To tune into tomorrow today, the science show on d. W. Whether by smoke signals, by pony express or with optical devices, people have always felt the need to communicate over long distances, picturing so often used to carry messages to far away places. With the invention of the telegraph, the world began to be connected with electrical. Soon everyone had a receiver today information continues to flow at an ever faster rate. And it seems as though bad news travels fast just overall. How does that affect the way we react to the news . And what role does the media itself play . India, a Record Number of new coronavirus cases on sunday. Hundreds of elephants. Well, its being described as nonstop. Bad news is the world really in such a thoroughly terrible state for countries in the region. With, of course, the current coronavirus pandemic is indeed an extraordinary global crisis. But if you take a longer term view, you see there have been many positive trends. Infant mortality has never been lower and the number of people killed, the natural disasters has been averaging downwards and talk still. We often get the impression things are just getting worse and worse, myself included. Even though as a journalist, i dont just consume news, but also help shape it. That why are we more sensitive to bad news . Doesnt have something to do with the brain. Im on my way to see a neuroscientist martin. She has researched precisely these questions that him for all right, to me of the brain process is negative news faster, better and more intensively than positive or neutral news on to us. We also remember it better. But in terms of evolutionary biology and processing negative information, better than positive information has been helpful because in the age of the saber check, tiger and woolly mammoth, missing a piece of bad news might well mean thats it for you. But how studies have shown that test subjects from different parts of the world became more excited and im sure as soon as they were shown bad news, regardless of their looking shin and culture. Many Media Outlets use this effect to their advantage. Negative headline sell more copies and get more clicks. Studies show that the media are publishing more and more of that news, especially online. And this is going to, how is it a problem . If the, to revel in bad news and ask 1st and foremost it makes us all have negative expectations. So we go through life with the worldview in which we assume the world is worse than it really is. Let us say was the impact of media reports can be extremely strong. Take the Boston Marathon bomb attack in 2013, for example. Some people who followed the news, obsessive, stressed, and frightened and others who had been physically present. So what does this mean . As it was elsas, as my 1st of all, it makes people less likely to take action. You might think the realisation that we all have a worldview thats too negative, would actually prompt people to become more active. But many psychological studies have shown that that is precisely not the case on the right side just whats more, it can promote chronic stress. We know that chronic stress can be a factor in many diseases. Including diabetes, cardiovascular disease, and Mental Illnesses such as depression, be depressed when you thought it was just the coronavirus pandemic is a good example. After months of bad news, many people have grown weary of the crisis. They feel helpless and wish things would go back to normal. As a journalist, i have to consider whether i might be contributing to other people having a misguided view of the world. What can the media do better . Im absolutely comes in journalists could ask themselves what now fast it was in addition to the usual who, what, where, when, and why. And they could pursue the matter further. Do more research and focusing on. So what can we do about it . Before it comes, gets missed, it is a horse, its still important to describe a problem. But then go on to talk about possible solutions. Ask people for their ideas, always keeping in mind the question. How can we solve the problem current, inspired by her research, martin on a perspective daily of a constructive online magazine which complements news stories with ideas for solutions. But its not just Media Outlets that could or should change. We can all do something good for ourselves. And our brain just comes from bittorrent and you dont have to reach for your phone or turn on the t. V. Or radio. As soon as he wake up, you dont have to consume information nonstop. We can be more discerning in our use of the media, helped deflect your talk. It is also a good idea to choose media that are trustworthy and present the news in a responsible and sober manner. As a for the sake of your brain and your wellbeing, access the news wisely. And you can also simply take a break from it all. Take a break and just turn off for a while. Sounds good, right . We asked you what you do to take your mind off too much bad news. Robinson from colombia doesnt want to read or watch anymore bad news. His way of keeping his Mental Health and tranquility is to try to be indifferent to it all. For rosy from costa rica, burying your head in the sand, like an ostrich is not an option. She says its better to face reality to be empathetic and help others and enjoy distract himself with nice things, watching series of films, reading books, but not too many newspapers and going outside for some fresh air to clear his head. Leering your head. Thats what these people are buying to do at the space out competition in south korea. As contestants work on something else, this poll says monitor it. If its too fast, they just not show enough noise from mexico send to the question about that. Why are people lazy doing nothing relaxing . Taking it easy. What counts as lazy is hard to define. But historically, people seen as lazy or friends or pawn in europe at least stems from the protestant work ethic that took root in the 18th century. In the ancient world, in contrast, exertion was scorned. Philosophizing was seen as the noble cross to be pursued at leisure, a perfect excuse to be lazy. In other words, extreme laziness can be harmful even to your health. But now and then its good to kick back. And it gives us time to regenerate things. In fact, Scientific Research suggests that lazy people are more intelligent they enjoy spending time since force other people get bored quickly as need to stimulation of activity. Innovation has often been driven by a desire to avoid efforts. Khan, who is the inventor of the worlds 1st programmable computer, because