As societies around the world become more intertwined with technology, the interaction between humans and machines can become complex or conflictual. However, artificial intelligence that understands how humans think, can…
The coronavirus pandemic has put a strain on everyone’s physical and mental health for more than a couple of years now. Alongside the challenges of the disease itself, our mental…
State borders are controlled by passports, fingerprints and iris scanning or by virus tests. Longer-term stays call for closer examination with related permits. When people aim to stay in the…
Professor Teppo Kröger points out that the ageing population’s access to sufficient high-quality care services that everyone can afford already has an impact on the middle-aged and young. I recently…
The University of Jyväskylä builds its activities on openness, trust, quality and ethics. In practice, the university has had a highly visible presence in the Pride week’s events, and we…
Critical thinking and reading are essential competencies for civic action in society. These skills have a special place also in national curricula and international assessments of literacy, such as PISA…
The results of TIMSS 2019, an international assessment study, were published at the beginning of December. The study assessed student performance in mathematics and science at Grades 4 and 8…
Finland started to integrate into the value community of Western democracies, when the League of Nations granted membership to the country in December 1920, writes in this science blog Pasi…
What if someone with a master’s degree in technology (DI, diplomi-insinöörin tutkinto) had, in addition to strong IT expertise, knowledge about the structures of the human body and how it…
Throughout our lives, our personality traits remain relatively stable. They also contribute to personal relationships, leisure time activities, careers and even income level. We should have a more understanding attitude…
