at Alipay, it’s sister company which is an e-payment portal. He is now officially the richest man in China with an estimated net worth of $25 Billion, on the back of the recent world record $150 Billion IPO…
Here, Explains why Covid deaths have varied so greatly across countries No one would describe 2020 as normal. The corona virus disrupted travel, employment and livelihoods. It pushed countries into lockdown, forcing people to change how they lived.And it infected millions of people, resulting in many getting severely ill and death. The high number of…
When we’re tired or stressed, our brains want to save mental energy and help us make decisions quickly. We’re wired to move toward things that make us feel good and away from things that make us feel uncomfortable. Our brains tag effort as bad, because it’s hard work, and we’re more likely to “go…
Elon Musk said Neuralink hopes to start implanting its brain chips in humans in 2022 Elon Musk has said that Neuralink, his brain-interface technology company, hopes to start implanting its microchips in human beings next year. Musk Co-founded Neuralink in 2016. It is developing a chip that would be implanted in people’s brains to simultaneously record and…
Forming healthy friendships is often seen as a crucial skill for a child – but one that’s rarely explicitly taught. Here’s what science can tell us about those vital bonds. For many of us, the coronavirus pandemic revealed who our closest friends are. Deprived of social opportunities to interact with a wider group, we became…
The Science of Mind Reading Researchers are pursuing age-old questions about the nature of thoughts—and learning how to read them. Mind-reading sounds like science fiction. Psychological concept used to describe the process of understanding what other people are thinking. We may not be aware of it, but we use mind-reading every day when we interact…
The global adult literacy rate is around 86% With each generation that passes, more and more people are learning how to read, according to UNESCO. These days, around 86% of adults around the world are able to enjoy a book on their own. UNESCO also explained that their data shows “remarkable improvement among youth in terms…
More than 52% of the world’s population is under 30 years old: “According to the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), as of 2012, 50.5 percent of the world’s population were people under the age of 30. Around 89.7% of those young people live in emerging and developing economies like the Middle East and Africa.”…
Five hundred years ago, Michel de Montaigne said: “My life has been filled with terrible misfortune; most of which never happened.” Now there’s a study that proves it. Study Results This study looked into how many of our imagined calamities never materialize. In this study, subjects were asked to write down their worries over an…
A yawn is an involuntary reflex where the mouth is opened wide, and the lungs take in a lot of air. The air is then exhaled slowly. During this time, the eardrums stretch, and the eyes may also close tight, causing them to water. No thought or action has to be taken to produce a…
