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What is sleep paralysis?
Health, Sports & Psychology

What is sleep paralysis?

...researchers are slowly getting closer to unravelling its mystery. [The Nightmare by Johann Heinrich Füssli] The Nightmare by Johann Heinrich Fussli Hallucinations and risk factors Sleep paralysis episodes typically occur either early in the night, as someone is falling asleep, or towards the end of the night, as someone is waking up. There are three categories of...
From boom to bust: the AI winter
Digital & Computing

From boom to bust: the AI winter

...researchers in the World, the project turned out to be a failure. According to legend, one high-profile demonstration translated the English phrase: "the spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak” into Russian and then back into English to produce: "the vodka is good, but the meat is rotten”. One of highest profile failures of this first wave of AI lay the perceptron....
iOrchestra
Society, Politics & Law

iOrchestra

...online orchestra that will allow people who live hundreds of miles apart to make music together for the first time.” It was initiated by researchers, scientists and educators and encourages people to participate through an online platform and special events. iOrchestra is national in orientation and concerned with participation. It was launched in 2014 and is ongoing....
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The Long Table
Society, Politics & Law

The Long Table

...interests. It was initiated by artists and cultural organisations and encourages people to participate through special events. The Long Table is local, national, transnational and global in orientation and concerned with anti-discrimination, equality and social justice, education, research, knowledge production and information access. It began in 2013 and is ongoing....
Open Corporates
Society, Politics & Law

Open Corporates

...monitor and regulate them. It was initiated by non-governmental organisation/charity and encourages people to participate through an online platform. Open Corporates is local, national, transnational and global in orientation and concerned with research, knowledge production and information access, participation and democracy, politics and representation. It is ongoing....
How might a hard or soft Brexit affect the UK?
Society, Politics & Law

How might a hard or soft Brexit affect the UK?

...Stihler MEP, Alex Neil MSP and Mark Diffley, social researcher, analyse the importance of the type of deal the United Kingdom receives after Brexit, following the decision to leave the European Union in 2016. Understanding Brexit Copyright information: Image: 'Shipping Grid' by Reid Beels under CC BY-NC-SA 2.0 Image: 'UK Border Force' by Max Speed under CC BY-ND 2.0...
Will we ever be able to trust an AI sports coach?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Will we ever be able to trust an AI sports coach?

...research intern at the Children’s Research centre – examined perceptions of AI as a coaching system or aid in trampolining. The primary distinguishing feature between an AI system and aid are its dependency on a human coach’s presence. The AI system is described as essentially being an independent AI coach, whereas an AI aid is a tool used by coaches to enhance...
Reading and motivation: focusing on disengaged readers
Education & Development

Reading and motivation: focusing on disengaged readers

...research, drawing on data from 70,403 young people suggests that reading enjoyment is at its lowest level since 2005 (Cole et al., 2022). It declines with age and less than half of the 8 to 18 year olds surveyed reported enjoying it (47.8%). More disturbingly still, the pre-existing gaps between boys and girls and between those on free school meals (FSM) and others,...