Quote of the day by Noam Chomsky: “The whole educational and professional training system is a very elaborate filter, which just weeds out people who are....” Did Manufacturing Consent author Noam Chomsky reveal the disturbing truth about institutions, conformity, and intellectual freedom decades before social media?Quote of the day by Noam Chomsky: The Noam Chomsky education system quote highlights how modern education filters independent thinking in s...
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ET Prime Special Series: Multibagger or Bankrupt - Part 56: An acquisition, a divestment, and a JV for EV. Ready for re-rating?Bulls argue this company is becoming a complete mobility-platform supplier in India: Power solutions and aftermarket, braking and safety. B...
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Did You Know: Your nose is always in your sight — but your brain erases it from your visionFrom a purely physical standpoint, the nose takes up a noticeable part of each eye’s visual field. Positioned directly between the eyes, it...
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How Hearing Loss Helped Thomas Edison Focus and InventThomas Edison's profound hearing loss, often overlooked, significantly shaped his inventive genius. Rather than a hindrance, he viewed it a...
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Why Some People Struggle More With Praise Than CriticismMany find praise unsettling, a common reaction psychologists link to early life experiences shaping safety and self-worth. Internal beliefs...
08 Feb, 2026, 03.03 PM IST
NYT Strands hints today, July 22: Spangram, themes and answers to decipher today’s challengeFor players eager to stay ahead of the curve, keeping track of daily Strands hints, analyzing Spangram trends, and understanding word forma...
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Is our brain a time machine? Study reveals we might be seeing the past, not the presentA 2022 study published in Science Advances reveals that what we see may actually be an illusion based on images from up to 15 seconds ago. ...
04 Jul, 2025, 06.02 PM IST
What Is 'brain waste'? Neuroscientist reveals how to clear it and lower your dementia riskNeuroscientist Professor Ian McDonough highlights the brain's need to clear out waste to prevent cognitive decline and memory loss. The bra...
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Indoor air pollution can hamper your productivity, claims new studyThey further found that lowering total volatile organic compounds (TVOC) levels in a room by 72 per cent could improve a student's creative...
20 Dec, 2023, 09.23 AM IST
Indoor air pollution could impact creative potential of occupants, study findsResearchers at the Nanyang Technological University (NTU), Singapore, found that the 87 study participants, all undergraduate and postgradu...
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26 Aug, 2023, 03.24 PM IST
Study finds how the brain filters rewarding tasks & fights distractionsResearchers from the University of Pennsylvania have discovered a pattern of activity called "beta bursts" in certain neurons in the latera...
11 Aug, 2023, 09.18 PM IST
Social media impeding our ability to focusIt is well known social media apps can negatively impact mental health outcomes, a fact even acknowledged by Facebook's leaked internal res...
07 Apr, 2023, 11.59 PM IST
Gender games: Too many men, too little changeSebi (Securities and Exchange Board of India) made it compulsory for companies to have at least one independent woman director on the board...
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This is how your brain filters out irrelevant informationThe new theory shows how the brain processes the most important information out of everything presented to us, while leaving out the rest.
21 Sep, 2016, 03.57 PM IST
- How the brain filters out irrelevant information
New York, Sep 21 (IANS) Have you ever wondered how our brain enables us to read a book even in a noisy cafe by filtering out the irrelevant...
21 Sep, 2016, 12.52 PM IST