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The Food Lab: My 19 Favorite Summer Grilling Recipes
Serious Eats - J. Kenji López-Alt
[Photographs: J. Kenji López-Alt] Even when I lived in a New York apartment, grilling (perhaps illegally, on my balcony) was my favorite way to spend a warm summer evening. Now that I'm out in the Bay
Gwen Stefani Carpool Karaoke (w/ George Clooney & Julia Roberts)
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Wait … is that a rule? Ten everyday grammar mistakes you might be making
The Guardian - Penny Modra and Max Olijnyk from The Good Copy
Before their workshop at the NGV Art Book Fair in Melbourne, writing studio the Good Copy shares some tips Should you use italics for movie titles? Do you put full stops inside or outside quotation marks?
Republicans’ general malaise: David Ignatius wants military to liberate the GOP from Trump
Salon
David Petraeus (Reuters/Chris Keane) Can scandal-plagued David Petraeus save the Republican Party? Of course, argues David Ignatius — he’s a general! Simon Maloy April 12, 2016 5:52pm (UTC) A significant
Understanding why some people take their lives – and some don’t | The Star
thestar.com - Jennifer Yang
Arthur Sommer Rotenberg was a doctor in Toronto with a promising career. He had a large, loving family and was both studious and athletic, once …
The history of why pi equals 3.14(15926…)
Quartz - Xiaojing Ye
The number represented by pi (π) is used in calculations whenever something round (or nearly so) is involved, such as for circles, spheres, cylinders, cones, and ellipses. Its value is necessary to compute
The 4 Rituals That Will Make You an Expert at Anything
TIME - By Eric Barker
We hear a lot about “10,000 hours” being what it takes to become an expert. But the majority of people totally misunderstand the idea. So I decided to …
14 books to read on your commute that will make you smarter about business
Business Insider - Rhett Power
One way of combining the necessity of getting to our workplace with success is to spend the time reading or listening to books. Here are my suggestions for great business books to read or listen to during
I used to cheat, and now we have an open marriage
The Globe and Mail
We invited readers to anonymously share how they've been affected by infidelity. Hundreds replied, and some agreed to discuss their experiences, without revealing identifying details. This is one: Marriage
Disability
I was sure that legalizing aid in dying was the right thing to do. Then I met Bad Cripple
Salon - Ann Neumann
(Pressmaster via Shutterstock) Trading the rights of some–the dying–for others–the disabled–didn’t make sense to me. I had a lot to learn February 14, 2016 1:00pm (UTC) Excerpted from “The Good Death:
How cheap oil could bring down the Saudi royal family
macleans.ca - Adnan R. Khan
Falling oil prices could signal massive change in the Middle Eastern kingdom The execution of Sheik Nimr al-Nimr and 46 other people in Saudi Arabia’s …
Meaning Is Healthier Than Happiness
The Atlantic - Emily Esfahani Smith
People who are happy but have little-to-no sense of meaning in their lives have the same gene expression patterns as people who are enduring chronic adversity. For at least the last decade, the happiness
When Philosophy Becomes Therapy
The Atlantic - Lauren Cassani Davis
Alain de Botton's self-help books for those who style themselves as intellectuals are making their way to the United States. Philosophy has earned a reputation as a complicated, inaccessible, and irrelevant
Is Religion Inherently Violent?
The Atlantic - Emma Green
In her new book, Fields of Blood, Karen Armstrong argues against the idea that faith fuels wars. "Piles of heads, hands, and feet were to be seen. It was necessary to pick one's way over the bodies of
The Absurd Philosophy of Albert Camus Presented in a Short Animated Film by Alain De Botton
openculture.com - by Josh Jones
What is the meaning of life? This may sound simplistic or naïve, especially in relation to much contemporary philosophy, which assumes the question …
The Very Real Pain of Exclusion
The Atlantic - Clare Foran
The national debate over the burdens of free speech may be discounting the toll of emotional trauma. The more Donald Trump and Ted Cruz talk about denying Syrian refugees and undocumented immigrants entry
30 of The Most Profound Quotes From Plato
iheartintelligence.com
In history, there have been fewer minds more brilliant than that of the Greek philosopher, Plato. I mean, consider a man who was the student of …
Can a computer write poetry?
ted.com - Oscar Schwartz
If you read a poem and feel moved by it, but then find out it was actually written by a computer, would you feel differently about the experience? …
The brain’s miracle superpowers of self-improvement
BBC Future - Will Storr
We used to believe our brains were hardwired at birth. Now we believe we can will them to change. Is that true? Will Storr analyses the truth and hokum about 'neuroplasticity'. For years she had tried
Kayaking
9 Videos of Daredevils Kayaking Down Waterfalls
Popular Mechanics - By Jay Bennett
Someone call the Olympic Committee! Kayaks have come a long way since Inuit hunters first constructed them thousands of years ago. These days extreme kayakers are flying down Class V rapids on tiny plastic
The Stradivarius Affair
Vanity Fair - By Buzz Bissinger
It isn’t every day that a street criminal—a high-school dropout with two felony convictions—is accused of stealing a centuries-old violin worth as much as $6 million. But nothing about the heist of the
7 Habits of Incredibly Happy People
TIME - By Inc.
This post is in partnership with Inc., which offers useful advice, resources and insights to entrepreneurs and business owners. The article below was …
September 28, 2014: Meeting A Mountain Legend, Skiing First-Descents in Greenland and More
National Geographic
Human Journey The view of Italy’s Dolomites from the roof of Reinhold Messner’s Mountain Museum in Sulden am Ortler devoted to ice in all of its forms. (photo by Boyd Matson) Every week, embark with host
The Science of Conquering Your Greatest Fears
Outside Magazine - Florence Williams
Many things scare me: the huge rock at the bottom of Boulder Garden on Colorado’s Gunnison River that has flipped my kayak numerous times; the chutes off the stormy top of the Big Sky tram; sullen men
28 Fall Weeknight Meals You Can Make in an Hour or Less
Bon Appétit - Danielle Walsh
From roasted chicken to winter squash pasta, here are 33 quick weeknight meals for fall. Pasta, winter squash, roast chicken—fall is the best time for weeknight cooking. Plan your entire week's worth dinners
Frozen Alive
Outside Magazine - Peter Stark
When your Jeep spins lazily off the mountain road and slams backward into a snowbank, you don’t worry immediately about the cold. Your first thought is that you’ve just dented your bumper. Your second
Staying Alive in Avalanche Terrain
Outside Magazine - The Editors
Over the past few years, we’ve seen a sea change in terms of people’s attitudes, perception, and behavior about recreating in avalanche-prone terrain, especially skiing in the backcountry. There are more
Washington University in St. Louis
4 Strategies For Remembering Everything You Learn
Business Insider - Drake Baer
• knowledge about the subject at hand, like math, history, or programming • knowledge about how learning actually works The bad news: Our education system kinda skips one of them, which is terrifying,
NASA is building the largest rocket of all time for a 2018 launch
The Verge - Carl Franzen
The plainly-named Space Launch System is designed to take astronauts further into space than ever before Artist's rendering of NASA's Space Launch System (credit: NASA/MSFC) NASA has worked on some inspiring
11 TED Talks That Will Help You Lead A Happier Life
Business Insider - Richard Feloni
Increasingly, psychologists, neuroscientists, business leaders, and spiritual advisors have studied the mechanics of happiness and how we can utilize them in our everyday lives. Many of them have shared

