Dr Moeed Yusuf: Why Pakistan’s Raw Talent Often Struggles in Structured Settings
Dr. Moeed Yusuf shares his views on Pakistan’s ‘ethos of mediocrity’: Sourced from digital pakistan @ instagram
The Secrets of the Heath
Helen Macdonald in The New Statesman: Most of the lowland heaths I knew in my childhood were military-owned. Useless for agriculture, heathland was cheap, so in the 19th century the
Dancing Girl of Moenjodaro
Habib Khan, Quetta: When I was in the first year of Engineering we used to live in a secluded hostel where our spare time was mostly spent chatting in each
Sunday Poem: Life Sentence
I am an angry manno longer youngmy dreams have been outin all the weather I used tomake up highway exits as I went alongand rattle my feverat strangers I am
Is Goethe’s Warning of Hubris Outmoded or More Relevant Than Ever?
By Nathan Gardels at Noema: If, through our discoveries, we humans could attain knowledge of the inner truth of how the world works, we would possess the encompassing wisdom of
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How I Learned to Embrace Open Science
Albert Li in Science: It sounded like the right thing to do. I was a first-year Ph.D. student in educational psychology, and my research adviser told me I should consider practicing
An Indigenous Myth and a Geological Survey of the Tr’ondëk Hwëch’in People
From the Aeon Magazine: Located in the Yukon Valley in a remote stretch of northwest Canada, Dawson City is known as a Klondike Gold Rush town. However, for many centuries
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Saturday Poem: Paris Syndrome
The Eiffel Tower erected itself in my head,we couldn’t find the lifts, climbed the stairs. Of course there were fireworks. We stared at each other, rare exhibits in the Louvre —you
Sahil Bloom on ‘2 Types of Knowledge’
From the Curiosity Chronicle: Here’s a story about German Nobel Prize winning physicist Max Planck and his chauffeur that I often think about: After winning his Nobel Prize, Max Planck
We May Finally Know How the Placebo Effect Relieves Pain
Grace Wade in New Scientist: A newly identified brain pathway in mice could explain why placebos, or interventions designed to have no therapeutic effect, still relieve pain. Developing drugs that
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TGIF: The Week Unburdened by the Week That Has Been
By Suzy Weiss at The Free Press: Biden dropped out: Six years ago emotionally, but technically this past Sunday, Joe Biden dropped out of the presidential race. He did it
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Friday Poem: You Must Never Ignore Self
It may be in the sky, in sand, in dream you’ll find your Self.For some, the search may never end. Don’t give up! Trust yourself! Whatever you do, don’t sell