Tag: Survival

I suspect that the reason we like certain music is that the abstract patterns in the music match well with the mental models our species have found to be helpful in survival that are passed down to us from generation to generation. The mental models are shaped by genetic inheritance and our experien...

The question posed in the title of this essay is deeply troubling to anyone sympathetic to the Jewish people, and should also concern any disinterested lover of humanity. As someone put it many years ago, when the beast of “antisemitism” seemed to be in deep hibernation, if Judaism could...

Survival analysis is a branch of statistics focused on analyzing the expected duration of time until one event occurs. It has been largely used in the healthcare sector, with the main use case being to understand the probability of one’s survival in medical trials. This approach can al...

Ifyou've ever lived in survival mode, you know what it's like to try to juggle competing interests, to wonder whether you have enough food to last until payday, whether you can afford utility bills, or even make your rent or monthly mortgage payments. As one report shows, more than half...

The doctors stressed the substantial risks both to her health and fertility if she continued the pregnancy. Along with these comments, the doctors revealed the baby would have “virtually no chance” of survival. Expressing her anguish, Cox declared her reluctance to witness her child suff...

Ifyou've ever lived in survival mode, you know what it's like to try to juggle competing interests, to wonder whether you have enough food to last until payday, whether you can afford utility bills, or even make your rent or monthly mortgage payments. As one report shows, more than half...

Ever thought about how trudging through the untamed wilderness and navigating the dating world are eerily similar? No? Well, let me take you on a trek through this analogy. As someone who’s hiked a fair share of treacherous trails and survived the equally perilous world of dating, I’ve g...

Survivalists often talk about the things they need to survive a calamity. The list ranges from person to person but there are some items that are irrefutably necessary under any circumstances. What are they and why are they so important? Let's take a look. Water Without water, it's all...

Today, I present to you a grand three-course meal, fit for both the mind and the palate. Prepare yourselves for a starter full of delightful visualization, a main course brimming with essential information, and a dessert garnished with a simple solution and a sprinkle of humor for that perfect taste...

Example: Of the 65 freshwater ponds sampled this spring at St. Marks, salamanders showed up at 29 of them. “That’s a pretty decent number,” says Chloë Dubben, a biological technician who recently left the Service. “It’s very exciting that, at one of those ponds,...