Tag: video
What Makes Gambling Addictive?
Is slot machine gambling more about excitement or absorption? Professor Luke Clark looks at how game design influences gambling addiction.
How Do You Get the Bend in the River?
Most of us live right near a waterway, but have we ever stopped to think about how our behaviour influences the natural landscape?
Lobbyists: Not as Bad as You Think
The public generally regards lobbyists are shills for big-money interests,
but their expertise can actually help lawmakers craft effective policy.
Watch What You’re Breathing
There's a truck called MAPLE driving through southern Ontario. It's not serving food; it's collecting data on what's in the air everyone's breathing.
Giving Your Muscles Superpowers
Your muscles can already heal themselves, but this ability degrades over time. Stem cell biologists are looking to give them a boost.
Don’t Let Innovators Block Innovation
If your great idea is profitable, you might not support the next great idea.
Creative destruction is vital for societies to keep innovating and growing.
So, You Say You Want a Revolution
The digital humanities are combining old data and new technology to understand how historical and current social movements came into being.
How Do We Fit Into the Big Picture?
As individuals, and as a species, we're always trying to find our place. What we know about our planet, and universe, is expanding all the time.
