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Embarrassing ‘flops’ or true Olympians — is China moving beyond its gold obsession?
The Washington Post
As China’s gymnasts tumbled to their worst performance in three decades of Olympic competition, state news agency Xinhua couldn’t resist a dig. China’s Olympic team has significantly underperformed in
Kim Jong-un has gained weight and struggles to sleep, says spy agency
The Guardian - Justin McCurry in Tokyo and agencies
South Korean intelligence service says Kim binges on food and suffers from insomnia because of fear of being assassinated Kim Jong-un has gained about 40kg (90lb) in weight since becoming North Korean
Study: How experiencing awe transforms the way you treat the people around you
Quartz - By Thu-Huong Ha
From the researchers that brought you the conclusion that money makes people meaner comes a new paper: Having an awesome experience makes people nicer. “Awe has an important collective function,” says
Apple Watch
How colour perception could unlock consciousness
BBC Future - Robert Cottrell
The best of the week’s long reads in science and technology, including everything you need to know about Apple Watch, and why colour could be the key to understanding consciousness. Work | Keynes and work
The top brain-training apps to keep your mind sharp
The Telegraph - By Eleanor Steafel
As an app released this week claims to improve the memory of patients with schizophrenia, we've taken a look at the best apps for training your brain IQs across the world are experiencing a steady decline,
Are plants intelligent? New book says yes
The Guardian - Jeremy Hance
A new book, Brilliant Green, argues that not only are plants intelligent and sentient, but that we should consider their rights, especially in the midst of the Sixth Mass Extinction Plants are intelligent.
Why do we intuitively believe we have free will?
BBC Future - Tom Stafford
Free will experiments may not explain whether we are in charge of our destinies – but they can nevertheless reveal just how little we know about our own minds, says Tom Stafford. It is perhaps the most
Find Out What Colors Sound Like Through One Man’s Incredibly Rare Condition
Fast Company - By KC Ifeanyi
The only time you’ve probably thought about the idea of “hearing colors” is when some medical expert talks about synesthesia or your friend regales you with their magical adventures on psychedelics. But
Irritable Bowel Syndrome
What is it like to have never felt an emotion?
BBC Future - David Robson
Some people seem to lack the capacity to feel joy, sorrow or love. David Robson discovers the challenges and surprising advantages of “alexithymia”. Caleb is telling me about the birth of his son, now
How Friendship Fights Depression
The Atlantic - Julie Beck
A new study shows that a healthy mood can spread through friend groups. “As everyone knows, depressed people are some of the most boring people in the world,” Mindy Kaling writes in her book Is Everyone
Autism
Psychologists Dig Into Link Between Autism And Creativity
HuffPost - Carolyn Gregoire
People with autistic traits may have fewer -- but more original -- creative ideas. A fascinating paradox lies at the heart of autism: While rigid thinking is considered a key aspect of the condition, people
You Really Don’t Need To Work So Much
The New Yorker - Tim Wu
Recently, the New York Times ran a front-page story about the conditions for white-collar workers at Amazon. It revealed a workplace where abrupt firings are common, grown men and women cry at their desks,
Why Lego's CEO Thinks More Grown-Ups Should Play At Work
HuffPost - Jo Confino
"We believe in play as a transformative agent in society, and we need more creativity to solve the world’s problems." Playfulness is at the root of creativity. So why on earth have we created a corporate
Computers Can Predict Schizophrenia Based on How a Person Talks
The Atlantic - Adrienne LaFrance
A new study finds an algorithmic word analysis is flawless at determining whether a person will have a psychotic episode. Although the language of thinking is deliberate—let me think, I have to do some
The surprising benefits of feeling insignificant
BBC Future - David Robson
In the grand scheme of things, you are a tiny blip on the Earth’s surface. And recognising that fact may make you a better person, writes David Robson. Take a look at the video above. Feel small and insignificant,
It’s OK to be angry about racial inequality
Quartz
Nicki Minaj doesn’t care if you like her tone. In the midst of the incoherent, psychedelic drag queen parade that was MTV’s Video Music Awards last night, the rap queen extraordinaire confronted host Cyrus
Here’s What Happened When a Guy Put His Failures Up Front In a Job-Hunting Experiment
fastcocreate.com
In his new video, A Relevant Experiment, the Ogilvy and Mather creative goes a step further than advocating by actually sending his own wart-flecked …
Does Mindfulness Mean Anything?
NPR - Adam Frank
We are in the middle of a mindfulness revolution. According to Time, The Huffington Post and a host of other media outlets, mindfulness and meditation are having their moment in the spotlight. From hospitals
Can your city survive the apocalypse?
CNN - By Kieron Monks, for CNN
(CNN) — The destruction of New Orleans by Hurricane Katrina was heralded as a wake-up call for the U.S., a catastrophe that illustrated the scale of the threat from natural disasters, and the inadequacy
Do You Have A Mellow Music Brain Or An Intense One?
Popular Science - By Aimee Swartz
Cognitive style linked to preference in pop music You truly believe that Kanye is the best musician on the planet. Is it simply a matter of taste, or is something else going on? Although there’s no doubt
Evidence-Based Medicine
The paradox of measuring happiness
BBC Future - Robert Cottrell
The best of the week’s long reads in science and technology, including Silicon Valley’s resurgence and why suicide rates are highest in the happiest places. Food | Two months of soylent Consumer review
Humans Aren’t Special: Carl Safina’s 'Beyond Words' Delves Deep Into Animal Minds
Popular Science - By
Spending hours watching whales, wolves, and elephants in their natural habitats presents wildlife biologists with mountains of data that would quickly overwhelm most animal lovers. But when the time comes
Chimpanzees
The traits that make human beings unique
BBC Future - Melissa Hogenboom
We’re all just animals… right? Not so fast, says Melissa Hogenboom, a few things make us different from any other species. "I am become death, the destroyer of worlds." So said the physicist Robert Oppenheimer,
Tech Industry
People Don't Buy Products, They Buy Better Versions of Themselves
TIME - Belle Beth Cooper / Buffer
There is the famous story about Steve Jobs when he invented the iPod and everyone in the news and the rest of the tech industry scratched their head a little. MP3 players had been around for quite a while,
China
Yiwu: The Chinese city where Christmas is made and sold
BBC Future - Tim Maughan
Forget Lapland. The real home of Christmas is a strange and unknown Chinese city called Yiwu. Tim Maughan visited the global epicentre of festive decorations and plastic gifts. I’m a few hours away from
Atheism
Will religion ever disappear?
BBC Future - Rachel Nuwer
Atheism is on the rise around the world, so does that mean spirituality will soon be a thing of the past? Rachel Nuwer discovers that the answer is far from simple. A growing number of people, millions
3 ways Steve Jobs made meetings insanely productive — and often terrifying
businessinsider.sg - Drake Baer
REUTERS/Robert Galbraith Steve Jobs made sure Apple wasn't one of those companies. Here are three ways the iconic CEO made meetings super productive: 1. …
11 Economic Lessons to Make You a Smarter Shopper For Black Friday
The Atlantic - Derek Thompson
When you hit the stores this weekend, remember three things: Shopping is a sport, this is its Super Bowl, and retailers are better at playing it than you. The first and last rule of prices is that nobody
ISIS after al-Baghdadi: What happens if the terror leader is killed?
CNN - By Holly Yan and Brian Todd, CNN
(CNN) — He runs his terror group like a CEO -- with spreadsheets on missions, assassinations and captured assets. And reports from Iraq's government suggest ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi may have been
Copenhagen's piles of bicycles
bbc.co.uk - By Ellen Otzen
Copenhagen is one of the best places in the world to be a cyclist but there is a downside - thousands of parked bicycles. Sometimes it gets out of control. When this year Copenhagen got its Cykelslangen

