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Poetry
Ode to the poem: why memorising poetry still matters for human connection
theconversation.com - Veronica Alfano
Memorising poetry was once common in classrooms. But it has, for the most part, gone out of style. There are good reasons for this. Memorisation can …
Photography
Photography Cheat Sheet: 19 Composition Tips You Should Know
thephoblographer.com - Joy Celine Asto
Whether you’ve just started to take photography more seriously or farther along into it, the composition tips in this photography cheat sheet are …
Black Holes
The black hole at the center of our galaxy is flaring and no one knows why
Digital Trends - Georgina Torbet
At the heart of our galaxy lies a supermassive black hole, Sagittarius A* (pronounced A-star, and also known as Sgr A*). Normally this giant monster …
Photography
How to Enhance the Starry Night Sky in Photoshop
petapixel.com - Ole Henrik Skjelstad
Let’s say I would like to enhance the stars in this Milky Way landscape photo. I could load the image into Camera Raw and add some Clarity at the …
Genes
Genes and Aging | Learn Science at Scitable
nature.com
So, how does a single gene cause such a dramatic effect? It turns out that daf-2 normally controls many other genes, which in turn regulate a variety …
Science
Earth's inner core is doing something weird
National Geographic - Maya Wei-Haas
Data from old Soviet weapons tests are helping scientists get a high-resolution look inside our planet. On September 27, 1971, a nuclear bomb exploded on Russia’s Novaya Zemlya islands. The powerful blast
Cabbage
How to Make the Best Coleslaw Ever
allrecipes.com - By Allrecipes Editors
Got a picnic coming up? Need a family-friendly potluck dish? Trying to convince your kids that vegetables are, in fact, edible? Coleslaw is your …
Vatican
In case you didn’t know, the Vatican Library has been digitized and is online
aleteia.org - Daniel Esparza
The Vatican Apostolic Library, better known simply as “VAT,” was officially established in 1475, although it is actually much older. It was in 1451 …
Books
Reader, I downloaded him: boom times for the literary long listen
The Guardian - Nosheen Iqbal
Four hours of Beatrix Potter, 10 hours of Marcel Proust, or 72 hours of Sherlock Holmes. How about every single word of Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein, Charlotte Brontë’s Jane Eyre and George Eliot’s Silas
Children's Books
Why You Should Read Children’s Books, Even Though You Are So Old and Wise by Katherine Rundell – review
The Guardian - Alex Preston
Katherine Rundell’s hymn to the energising brilliance of children’s literature is subtle and persuasive Products sold at the till are by their nature impulse buys, appealing to our baser instincts, which
Books
Magical Maps and Island Utopias: On G. Willow Wilson’s “The Bird King”
lareviewofbooks.org - By Rachel Cordasco
G. WILLOW WILSON’S latest novel, The Bird King, may be set in 15th-century Spain during the collapse of the last sultanate, but it is in reality a …
Library of Congress
Read Unpublished Walt Whitman Poems While Helping Transcribe Things For the Library of Congress
Lifehacker - Emily Price
The Library of Congress can be a great place to find everything from free movies and books to epic public-domain pictures of cats. One key step in …
Essays
The 25 Best Websites for Literature Lovers
flavorwire.com - ArtBooksFilmMusicTV
It’s an interesting relationship that book lovers have with the Internet: most would rather read a physical book than something on an iPad or Kindle, …
Cognition
This is how to rewire your brain for happiness: 4 secrets from research
Ladders - Eric Barker
Someone compliments you and you think, “They don’t mean it.”Something good happens and you hear, “I don’t deserve this.”You’re meeting new people and …
Space Science
Top 10 Of The Most Interesting Structures Of The Universe You Need To Know
boredpanda.com - Livvy Melba
To quote the late Douglas Adams (the beloved author of “The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy”), “Space is big. Really big. You just won’t believe how …
Birds
12 Stunning Pictures, Winners Of Bird Photographer of the Year 2019
Forbes - Cecilia Rodriguez
When Caron Steele, winner of Bird Photographer Of The Year 2019, arrived in Greece to take pictures of Dalmatian Pelicans in their breeding plumage, she discovered that Lake Kerkini, their favored haunt,
Photography
Photography Cheat Sheet: Achieving Beautiful Backlighting
thephoblographer.com - Joy Celine Asto
Backlighting can be a powerful technique for many types of photography. Today’s photography cheat sheet tells us how to achieve great results with it. …
Success
8 habits of incredibly interesting people
Ladders - Travis Bradberry
Interesting people have a special magnetism. They tell incredible stories and lead unusual lives. But what exactly makes them so captivating?They’re …
Shopping
The 12 Best Fitness Apps Right Now
gearpatrol.com - Peter Koch
August 15, 2019 | By Peter Koch | Sports and Outdoors : Health & Fitness : Our smartphones, we’re told, are ruining our lives. You’ve no doubt heard …
Science
Catch Rockets With a Helicopter? Yep, That's the Plan
WIRED - Daniel Oberhaus
In the span of just four years, reusable rockets have gone from never-been-done to almost routine, at least at SpaceX. Blue Origin was the first to …
Documentaries
Rohn: Why You Need to Feed Your Mind
success.com - Jim Rohn
For some people, the accelerated learning process is continuous. But for most, it levels off when they get their first job. If there are no more …
The Universal Law That Aims Time’s Arrow
Quanta Magazine - Natalie Wolchover
A new look at a ubiquitous phenomenon has uncovered unexpected fractal behavior that could give us clues about the early universe and the arrow of …
Our Cells Are Filled With ‘Junk DNA’ — Here’s Why We Need It
discovermagazine.com - Daniel Bastardo Blanco
Would you purchase a book with over 98 percent of the text written in gibberish? Biology has no business in the book industry, yet it still writes a …
Culture
The Tale of Genji: The world’s first novel?
BBC Culture
Written 1,000 years ago, the epic story of 11th-Century Japan, The Tale of Genji, was written by Murasaki Shikibu, a woman. Written 1,000 years ago, the Japanese epic The Tale of Genji is often called
Leadership
This is why you’re addicted to being busy
Fast Company - Anisa Purbasari Horton
Most of us know that when we’re overworked and should say no to extra work. But we say yes anyway. Why do we feel so compelled to always be busy? Why is it that the moment there’s not a mile-high stack
Bill Gates
This is the free online course Bill Gates thinks everyone should take
Ladders - Meredith Lepore
We know Bill Gates has a stellar list of books for you to read but he is not done making recommendations. In a recent post on his blog, he praised …
Top 10
Top 10 Out of this World (Literally) Facts about Space
boredpanda.com - ROKYS WEER
William Shatner hit the nail on the head when he uttered the famous phrase, “Space, the final frontier.” Why? Well, contrary to what some scientists …
Fatty Acids
A New Clue to the Origins of Life
The Atlantic - Ed Yong
A long-standing mystery about early cells has a solution—and it’s a rather magical one. When Caitlin Cornell looked down her microscope, she saw large bright spots against a black background. They resembled
Leadership
The simple practice that can help you make better decisions
Fast Company - Anisa Purbasari Horton
Self-ruminating can impair your decision-making ability. But adopting this one simple practice can improve it. We credit Socrates with the insight that “the unexamined life is not worth living” and that
Wealth
The World's Greatest Philanthropist Died Today, 100 Years Ago; What Should Modern Millionaires Learn From Andrew Carnegie
Forbes - Ollie Williams
Exactly one hundred years ago today, Andrew Carnegie died in in Lenox, Massachusetts. But on his deathbed, Carnegie would have been deeply frustrated. He was down to his last $30 million. He was frustrated