Share to Twitter Share to Linkedin Pew Research shows that roughly 30% of Americans have used a dating app at some point in their life, and Quartz says 40% of new couples met on one. Though dating apps are becoming a universal experience, many users are growing to resent them. They rely on a marketing funnel that gets clogged between the conversion and loyalty phases. Many people use them, but few will find success. You log in, and are immediately greeted with your first profile of the day. You swipe and swipe through these, maybe checking for more details in their bio, maybe not. You’re mostly just swiping on who you think is attractive. And what you find attractive is narrowly defined. When you do happen to match with that one-in-a-hundred person, the chances that you both swipe right are low. According to MarketWatch, straight men are said to have a 0.6% match rate on Tinder, the most popular dating app. But if you swipe enough you will get a match. … [Read more...] about A New Wave Of Dating Apps Offer Users A Deeper Level Of Compatibility
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Songbirds Perceive Color In Categories Like People Do
Share to Twitter Share to Linkedin Birds perceive colors in categories just like humans do: a recent study shows that zebra finches perceive red or orange, even when reality is a shade somewhere in between A female zebra finch (Taeniopygia guttata) with colored discs that she had been trained to flip ... [+] over. The birds were rewarded with a food treat hidden underneath if they flipped over a bicolored paper disc, whereas a solid-colored disc revealed nothing. (Credit: Ryan Huang / Terra Communications, LLC) Ryan Huang / Terracommunications, LLC When you look at a rainbow, do you see bands of specific colors, or do you see a continuum of colors? Most people see distinct bands of colors, despite the fact that the rainbow itself is a continuum across the entire visible spectrum of color. Why do we see what isn’t there? Considering the amount of information reaching our sensory organs every second, it could easily become overwhelming if we … [Read more...] about Songbirds Perceive Color In Categories Like People Do
A Mystery Rocket Left A Crater On The Moon
Share to Twitter Share to Linkedin While we think of the moon as a static place, sometimes an event happens that reminds us that things can change quickly. On March 4, a human-made object (a rocket stage) slammed into the moon and left behind a double crater, as seen by NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) mission. Officials announced June 23 that they spotted a double crater associated with the event. But what’s really interesting is there’s no consensus about what kind of rocket caused it. China has denied claims that the rocket was part of a Long March 3 rocket that launched the country’s Chang’e-5 T1 mission in October 2014, although the orbit appeared to match. Previous speculation suggested it might be from a SpaceX rocket launching the DISCOVR mission, but newer analysis has mostly discredited that. On a broader scale, the value of LRO observations like this is showing how the moon can change even over a small span of time. The … [Read more...] about A Mystery Rocket Left A Crater On The Moon
A Review of 174 Studies Concluded This Is the Most Important Quality for Happy Relationships
This is the season the link between a happy family life and the ability to thrive in your career may be most clear. After a bruising year, many of us are spending the holidays retreating ( as much as the pandemic allows ) to our loved ones to reset, recharge, and be reminded of why we work so hard the rest of the year. The chaos of 2020 has really brought the importance of family home. If you need science to confirm this, there are a bunch of studies that show a happy and stable partnership, in particular, is likely to make you more successful professionally . How do you maintain these, the most important relationships in your life? There are approximately a zillion articles out there offering advice from everyone from the long married to divorce lawyers , but according to a big new review of the relevant science in the Journal of Contextual Behavioral Science , the most important factor for happy relationships boils down to just one characteristic -- psychological … [Read more...] about A Review of 174 Studies Concluded This Is the Most Important Quality for Happy Relationships
Yes, PPE can be reusable. AmorSui is making sure of it
Beau Wangtrakuldee, Ph.D., is a scientist, entrepreneur, and founder of AmorSui, a modern protective apparel company redesigning personal protective equipment (PPE) to empower women with greater function and protection in lab and medical settings. She spoke to Doreen Lorenzo for Designing Women, a series of interviews with brilliant women in the design industry. advertisement advertisement Doreen Lorenzo: Have you always had an interest in design? Beau Wangtrakuldee: The way I think about it, science and design are really closely related. You design to solve a problem. You conduct a science experiment to solve a problem. I’m a former Ph.D. scientist, so I’d work in the lab on drug discovery, antibacterial drugs, and material science. It’s all about problem-solving, creating something that can actually resolve an issue or a challenge. What inspired you to launch AmorSui? advertisement One day when I was conducting an … [Read more...] about Yes, PPE can be reusable. AmorSui is making sure of it
Box Office: ‘Elvis’ Bests ‘Top Gun 2’ With $31 Million Weekend
Share to Twitter Share to Linkedin In a kind of skewed "nature is healing” moment, two big movies scored strong Fri-Sun grosses and essentially tied for first place amid the last weekend in June. Paramount and Skydance’s poor, pathetic Top Gun: Maverick earned just $29.6 million in its fifth weekend, dropping 34% for a mere $521 million domestic cume after a month in theaters. What’s worse is that Tom Cruise’s Maverick’s $29.6 million gross is not the second-biggest fifth-weekend earner as estimates argued but merely the third-biggest behind such lightweights as Titanic ($30.1 million in 1998) and Avatar ($42 million in 2010). Yes, the $170 million legacy sequel cracked $1 billion worldwide over the weekend, but the most important variable is that it placed a sad, shameful second in its fifth weekend of release. Good luck keeping it off Paramount+ before 120 days now, Tom!! Jokes aside, Warner Bros.’ Elvis topped the domestic box office over its … [Read more...] about Box Office: ‘Elvis’ Bests ‘Top Gun 2’ With $31 Million Weekend
How Social Media Tricks Us Into Thinking We Are Paying Attention
Share to Twitter Share to Linkedin Your brain is always on the hunt for something interesting. That’s a good thing in most cases. When you go to the grocery store, you can tell the hunt is underway. You’re looking for good sales or trying to decide between Thai food or chicken curry. At a bookstore, you might glance at a few covers and in a flash see a striking title or a colorful design. Next thing you know you are carrying a pile of books home. This constant search uses a part of our brain called the temporal lobe. As the name suggests, this region is what allows us to “catch and release” anything that controls attention on a temporary basis. We love this kind of temporal activity because most of us get bored easily; we’re happy when there is a constant stimulus of attention. The allure of material “things” means our brains can switch focus and keep looking for something worthy of our attention. I mention shopping because, when we go to a store, … [Read more...] about How Social Media Tricks Us Into Thinking We Are Paying Attention