Today, you’ll learn about how hearing aids may help you live longer, a potential breakthrough that could help usher in the age of quantum computing, and the incredible power of simply saying, “Hi”.

Hearing Aids

  • “Hearing aids may help people live longer.” EurekAlert! 2024.
  • “Association between hearing aid use and mortality in adults with hearing loss in the USA: a mortality follow-up study of a cross-sectional cohort.” by Janet S. Choi, M.D. et al. 2024.
  • “The Impact of Hearing Loss and Its Treatment on Health-Related Quality of Life Utility: a Systematic Review with Meta-analysis.” by Ethan D. Borre, et al. 2023.

Quantum Error Eraser

  • “Quantum computers inch closer to viability with new ‘error eraser’.” by H. Hannan. 2024.
  • “40 years of quantum computing.” Nature Reviews Physics. 2022.
  • “Erasure conversion in a high-fidelity Rydberg quantum simulator.” by Pascal Scholl, et al. 2023.

Smalltalk

  • “New study highlights the psychological power of minimal social interactions.” by Eric W. Dolan. 2023.
  • “Minimal Social Interactions and Life Satisfaction: The Role of Greeting, Thanking, and Conversing.” by Esra Ascigil, et al. 2023.

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