Matt Gunterman

Last day in Frankfort

Today was my last full day in Frankfort. My parents and nephew Jarrod came up to see some final sights around time. I start my new position in Owensboro on Monday. It’s been a good …

Compulsory education improves soft-skills and workforce readiness

Providing two years of free community college to qualifying students is expected to be a hot topic during the 2016 presidential campaign.

President Barack Obama introduced the plan earlier this year, aimed at boosting …

Memories of past appearance interfere with recognition of present appearance

Be careful when choosing your next passport photo or profile image as a new study suggests we are so poor a picking good likenesses of our face that strangers make better selections.

This is …

Four-planet system discovered around K-class star 21 light years distant

Astronomers from the University of Geneva (UNIGE) and members of the NCCR PlanetS have teased out a secret planetary system hiding in the arms of Cassiopea, just 21 light years away from us. …

Readings for July 2015

I read three books in July 2015, all science fiction.
I highly recommend Kim Stanley Robinson’s new novel, Aurora. I read it once, thought about it for a week, and then read it again. It …

Gut-worm infestation healthy for baby?

A Duke University study in rats finds that gut worms can protect babies’ brains from long-term learning and memory problems caused by newborn infections.

Baby rats with tapeworms avoided the brain inflammation that plagued …

Having Few friends as unhealthy as smoking, obesity

It’s well known that being socially connected promotes a person’s overall and psychological health. A new study from the University of Rochester now shows that the quantity of social interactions a person has …

Your mobile phone knows if you’re depressed

You can fake a smile, but your phone knows the truth. Depression can be detected from your smartphone sensor data by tracking the number of minutes you use the phone and your daily …