Mar 26, 2023 | Storytelling Stub
“He looks like a penguin.” Is it a compliment or an insult? What does it mean? Is he in a black & white outfit, waddling, heavy, or noisy? According to the study published in Open Mind by psychologists at the University of California, Berkeley, even single words... 
Feb 16, 2023 | Storytelling Stub
Somebody was talking about ableism the other day. Ableism is the discrimination of and social prejudice against people with disabilities based on the belief that typical abilities are superior. As an example, she picked crazy and insane and said, “When we can... 
Jan 11, 2023 | Storytelling Stub
I don’t know about you, but editing is a joy and also a nightmare for me. I enjoy editing. I love editing. Every time I perform, I find something to improve, so I edit. Whenever I edit, I want to try my story out on the stage, so I do. Then, I find something to... 
Dec 16, 2022 | Storytelling Stub
Something has changed about Master Habu, a professional shogi player and a chess FIDE Master. Shogi, known as Japanese chess, is a strategy board game for two players. Habu is the only person to simultaneously hold seven major professional shogi titles at the same... 
Nov 16, 2022 | Storytelling Stub
Students studying at Iowa State University. Christopher Gannon/Iowa State University Does anybody have problem with memorizing new things? Forgetting is natural, but how can we slow it down and let the memory stick? Iowa State Psychology Professor Shana Carpenter says... 
Oct 17, 2022 | Storytelling Stub
Do you read contracts? Who does? Why is legal language so incomprehensible for general public? This year, a paper titled “Poor writing, not specialized concepts, drives processing difficulty in legal language,” won the Ig Nobel Prize, which is a satiric prize awarded...