by his own admission, he was too lazy for arithmetic on testers. Didnt always feel like hunting and gathering. They would put it off until the next day and spend their time developing a new tool. Some strategies, instead this improve their chances of survival. According to researchers, theres a genetic predisposition to procreate selection and laziness. Its to do with a gene that helps regulate the production of dopamine, which plays a role in brain processes such as attention, memory and motivation. So a laziness seems to be an ace and not just in humans. The problem is red. Why are they allowed to move a few pages . If you have a science question thats been bothering you, send it in as a video text oh voicemail. It will be if we answer it on the show that youll get a little surprise as a thank you. Come on, you just ask. Youll find us on our website, didnt we . Dot com slash science all look for us on twitter at g. W. Under school site tech. Many mobile phones already come equipped with cameras with built in face recognition. Official Recognition Technology is or f r t can help Police Identify criminals and so contribute to public safety. But what about a surveillance camera with f, a r t that scans the faces in the shop, finds the associated profile on social media and sends out personalized ads. Thats not yet reality, but its not far off. Like so many things that just a short while ago sounded like science fiction. This is the year 2054 as in visioned in the movie minority report. Its not a pleasant scene. Tom cruise is on the run, but he gets recognized wherever he goes. The film dates from 2002, but the mass surveillance conjured up is already reality. In many places. China has hundreds of millions of surveillance cameras, many of them with facial recognition software. The state wants to know what its citizens are up to. And in germany at airports, faces a scanned and compared with the biometric data stored in the passport chip to determine whether you want to really use the technology was developed by the company, a tech company in dresden, germany. Its a major player in Artificial Intelligence powered facial recognition. Its products are used in automated check ins and Border Control systems, as well as Video Surveillance by security agencies. Is off to us defense and the software 1st looks at fixed points on the face. On the distance between the eyes, the distance from the nose to the corners of the mouth, and the features of the surface of the face as if youre the bumps and hollows. When i was, do you think all the data together . A profile of each face . With the help of such a digital profile, the software can distinguish whether the corresponding person is standing in front of the camera or if its just a photo. So it cant be tricked. Its smart and its getting smarter. Even if it only gets to see part of a face, it can work out if the person passport belong together or not. By comparing what it seems to photos, it already has. It takes just a few seconds to compasses valence camera footage with vast databases. The accuracy is said to be high as and one of 100 percent accuracy will never be attained. But in the industry, the advances of the past 5 years have been dubbed the facial recognition revolution. You can always because accuracy has improved so dramatically, minute the systems are now very, very reliable, right . Now reliable in 2017 test space, volunteers in berlin yielded success rates of 70 to 80 percent depending on the software. Thats good enough for us to consider installing such systems. So are we going to be at the mercy of the state as it deploys mass surveillance and imperfect facial Recognition Technology . I. T. Experts in generalist marcus spec a dial that warns of the dangers 15 percent put out i was following the problem is many people dont really want to think about these Technological Developments at the same time. Surveillance tends to be relatively discreet, which is to say, we dont necessarily see whats going on, bus stop or ft dangerous, because it will lead to ever more surveillance if it doesnt meet with any resistance in society. And thats not all. There is now emotion recognition and analysis to a Software Program thats able to deduce a persons emotional state based on their facial expressions. The feelings complex and how that reflected in our expressions is not straightforward. Either. Scientists at the found Welfare Institute in erlang and are using Artificial Intelligence to develop and improve such software. But do happy, sad, surprised, or angry faces look the same in all cultures. Various aspects of the face correspond to emotions, movements of facial muscles, happy, sad, angry and so on their own. The start of most cultures, what we humans see in facial expressions. We can teach software to see as well for the very, very high degree of accuracy. And is using photos of very clear facial expressions to help train the software. But what is the point of having it identify emotions at present . I did real time. And the typical application for emotion recognition would be in the context of human machine interaction, where we have one interesting project teaching a robot to help autistic children learn to interpret social signals. And facial expressions acknowledges it. In another areas, cars are recognizing the state drivers are in whether theyre distracted or feeling stressed. Well, that sounds pretty homeless. These technologies could however, also be used to monitor people to manipulate them. Thats one reason why its so important to understand the technology and its possible that implications, which we can only do that if we take control of it is going to stop us. What a cad and cons to post on the newsgroup instead of the team in atlanta and say that their emotion recognition system is not currently used anyway in mass surveillance. But that could change facial recognition has already revolutionized massive agents. Says these technologies could transform society conform. We are going to become more conformist and less free in our behavior because in the back of our mind would always be worrying about being observed. So smile, to try to use these voters against us. This isnt really happening in china that one voice. I hope we never end up in a state like that here in germany. So much and china has already developed a vast surveillance infrastructure and uses it to monitor each individual. The aim is to maintain control. Reality has caught up with hollywood, even if he wasnt famous, tom cruise would have a hard time eluding detection today in the real world. At