Title: Knee or Hip Replacements Cut People’s Risk for Falls: Study
Category: Health News
Created: 10/26/2020 12:00:00 AM
Last Editorial Review: 10/27/2020 12:00:00 AM
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A group of Uber drivers have filed a legal case in Amsterdam claiming that the platform’s algorithm unfairly dismissed them from the service without appeal. Dutch news outlet NOS reports that four Uber drivers, three British and one Portuguese, filed the case at a district court yesterday. The drivers say automated firing is not allowed and according to European law, there must be human intervention before such an important decision is made. Uber is contesting the claims, and told the BBC that humans had intervened before the drivers’ accounts were deactivated. “As part of our regular processes, the drivers in this…
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Title: Poverty Might Raise Black Kids’ Health Risks as Early as Age 5
Category: Health News
Created: 10/23/2020 12:00:00 AM
Last Editorial Review: 10/26/2020 12:00:00 AM
When it comes to incentivizing individuals to make more environmentally conscious travel decisions, government subsidies have proven quite successful in the past. In a number of European countries, there are subsidies for buying new and used electric cars, installing EV charging points in your home, and even discounted bus tickets for those in low income brackets. Earlier this year in the UK, the government handed out vouchers to help people get their old bikes back on the road in a bid to encourage cycle commuting. In most of these cases, the money set aside to fund the subsidies was used…
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Virtual reality (VR) has the power to take us out of our surroundings and transport us to far-off lands. From a quick round of golf, to fighting monsters or going for a skydive, all of this can be achieved from the comfort of your home. But it’s not just gamers who love VR and see its potential. VR is used a lot in psychology research to investigate areas such as social anxiety, moral decision-making and emotional responses. And in our new research we used VR to explore how people respond emotionally to a potential threat. We knew from earlier work…
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