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The Food Lab: My 19 Favorite Summer Grilling Recipes

Gwen Stefani Carpool Karaoke (w/ George Clooney & Julia Roberts)

Wait … is that a rule? Ten everyday grammar mistakes you might be making

Republicans’ general malaise: David Ignatius wants military to liberate the GOP from Trump

Understanding why some people take their lives – and some don’t | The Star

The history of why pi equals 3.14(15926…)

The 4 Rituals That Will Make You an Expert at Anything

14 books to read on your commute that will make you smarter about business

I used to cheat, and now we have an open marriage

I was sure that legalizing aid in dying was the right thing to do. Then I met Bad Cripple

How cheap oil could bring down the Saudi royal family

Meaning Is Healthier Than Happiness

When Philosophy Becomes Therapy

Is Religion Inherently Violent?

The Absurd Philosophy of Albert Camus Presented in a Short Animated Film by Alain De Botton

The Very Real Pain of Exclusion

30 of The Most Profound Quotes From Plato

Can a computer write poetry?

The brain’s miracle superpowers of self-improvement

9 Videos of Daredevils Kayaking Down Waterfalls

The Stradivarius Affair

7 Habits of Incredibly Happy People

September 28, 2014: Meeting A Mountain Legend, Skiing First-Descents in Greenland and More

The Science of Conquering Your Greatest Fears

28 Fall Weeknight Meals You Can Make in an Hour or Less

Frozen Alive

Staying Alive in Avalanche Terrain

4 Strategies For Remembering Everything You Learn

NASA is building the largest rocket of all time for a 2018 launch

11 TED Talks That Will Help You Lead A Happier Life