Securing a swift return: how a simple brick can help migratory birds
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Article
the Guardian
Securing a swift return: how a simple brick can help migratory birds
Many swifts flying back to Britain will find their summer nests lost to building renovations. But bird bricks are offering them an alternative home
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The overfitted brain: Dreams evolved to assist generalization
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Article,
Patterns
The overfitted brain: Dreams evolved to assist generalization
Why do we dream? While it is known that dreams must be important for learning, it
is unknown precisely how or why this is. This paper explores the many hypotheses around
why organisms dream, eventually proposing that the evolved purpose of dreams can be
identified…
is unknown precisely how or why this is. This paper explores the many hypotheses around
why organisms dream, eventually proposing that the evolved purpose of dreams can be
identified…
The Mental Benefits of Being Terrible at Something
“In the land of the quick fix it may seem radical, but to learn anything significant, to make any lasting change in yourself, you must be willing to spend most of your time on the plateau, to keep practicing even when it seems you are getting nowhere,”
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“In the land of the quick fix it may seem radical, but to learn anything significant, to make any lasting change in yourself, you must be willing to spend most of your time on the plateau, to keep practicing even when it seems you are getting nowhere,”
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The Mental Benefits of Being Terrible at Something
And what happens to your brain when you finally nail it
Last year, more people in San Francisco died of overdoses than of Covid-19
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Article,
The Economist
Last year, more people in San Francisco died of overdoses than of covid-19
This is part of a worrying national trend, following changes in drug markets | United States
To be more tech-savvy, borrow these strategies from the Amish
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Article
psyche.co
To be more tech-savvy, borrow these strategies from the Amish | Psyche Ideas
With their focus on values and intentionality, the Amish offer a lesson in thinking critically about digital technology
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Beautiful advertisement for the Olympic Games in Tokyo from one of the French canals
France's 18-year-olds given €300 culture pass
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BBC News
France's 18-year-olds given €300 culture pass
French teens can use the funds for cinema tickets, musical instruments or to buy books and videos.
Download free public domain paintings, posters and illustrations
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Article
Artvee
Browse and download high-resolution, public domain Paintings, Drawings, Illustrations and Posters.
A century ago Ludwig Wittgenstein changed philosophy
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Article
The Economist
A century ago Ludwig Wittgenstein changed philosophy for ever
Written in the trenches, his “Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus” still baffles and inspires | Books & arts
Despite social pressure, boys and girls still prefer gender-typical toys
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Article
Big Think
Despite social pressure, boys and girls still prefer gender-typical toys
Fifty years of research on children's toy preferences shows that kids generally prefer toys oriented toward their own gender.
Rich people do have trouble understanding what it's like to be poor
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Article
Salon
Rich people actually do have trouble understanding what it's like to be poor
A recent study shows that people with power embrace a "choice mindset" — and apply it to those with fewer resources