Tag: Decline

The Decline of Public Etiquette in the Age of Speakerphones and Misophonia

I was stuck in the most annoying waiting room in history. There was a flat screen TV in the corner, mounted at a subtle crooked angle. Its cords dangled below like dead snakes. It was replaying a two minute corporate loop about their great dentistry and caring deeply about their custome...

How to Slow Down Subjective and Objective Cognitive Decline

This article discusses how our cognitive abilities, like thinking, learning, memory, and attention, can weaken as we age. I offer seven practical steps to keep the brain and mind healthy. When I talk about cognitive decline, I mean that the brain and nervous system don’t work as well...

The decline of Cantopop

The locals are willing to listen to the pop songs of the other countries, such as K-pop, rather than Cantopop. Apart from this, Most think that it is boring and does not have any breakthroughs. Decline in Cantopop is a undeniable truth. The decline of Cantopop may be because of the influences of ...

Decline and Fall and

Iwalked to the Vatican Museum, the night I landed in Rome. I don’t know why it was my first stop. Given who I am — gay, trans, ex-Catholic, never not mad at the Pope, etc. — I felt a little like Captain Ahab making a visit to the Museum of Whales. Maybe that was the point. For m...

ACT Research: Class 8 Natural Gas Truck Retail Sales Mixed, while Infrastructure Continues to Decline

Sales of natural gas (NG)-powered vehicles were mixed in the September to November time period, as published in the latest Alternative Fuels Quarterly by ACT Research. September activity surpassed its year-ago level by 29%, but both October and November lagged last year’s comparisons...

The Decline of Pollinators in Pittsburgh: Designing System Interventions

Having understood the past and present of pollinators, their lifestyle, external factors affecting their livelihood, and the impact of human activities, we were able to identify core problems that led to the decline of the pollinator population. To define interventions we began with imagining the fu...