Flipboard Picks

Most recent stories in Flipboard Picks

• Like The Linda Lindas, this teen girl band in Benin makes you dance — and think (@_stopdropnroll_ - @npr) https://t.co/ZkMhm2XnBG

  

  MusicREDEF

  

  Like The Linda Lindas, this teen girl band in Benin makes you dance — and think

  NPR - Nick Roll

  The first time that Star Feminine Band – a group of 7 girl musicians from the ages of 12 to 19 – played a show in their West African nation of Benin, many in the crowd broke out in both applause and tears. While the country has seen its share of successful female musicians – singer Angélique Kidjo, …

• 

  The Guardian

  

  Books by women that every man should read: chosen by Ian McEwan, Salman Rushdie, Richard Curtis and more

  The Guardian - Mary Ann Sieghart

  The film-maker Richard Curtis realised during the first lockdown that he would at last have time to immerse himself in books. More specifically books by women, “to compensate for 63 years of male bias”, he explains. “It’s been an amazing two years: the glory of Anne Tyler, Ann Patchett, Ali Smith, …

• 

  Mushroom magic: 5 ways fungus-based technology will change the world

  sciencefocus.com - Eugenia Bone

  Did you know there are 10 times more species of fungi than plants? That with every woodland footfall we are stepping on kilometres of fungal threads? …

• 

  PetaPixel

  flipped into PetaPixel

  

  Photographer Captures the Many Colors of the Full Moon Over 10 Years

  petapixel.com - Anete Lusina

  In a unique lunar composite that took ten years to complete, Italian teacher and astrophotographer Marcella Giulia Pace captured all the different …

• 

  National Geographic

  

  Lost continent revealed in new reconstruction of geologic history

  National Geographic - Robin George Andrews

  A highly detailed re-creation of the past 240 million years showcases the tangled tale of an ancient continent dubbed Greater Adria. Take a hike along the mountain belts scattered around the Adriatic Sea, and you may find yourself clambering across the crumpled leftovers of a long-lost …

• 

  The News Desk

  

  Storyboard

  Can Anything Be Done About Mass Shootings?

  

  Curated byThe News Desk

  The short answer is "yes." But tackling the complex and somewhat uniquely American problem isn't easy. People don't agree on the causes or the solutions. Does the U.S. have too many guns? A mental health crisis? Perhaps both? Experts give their views on what causes mass shootings and how societies and governments can respond — if they have the will to do so.