Decolonizing your child’s bookshelf - Indiginews
IndigNews curated a list of Indigenous children's book to decolonize your child's bookshelf, with 6 different books telling diverse stories.
This is seriously messing with my head: the Dunning-Kruger effect might not be real! I read all of the linked papers, and they make a convincing argument that it's more likely to be a statistical artifact than a psychological effect: https://t.co/uPUwUdMVdR
‘Greatest Generation’ runs counter to its wholesome image in survey on race, sex and combat during World War II
Virginia Tech project finds forgotten Army surveys that reveal World War II lingo and harsh views on race, sex, and combat.
It’s Time to Stop Talking About “Generations”
From boomers to zoomers, the concept gets social history all wrong. Louis Menand on “The Generation Myth” and “Gen Z, Explained.”
How to Age-Proof Your Brain
The Nuance How to Age-Proof Your Brain At 30, your mental muscles have likely already begun to weaken In Hemingway’s The Sun Also Rises, a character is asked how he managed to go bankrupt. “Two …
Matter and antimatter respond to gravity in the same way, study finds
Shared from Start: The reasons for science skepticism can be complex and fo
Penobscots don't want ancestors' scalping to be whitewashed
The Number That Becomes More Amazing the More You Study It
It’s even more astonishing than Dan Brown and Pepsi thought.
Why Confederate Lies Live On
For some Americans, history isn’t the story of what actually happened; it’s the story they want to believe.
https://amp-ft-com.cdn.ampproject.org/c/s/amp.ft.com/content/207a8762-e00c-4926-addd-38a487a0995f
Opinion | What Jared Diamond and Yuval Noah Harari Get Wrong About History
New research on humanity's deep past holds lessons for the future.
MSN
Why the witch-hunt victims of early modern Britain have come back to haunt us
The women killed as witches centuries ago are starting to receive justice. But let’s not glamorise the murder of innocents
https://www.economist.com/1843/2016/06/29/minds-turned-to-ash?fsrc=scn/fb/te/bl/ed/healthmindsturnedtoash1843&fbclid=IwAR1GEcSR-P6ldL4kpEuQhO5tSSBFveHwqsNZEaoLzdPsc96M2XJh284-P4U
Medium
Every idea needs a Medium
The Weather Network - Can't sleep? The moon may be the culprit, new study s
The new study showed the moon's influence on sleep duration and quality, with some participants in a multi-year experiment seeing shorter rest on nights during the waxing period compared to what was observed in the waning interval.
The billionaire space race reflects a colonial mindset that fails to imagin
MSN
Medium
Every idea needs a Medium
Some Scientists Believe the Universe Is Conscious
Some scientists believe the universe is conscious. Sounds like a bad trip ... but what if it's true?
Scientific Publishing Is a Joke. An XKCD comic — and its many remixes —… |
An XKCD comic — and its many remixes — perfectly captures the absurdity of academic research
Interesting article on Medscape
Regular coffee consumption can enhance concentration and improve motor control and alertness by inducing functional and connectivity changes in the brain, a new imaging study shows.
Medium
Every idea needs a Medium
https://www-thestar-com.cdn.ampproject.org/c/s/www.thestar.com/amp/business/mars/2021/04/19/meet-the-canadian-entrepreneurs-who-have-figured-out-how-to-extract-carbon-from-the-atmosphere-and-store-it-safely.html
Special Report on Neuroscience: Demystifying psychedelics
Researchers add analysis to the mix to move beyond anecdotes
Medium
Every idea needs a Medium
Gut health and mood genetically entwined
Researchers have provided clues to how the gut and brain work together by studying health data from nearly half a million people.
From Productivity to Psychedelics: Tim Ferriss Has Changed His Mind About S
A rare interview with bestselling author Tim Ferriss on his quarantine philosophy, funding psychedelic research, and why “not everything that is meaningful can be measured.”
https://www-mic-com.cdn.ampproject.org/c/s/www.mic.com/p/ancient-remains-prove-women-have-been-running-shit-for-at-least-9000-years-41857542/amp