Culture Why Time Seems to Fly By As You Get Older, and How to Slow It Down: A Scientific Explanation by Neuroscientist David Eaglemanopenculture.com - by Josh Jones The Buddha, it’s said, struggled mightily with three specters of adulthood—aging, sickness, and death—when reflections on mortality harshed his …
The Secret Powers of Timeopenculture.com - by DC Philip Zimbardo, a longtime Stanford psychology professor, is perhaps most well known for the famous Stanford Prison Experiment conducted in 1971. …
Culture Martin Scorsese Makes a List of 85 Films Every Aspiring Filmmaker Needs to Seeopenculture.com - by Jonathan Crow Before the rise of institutional film schools—ensconced in university walls with all the formality that entails—those seeking to learn the craft did …
Culture Dreamlike Paintings by Eric Roux-Fontaine Imagine Forests Filled With Domestic Trappings | Colossalthisiscolossal.com - Laura Staugaitis French painter Eric Roux-Fontaine (previously) creates dreamy scenes that meld wild, light-dappled environments with lavish interior elements like …
U.S. Navy UFOs Are Real — and You Were Never Supposed to See Them, Military Official SaysLive Science - Brandon Specktor In December 2017 and March 2018, The New York Times released three allegedly declassified videos showing U.S. Navy pilots trailing some unidentified …
Global Citizen Festival The Great Green Wall Is the Type of Utopian Project That Could Save the Planetglobalcitizen.org - By Joe McCarthy and Erica Sanchez While other walls divide people, this initiative is bringing people together. The Great Green Wall is an ambitious multinational project that seeks to …
Water 'Critical': parts of regional NSW set to run out of water by November Australia News - Paul Karp and Australian Associated PressParts of regional New South Wales could run out of water as early as November with data showing the worst-case scenario for the state if there’s no rain or government intervention. The projections from
'All about the land': drought shakes farming to its Indigenous rootsThe Guardian - Gabrielle ChanFarmers aren’t waiting for handouts. They’re using new and very old farming practice to ensure the land survives Read parts one, two and three of The New Normal At first the days are fine but slowly the
Drought The drought is now so severe it is biting in even the greenest corners of the countryabc.net.au - By Nadia Daly Farmers along Australia's normally green eastern coast are reeling from the worst drought they have ever seen and face a tough summer if it doesn't …
CIA The Secret History of Fort Detrick, the CIA’s Base for Mind Control ExperimentsPOLITICO - By STEPHEN KINZERToday, it’s a cutting-edge lab. In the 1950s and 1960s, it was the center of the U.S. government’s darkest experiments. Stephen Kinzer's new book book is Poisoner in Chief: Sidney Gottlieb and the CIA
Water The towns that could run out of water in months, as 'day zero' loomsyahoo.com - Olivia Lambert Only being able to drink bottled water or droplets squeezed out of the head of a kitchen tap sounds like a scenario confronting a third world country. …
Science Fiction 10 Authors Shaking Up Space Operapublishersweekly.com - By John Birmingham Birmingham’s gripping near-future novel, The Cruel Stars, launches readers into a genocidal interstellar war amid sudden violence and dark humor. A …
Water 'I don't know how we come back from this': Australia's big dry sucks life from once-proud townsThe Guardian - Anne Davies, Ben Smee and Lorena AllamAustralia is experiencing one of its most severe droughts on record, resulting in desperate water shortages across large parts of New South Wales and southern Queensland. Dams in some parts of western
Science 15 Mind Blowing Facts You Didn't Know About Timeboredpanda.com - Joetta Pauline It governs every facet of our lives, from our work life to our social life to our sleep and wakefulness and to the way we operate within the …
Climate Australians increasingly fear climate change related drought and extinctionsThe Guardian - Katharine Murphy Political editorAustralians are increasingly concerned about droughts and floods, extinctions and water shortages associated with climate change, and most people think all levels of government aren’t doing enough to the
Water Australians could be hit with the worst water restrictions ever seendailymail.co.uk - By Charlie Moore For Daily Mail Australia Parts of Australia could face the toughest water restrictions they have ever seen as the nation's crippling drought shows no sign of easing. Hose …
Donald Trump A Shocking Number of Americans Want to 'Just Let Them All Burn'VICE - Harry CheadleWe all feel lost sometimes. Forgotten, disengaged from society, alienated. From there, it can be a short distance to anger, or something more intense than anger—rage, even hatred, directed against yourself,
Greta Thunberg The Misogyny of Climate Deniersnewrepublic.com - Martin Gelin Why do right-wing men hate Greta Thunberg and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez so much? Researchers have some troubling answers to that question. Climate …
Christmas Elf on a Shelf: The Strange History of Santa's Little HelpersLive Science - Stephanie Pappas The children of North America have a new Christmas tradition: The elf on the shelf. Alternatively panned as creepy and adored as a fun holiday ritual, …
California California looks to Australia for ways to manage its groundwater after worst-ever droughtabc.net.au - By Kristy O'Brien In the powerhouse food bowl of California, the impact of its most recent drought — which finally ended in 2017 after eight gruelling years — …
'Bunch of bedwetters': Matt Canavan attacks Aurecon for cutting ties with AdaniThe Guardian - Paul KarpThe resources minister Matt Canavan has defended an extraordinary spray against engineering firm Aurecon over its decision to sever ties with Indian energy company Adani. Canavan had labelled Aurecon’s
Tripping on Broadway: A New Musical Explores LSD Use by Cary Grant and MoreThe New York Times - By MICHAEL PAULSONIn a trippy turn of events, Lincoln Center Theater said Tuesday it would bring to Broadway a new musical exploring the use of LSD in the 1950s by three celebrated individuals. The musical, “Flying Over
Internet Misinformation Has Created a New World Disorderscientificamerican.com - Claire Wardle As someone who studies the impact of misinformation on society, I often wish the young entrepreneurs of Silicon Valley who enabled communication at …
John Barilaro calls for reshaping of NSW water infrastructure amid droughtabc.net.au - Ashleigh Raper New South Wales Deputy Premier John Barilaro says it may be "controversial" and "stoke some emotion" but now is the time to talk about building water …
Amazing response to interview with 'salt of the earth' family crippled by droughtyahoo.com - Yahoo News Australia The spirit of mateship is truly alive, with Aussies banding together to support a hard-working NSW farming family crippled by the worst drought they …
Deepfakes The world’s top deepfake artist is wrestling with the monster he createdMIT Technology Review - Will Knight Hao Li has spent his career perfecting digital trickery. Now he’s working to confront the problem of increasingly seamless off-the-shelf …
Sydney's water supply falling at fastest rate on record due to droughtReuters - By Mell ChunSYDNEY (Reuters) - Australia's biggest city Sydney is running down its water supply at the fastest rate on record with dams expected to fall below half maximum capacity due to the worst drought on record,
Scott Morrison Alan Jones back-pedals after comments cause international outrageyahoo.com - Alana Calvert Radio personality Alan Jones has back-pedalled over comments he made about New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern after he suggested Australia’s …
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