av Mikael Winterkvist | jun 21, 2019 | Ted
The report from Agnes Callamard, the UN special rapporteur, sets out in forensic detail concerns about the behaviour of Saudi Arabia, both before and after the murder of the dissident journalist Jamal Khashoggi.
It also details the potential threats posed to journalists and academics by the kingdom’s use of intrusive spyware.
This is a threat the Guardian has had to assess with some seriousness in recent months.
Earlier this year, the Guardian was warned it was being targeted by a cybersecurity unit in Saudi Arabia that had been ordered to “hack” into the email accounts of journalists investigating the various crises engulfing the royal court.
Källa: Guardian told it was target of Saudi hacking unit after Khashoggi killing
av Mikael Winterkvist | jun 20, 2019 | Ted
Why do juveniles falsely confess to crimes? What makes them more vulnerable than adults to this shocking, counterintuitive phenomenon? Through the lens of Brendan Dassey’s interrogation and confession (as featured in Netflix’s ”Making a Murderer” documentary), developmental psychology professor and researcher Lindsay Malloy breaks down the science underlying false confessions and calls for change in the way kids are treated by a legal system designed for adults.
av Mikael Winterkvist | jun 16, 2019 | Ted
MIT researcher Deb Roy wanted to understand how his infant son learned language — so he wired up his house with videocameras to catch every moment (with exceptions) of his son’s life, then parsed 90,000 hours of home video to watch ”gaaaa” slowly turn into ”water.” Astonishing, data-roch research with deep implications for how we learn.
av Mikael Winterkvist | jun 12, 2019 | Ted
Anger researcher Ryan Martin draws from a career studying what makes people mad to explain some of the cognitive processes behind anger — and why a healthy dose of it can actually be useful. ”Your anger exists in you … because it offered your ancestors, both human and nonhuman, an evolutionary advantage,” he says. ”[It’s] a powerful and healthy force in your life.”
av Mikael Winterkvist | jun 10, 2019 | Ted
Good design looks great, yes — but why shouldn’t it also feel great, smell great and sound great? Designer Jinsop Lee (a TED Talent Search winner) shares his theory of 5-sense design, with a handy graph and a few examples. His hope: to inspire you to notice great multisensory experiences.
av Mikael Winterkvist | jun 9, 2019 | Ted
00Sound design is built on deception — when you watch a movie or TV show, nearly all of the sounds you hear are fake. In this audio-roch talk, Tasos Frantzolas explores the role of sound in storytelling and demonstrates just how easily our brains are fooled by what we hear.
