Category: Education

24/03/2016 education | generations conflict | human-rights | politics | society Feitosa-Santana

The New Conflict of Generations

Written by Joseph E. Stiglitz: “Something interesting has emerged in voting patterns on both sides of the Atlantic: young people are voting markedly differently from their elders. The big divide is not based so much on income, formal education or the gender of voters. This division. The lives of both the old and the young are […]

01/08/2013 education | famous morning larks | famous night owls | morning person and night person | night person intelligence | night person vs day person | science for lay people Feitosa-Santana

Early to Rise? Ordinary and Happy. Late-to-Bed-Late-to-Rise? Intelligent and Depressed.

According to the University of Madrid and the London School of Economics, those who wake up early have more time just to mediocrity. Those who sleep later and wake up later are generally smarter. Those who sleep late and wake up late have better analytical thinking, conceptual and critical. Despite some exceptions, such as Thomas […]

13/07/2013 chicago museum of science | Color is in the Brain | education | entertainment | Isaac Newton Light and Color | john werner | physical stimulus | science | science for lay people | visual stimulus | wavelengths of light Feitosa-Santana

Museum of Science and Industry, Chicago: Review

According to the Museum of Science and Industry (Chicago, IL) “the color of an object is determined by the specific wavelengths of lights that it absorbs and reflects” but THIS IS NOT TRUE. This wrong definition is presented in the Color Booth and situated in the Science Storm Exhibition. Here are some explanations about why color […]