Dr Sarah McKay is an Oxford University-educated neuroscientist, science writer and founder of The Neuroscience Academy. She writes a popular science-based blog Your Brain Health: http://yourbrainhealth.com.au/ SLEEP: A good night’s sleep every night should be a priority, not a luxury. Sleep is overlooked, underappreciated, and the number one, fundamental bedrock of good health. Sleep [...]
2019 is an election year in South Africa so along with the usual political hot-air we can expect a flood of fake news supported by some wild conspiracy theories. Science journalist, Rob Brotherton says in his book Suspicious Minds: Why We Believe Conspiracy Theories that the threat of a New World Order (NWO) - so [...]
Steph Vermeulen (EQ pioneer) and Simon Carpenter (Chief Innovation Officer for SAP SA) interviewed here by Ryan Hogarth on The New Normal about the potential of artificial intelligence (AI) to release us from the drudgery of being enslaved by a salary so that we can get on with living and loving life. Some scientists take [...]
Steph Vermeulen (EQ pioneer) and Simon Carpenter (Chief Innovation Officer for SAP SA) interviewed here by Ryan Hogarth on The New Normal about the potential of artificial intelligence (AI) to release us from the drudgery of being enslaved by a salary so that we can get on with living and loving life. Some scientists take [...]
ONYAKA OMUSHA ABANTU BONKE! MAHLOHONOLO a SELEMO se SECHA! Writer: Steph Vermeulen – founder of EQSA Africa attracts more than its fair share of negative attention. To kick off 2018 on a more optimistic note, here’s a little food for thought ... At least three major influences are converging to change the face of Africa. [...]
Author: Moheb Costandi All our knowledge begins with the senses, proceeds then to the understanding, and ends with reason.’ Immanuel Kant (1787) The brain’s main output: According to Daniel Wolpert – a British Neuroscientist - we have a brain for one reason and one reason only; to produce adaptable and complex movements. The [...]
In 2015 a diverse range of thinkers – known as the London Futurists – met to ponder the exponential change likely to take place over the next decade. The book - Anticipating 2025: A guide to the radical changes that may lie ahead, whether or not we’re ready - is a compilation of their papers. [...]
For a massive jolt of inspiration about our tomorrows, take a look at this startling video (11mins) about the 4th Industrial Revolution (4iR) produced by the World Economic Forum (WEF): Watch the video here: “A key feature of the 4iR is it doesn’t change what we are doing but it will change us.” [...]
“Those who cannot change their minds cannot change anything.” Nobel Laureate, George Bernard Shaw, penned this farsighted observation lightyears before anyone knew the pace of change would accelerate from 0 – 60 in a nanosecond. Technology has progressed in giant strides – especially in Neuroscience –now we know the brain reshapes itself endlessly, making [...]
Writer: Steph Vermeulen Ever wondered why it's so difficult to change some of our stickier habits - even when we know these habits are bad for us. The good news is, our lack of resolve has little to do with flagging willpower and lots to do with flawed brain wiring. This is according to two [...]