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Embarrassing ‘flops’ or true Olympians — is China moving beyond its gold obsession?

Kim Jong-un has gained weight and struggles to sleep, says spy agency

Study: How experiencing awe transforms the way you treat the people around you

How colour perception could unlock consciousness

The top brain-training apps to keep your mind sharp

Are plants intelligent? New book says yes

Why do we intuitively believe we have free will?

Find Out What Colors Sound Like Through One Man’s Incredibly Rare Condition

What is it like to have never felt an emotion?

How Friendship Fights Depression

Psychologists Dig Into Link Between Autism And Creativity

You Really Don’t Need To Work So Much

Why Lego's CEO Thinks More Grown-Ups Should Play At Work

Computers Can Predict Schizophrenia Based on How a Person Talks

The surprising benefits of feeling insignificant

It’s OK to be angry about racial inequality

Here’s What Happened When a Guy Put His Failures Up Front In a Job-Hunting Experiment

Does Mindfulness Mean Anything?

Can your city survive the apocalypse?

Do You Have A Mellow Music Brain Or An Intense One?

The paradox of measuring happiness

Humans Aren’t Special: Carl Safina’s 'Beyond Words' Delves Deep Into Animal Minds

The traits that make human beings unique

People Don't Buy Products, They Buy Better Versions of Themselves

Yiwu: The Chinese city where Christmas is made and sold

Will religion ever disappear?

3 ways Steve Jobs made meetings insanely productive — and often terrifying

11 Economic Lessons to Make You a Smarter Shopper For Black Friday

ISIS after al-Baghdadi: What happens if the terror leader is killed?

Copenhagen's piles of bicycles