AvatarolligesThe truth about Emily Dickinson, who might be Taylor Swift's distant cousinverified_publisherBBC Culture - Hephzibah AndersonAs it's revealed that Taylor Swift and Emily Dickinson might be related, what's the truth behind the myth of the 'tortured poet'?
AvatarolligesThe Science Behind Ozempic Was Wrongverified_publisherThe Atlantic - By Sarah ZhangThe weight-loss effects of GLP-1 drugs have little to do with the gut. When scientists first created the class of drugs that includes Ozempic, they told a tidy story about how the medications would work: The gut releases a hormone called GLP-1 that signals you’re full, so a drug that mimics GLP-1 …
AvatarolligesHow did evolution produce a firefly?verified_publisherArs Technica - John TimmerA new study looks at the development of a firefly's light-emitting organs. On one level, we have fireflies figured out. We know the enzyme they use to …
AvatarolligesReignite the Sparks of Joy Hidden Beneath Your Well-Worn HabitsNext Big Idea Club - Cass Sunstein & Tali SharotTali Sharot is a professor at University College London and MIT. She mixes brain science with psychology and economics to better understand peoples’ …
AvatarolligesSocieties of perpetual movementAeon Media - Cecilia Padilla-IglesiasWe moved in a line, led by four men who searched the rainforest as they walked, barefoot. At the head of the snake, one of our guides cut narrow …
AvatarolligesThe Anthropocene is not an epoch − but the age of humans is most definitely underwaytheconversation.com - Erle C. EllisWhen people talk about the “Anthropocene,” they typically picture the vast impact human societies are having on the planet, from rapid declines in …