My Life Without Sugar
My plan was to have a sugar-free month. But now I feel so much better that I can’t imagine going back. By Olivia Judson, The Guardian- pocket. Three years ago, I stopped eating sugar. My plan was to have a sugar-free month, just to see if it made a difference. I had done similar experiments before – a month without caffeine, or alcohol, More...
The Only Metric of Success That Really Matters Is the One We Ignore
By Jenny Anderson, Quartz -pocket On a blustery March day five years ago, I locked arms with my mother and walked into a church in Maplewood, New Jersey to bury my brother. Bagpipes played “Amazing Grace.” More...
How Giving Up TV For A Month Changed My Brain And My Life
The Dangers of TV By Stephanie Vozza, Fast Company Pocket I’ve never seen Game of Thrones, I don’t know what the Scandal is, and I couldn’t name a single “real” housewife. I thought I didn’t More...
Tired of procrastinating? To overcome it, take the time to understand it
By Daryl Chen, TED Procrastination isn’t shameful or a character flaw. Instead it’s rooted in a very human need: the need to feel competent and worthy, says educator Nic Voge. This post is part More...
To Tell Someone They’re Wrong, First Tell Them They’re Right
By Olivia Goldhill, Quartz – Pocket A philosopher’s 350-year-old trick to get people to change their minds is now backed up by psychologists. The 17th century philosopher Blaise Pascal is perhaps More...
Why a Medieval Woman Had Lapis Lazuli Hidden in Her Teeth
By Sarah Zhang, The Atlantic – Pocket What Anita Radini noticed under the microscope was the blue—a brilliant blue that seemed so unnatural, so out of place in the 1,000-year-old dental tartar she More...
The Simple Words That Save Lives
By William Park BBC Lessons from “expert talkers” could make all the difference when helping a person in crisis. In 1984, Dallas, Texas, a call to the emergency services went catastrophically wrong. More...
Ministry of Mines and Hydrocarbons of Equatorial Guinea gives thumps up to Bioko Malaria Program Award
PRESS RELEASE During the 74th session of the General Assembly of the United Nations, the project won the Concordia P3 Impact Award in two categories MALABO, Equatorial Guinea, (ANN)– The Ministry of More...
The American Brain
Wait But Why / By Tim Urban Chapter 6: The American Brain .This is Chapter 6 in a series. If you’re new to the series, visit the series home page for the full table of contents. In Chapter 5 we became More...
Bring Back Handwriting: It’s Good for Your Brain
By Markham Heid People are losing the brain benefits of writing by hand as the practice becomes less common Not so long ago, putting pen to paper was a fundamental feature of daily life. Journaling More...
