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How to cure stage fright: The science behind public speaking

The Next Web

Whether it’s five people or 50, public speaking is a gut-wrenching experience for most of us. Before co-founding ooomf, I had a huge fear of speaking in public. To get over my fear of public speaking, I realized a good place to start would be to understand why I was getting stage fright in the first place. Palms sweaty.

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11 Nonprofit Professionals Share Social Media and Technology Advice for Nonprofits via Instagram Video

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Thanks to a partnership with the Public Interest Registry , Heather Mansfield of Nonprofit Tech for Good was able to report live from the Nonprofit Technology Conference ( #14NTC ) last week in Washington, DC. Public Interest Registry. Joleen Ong, Director of Marketing and Publications Nonprofit Technology Network (NTEN).

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NYT Connections hints today: Clues, answers for March 28, 2025

Mashable Tech

Connections is the one of the most popular New York Times word games that's captured the public's attention. The Times credits associate puzzle editor Wyna Liu with helping to create the new word game and bringing it to the publications' Games section. The game is all about finding the "common threads between words."

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Scientist Who Gene-Hacked Human Babies Says Ethics Are "Holding Back" Scientific Progress

Futurism

Though he doesn't mention it directly, that post seems like a clear reference to the ethical standards that made his 2018 gene-hacking experiments which saw him using CRISPR to edit the DNA of twin girls pseudonymously known as "Lulu" and "Nana" in an attempt to make them immune to HIV the source of global public outcry.

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Scientists Just Transplanted a Pig Liver Into a Person for the First Time

Singularity Hub

In 2021, a team performed the first transplant of a genetically modified pig kidney into a brain-dead person. They connected a genetically engineered pig liver to the bloodstream of a brain-dead person with the organ outside the body. The recipient was a brain-dead, middle-aged man who still had a working liver.

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Before Google Was Blamed for the Suicide of a Teen Chatbot User, Its Researchers Published a Paper Warning of Those Exact Dangers

Futurism

as an arms-length testing groundwhere it could quietly research the impact of human-like companion bots on the public, kids included. was first rolled out to the public in 2022, and quickly amassed a following. was first rolled out to the public in 2022, and quickly amassed a following. Despite shoveling $2.7 Chatacter.AI

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Notes From A Brain Tweetup

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

In early January, the American Museum of Natural History announced that it would hold a Brain Tweetup for 75 of its Twitter followers. The event promised an after-hours look at their special exhibition Brain: The Inside Story , a chat with its curators, a behind-the-scenes tour of the museum, and an opportunity to meet other fans of AMNH.

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