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The 7-year-old neuroscientist wowing the internet
Meet Amoy Antunet, a girl with big ambitions in the world of science. But how does her dad respond to online comments calling him a “pushy parent”?
Link:https://www.bbc.com/news/av/stories-41949254/the-7-year-old-neuroscientist-wowing-the-internet
This Wolf Sanctuary Helps Military Veterans Heal From PTSD
Let’s talk about wolves. Since European settlers arrived in what would become North America, the wolf has been systematically eradicated. California, specifically, has only one known wild wolf pack since the half-dozen or so members of the Shasta Pack mysteriously disappeared this year. Whether it’s folktales calling wolves the surrogate of the devil or embellished historical accounts of wolves mercilessly slaughtering calves, these stories have circulated for centuries to justify the extermination of most of the country’s wolves.
How Finland’s #HousingFirst Solved Homelessness
With one ridiculously simple policy, it has almost completely eradicated street homelessness.
Giant crowd of Astros fans saving a woman’s hat is Houston at its best
I was born in LA. One of my earliest memories is Kirk Gibson’s legendary home run in 1988. And I was heartbroken when the Dodgers lost the World Series to the Astros this year.
But damn, I’m happy for the people of Houston. They came out in full force on Friday for the Astros victory parade. And nothing represents the way the city has come together like these fans in a parking structure trying to get a lady her hat back.
Link: https://mashable.com/2017/11/03/houston-astros-parade/?utm_cid=a-rr-culture#OpWQ3rhZKaqM
What Will Eco-Friendly Cities of the Future Look Like?
Sleek panels glimmering in the sunlight; large, lazily-spinning wind turbines rising high above the plains; silent electricity flowing through car engines. Sustainability has found a strange place in our world, riding a thin line between practicality and science fiction.
Link: https://interestingengineering.com/what-will-eco-friendly-cities-of-the-future-look-like
Superwheat Kernza Could Save Our Soil and Feed Us Well
Kernza’s arrival has been a long time coming. The new grain variety from the Land Institute is derived from an ancient form of intermediate wheatgrass, a perennial that is actually a distant relative of wheat. And there’s a widespread team of researchers hoping their work will pave the way for an entirely new form of food.
Link: http://civileats.com/2015/06/15/superwheat-kernza-could-save-our-soil-and-feed-us-well/
50 Years Ago, This Was a Wasteland. He Changed Everything | Short Film showcase
People aren’t having babies in Denmark so they made this provocative ad
An Alternative View of Human Nature: Rebecca Solnit on Disaster as a Catalyst for Dignity, Agency, and Human Goodness
In his diary of moral development, young Tolstoy proclaimed: “This is the entire essence of life: Who are you? What are you?” The part left unspoken, perhaps because it is often unspeakable, is that there is no solid self to give a constant answer —
Link:https://www.brainpickings.org/2017/10/16/rebecca-solnit-disaster/
First Evidence That Online Dating Is Changing the Nature of Society
Dating websites have changed the way couples meet. Now evidence is emerging that this change is influencing levels of interracial marriage and even the stability of marriage itself.
‘Everyone Should Beatbox’: Harvard Hits A Rhythm With Beatboxing Residency
“People don’t sing, because they don’t think they can, but wouldn’t it be a great world if everyone sang? If everyone could feel the power of their voice? Everyone should sing, everyone should dance and everyone should beatbox,” beatboxer, poet and Broadway actor Chesney Snow says.
Link: https://www.wbur.org/artery/2017/10/19/beatboxing-residency-harvard