Tuesday Poem: Glass Half Empty
Why Do You Always Have To Hurt Me?Why Do You Always Have To Think So…
Bizarre Bacteria Defy Textbooks by Writing New Genes
Ewen Callaway in Nature: Genetic information usually travels down a one-way street: genes written in DNA…
Does Sleep Really Clean the Brain? Maybe Not, New Paper Argues
Sara Reardon in Science: We all need sleep, but no one really knows why. For the…
How the Murder of a Black Grocery Store Owner and His Colleagues Galvanized Ida B. Wells’ Anti-Lynching Crusade
From Smithsonian: Coppery like a penny, thick like bad molasses, even a little gamey like a…
Real Learning Has Become Impossible in Universities: DIY Programs Offer a Better Way
William Deresiewicz at Persuasion: Higher ed is at an impasse. So much about it sucks,…
Last Three Wishes of Alexander The Great
Shared by Masroor Ali, NJ: On his death bed, Alexander the Great summoned his generals and…
The Robotic Thumb Designed to Help You Enhance Productivity at Work
Roselyne Min at Euronews: Scientists have successfully developed a new, controllable prosthetic extra thumb designed…
Monday Poem: We Don’t Call it a Riot
That summer was an oven on self-clean—beyond hot. The cops raided clubs for weeks.Huddled, frightened…
Where am I?
From the MIT Press Reader: When Daniel Dennett’s essay collection “Brainstorms” was published in 1978,…
Records of Pompeii’s Survivors Have Been Found – and Archaeologists are Starting to Understand How They Rebuilt Their Lives
by Steven L. Tuck at The Conversation: On Aug. 24, in A.D. 79, Mount Vesuvius…
Changing Your Diet and Lifestyle May Slow Down Alzheimer’s
Alice Park in Time: Lately, the biggest news in Alzheimer’s has been around a new drug treatment…
Picture a Perfect Society. What Does it Look Like?
What principles do we need to design a fair society? Here is political philosopher John…