Josh Sims

1 week ago | insidehook.com | Josh Sims

It’s a few years away, but Victor Vescovo has already started working on the design of his next submersible. It will likely go faster, have better maneuverability, greatly improved sonar and — thanks to work with an unnamed U.S. university — possibly have a “robot” manipulation arm that’s based around an electrically-actuated artificial muscle, the prototype of which should be unveiled in around 18 months. Then Vescovo will be ready to get back into the water. Maybe. Vescovo knows his submersibles.

1 week ago | theethicalist.com | Josh Sims

Talk about love as a topic of scientific research and you’ll likely get the same reaction that Jen Shang does. ‘People tend to think of it as being too warm and fluffy for science, yet ‘love’ is a concept that people use all the time in their daily experience, especially when we give,’ says the London-based psychologist. ‘Sadly psychology tends to be problem-focused in its mindset, because that’s where the funding is.

2 weeks ago | bbc.com | Josh Sims

Health indicators and power ups: The 'freaky and unpleasant' world when video games leak into the physical realmSerenity Strull/ BBC/ Getty Images(Credit: Serenity Strull/ BBC/ Getty Images)Video games are the biggest form of entertainment in the world, but sometimes they bleed into people's lives offline in surprising and disturbing ways. Christian Dines' hands were twitching. As though he were still gripping his video game controller, about to make a killer move.

2 weeks ago | flipboard.com | Josh Sims

Hit Netflix Sci-Fi Series Finally Gets Epic Update That’s Sure To Please FansOne of the biggest shows on Netflix in recent years will return for not one, but two more seasons, with the science fiction series now getting an …

3 weeks ago | scmp.com | Josh Sims

When Pete Davidson appeared in a fashion brand ad campaign last month, one aspect of his appearance was glaring: the absence of his 200 tattoos. The actor had spent some US$200,000 getting them “burned off”, as he’s put it, in a process he has described as “horrible”. But perhaps he is ahead of the curve. As he noted: five years ago, when he first pondered the move, “everybody was getting tattoos”. He’s not wrong.