the moment. Lets stay in china for a moment where another dystopic vision of the future has already become reality. In some regions, fruit trees have to be pollinated by hand because there are hardly any bees left. The colonies are being devastated by diseases and crowding them in hives like this may make them more vulnerable to these natural lists. Look quite different. Moses martin rose and and tony ogrady actual run a project called b embassy and they are there to be ambassadors. Their mission is to create natural style homes for wild honey bees. Out in the woods here, theyre installing one of their log hives. Its a hollowed out section of a tree trunk. Honeybees natural habitat isnt woodland. Reviewed in the wild honey bees. Out in the woods, look for cavities and trees. Theyre often created by woodpeckers or form naturally. What weve done is create an artificial tree trunk. Its the perfect home, the bees look for the my livorno, not the i mean beenish out, they want to find out if there are any wild bees in these woods. And if they will take a liking to the new home theyre being offered in. You. d naturally occurring tree cavities are becoming ever rarer in managed commercial forests. Trees with holes dont last long. Theyve attached their log hives, 6 meters up the trunk of an outreach. They say these like the round shape and feel safe up there. Youre going to learn from the being we have learned to see with the eyes of a being used. This is not about honey or any other product, this trip. Its about having resilient be one of the strength of units. A shot from that means honeybees that can fight off parasites and diseases. An Alarming Number of managed colonies die prematurely, girlie actually became a beekeeper in 2012, but soon became dissatisfied with standard modern methods. He learned about honey hunting, a practice common in the middle ages that involved making nests by cutting holes in tree trunks. He decided to adopt and update the technique. He found that bees did much better in such nests than in standard artificial hives. The question is, why standard box hives have been in use for a century and a half. They can be stacked and the at habitants of each one yield up to 50 kilograms of honey. But other bees happy. Another experiment is underway in the botanical garden, in frankfort. Tree hives have been installed here too, and theyre equipped with a range of sensors. Actual and rollers are collaborating with top end shifa, a biologist, and the expert. Hes found that these round wooden hives offer bees a stable and pleasant climate. By contrast, the temperature in box nests varies a lot, and moisture can accumulate in the corners of the park. And the beleaguered design being fork in a box hive on a colony has to work 20000000 hours more just to maintain the right temperature. Or if we average it out because there are 3 times as many bees in a hive as in the nest. Thats still 7000000 hours, extra work in the time in which they can do what bees naturally do. And if theyre always carrying nectar and fermenting honey, they cant get on with grooming. And thats a lot of extra stress for b. And its not good for them. Another problem schiffer has identified is that box times are too big, often 4 or more times the volume of a natural treat asked. So, keep adding honey supers, so the top levels never fall off. That makes the bees slave to their strongest instinct stocking up to ensure food security, bites of hogs or tons of that weakens them and makes them more susceptible to parasites and disease. Many beekeepers lose a 3rd of their colonies each winter. So how are the bees doing in this tree hive . Regular check ups are part of the experiment i found of a row of mice in vero mites. Are the biggest parasitic threat to honeybees. Thats a given that shell has been bitten and sure enough, a look under the microscope confirms the bees evidently fought back and into the viral mite. You dont see that kind of behavior in box hives to be a cause. If you can hear that these can defend themselves, they need time Spare Capacity to do so. But if theyre always in a panic about maintaining supplies, they cant fight off the mites. In the tree hives the bees share their home with a natural ally, the house pseudo scorpion torben. Schiffer is a great fan of these tiny scorpions have long maintained a symbiotic relationship with be they eat everything that can harm the bees, but dont hurt the bees themselves. Its a micro ecosystem that has been eradicated in conventional beekeeping. In complex schiffer says beekeepers should welcome how pseudo scorpions into their hives. All in all these live better lives in nests or log hives. Until you also makes log hives that are suited to hopping beekeeping. The bottom section is home to various tiny creatures such as the household pseudo scorpion. The middle section is where the bees build their honeycomb and store their honey and the upper story conserve the beekeeper as a honey super where some extra honey for humans to harvest accumulates. There are new frames inside the bees build their homes as they see fit. In the drawer lets you check for very well might see the door provides access so that you can harvest between up to 7 or 8 kilos of honey a year. But no more. And this is its about keeping bees in a way thats good for them. And not about honey. Still, the beekeeper can look forward to harvesting a little without harming the bees, you know, through to being in the lead to want to scale up production of what they call natural habitat types back to the log hive in the forest. More than 2 months have passed, have wild honey bees moved in and made themselves comfortable. Oh my goodness, theyve built a huge the colony it turns out is made up of different species of be expanding. The gene pool can also enhance the resilience and adaptability of future generations. I thought that this is an endorsement of our work. It also confirms the hypothesis that bees came from the forests and want to go back there with the hidden ones on the block. Our log hives amounts to a further argument in favor of keeping bees in a way thats good for them. And id give it to be out on a stick if you become beautiful here. Bees can be they build everything by themselves. No input from atsic. If commercial beekeeping switched to these methods, there would be lots of happy beings, but wed likely have to pay more for our honey thats all for this week. Join us again next time on tomorrow today for more from the world of science. So then stay healthy. Stay curious. 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