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Air pollution might be invisible, but it results in 7 million premature deaths each year, according to the World Health Organization (WHO). To scrub the air of harmful particulates, “CityTree”… Source: This urban ‘tree’ cleans as much polluted air as an entire forest | Inhabitat – Green Design, Innovation, Architecture, Green Building
Dr. Donna Van Natten, the Body Language Dr, talks about four key areas of nonverbal communication to watch (and listen) for when it comes to reading people’s emotions. Source: Science Just Figured Out a Way to Help You Instantly Read Another Person’s Emotions | Inc.com
History was recently revealed as the top declared major for the class of 2019 at Yale, reclaiming a spot it hasn’t occupied in two decades. Source: Students are making history a popular college major again in the age of Donald Trump — Quartz
As David Brooks of the New York Times recently wrote, the college has the “courage to be distinct.” Source: The value of a liberal arts education in the modern world — Quartz
“You cannot be a creative, imaginative human being without anxiety,” Kierkegaard said. Source: The benefits of anxiety — Quartz
Between 1945 and 1962, the United States conducted 210 atmospheric nuclear bomb tests. For each of those tests, the government used multiple cameras filmin Source: U.S. Nuclear Bomb Test Footage is Now On YouTube
Destruction – Carbon = Sustainability Source: Environmentalism used to be about defending the wild – not any more | Mark Boyle | Opinion | The Guardian
Humans made a huge cognitive leap when they first sketched figures onto rocks—now, computers are learning to do the same. Source: If Google Teaches an AI to Draw, Will That Help It Think? – The Atlantic
Acknowledging our unimportance liberates us from the grips of the self-centered voice in our head causing a lot of life’s difficulties. Source: The purpose of life is to be a nobody — Quartz
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Since the dawn of time – or at least since Chris Skinner, Chair of the European networking forum The Financial Services Club and Nordic Finance Innovation, says farmers traded goods for coins and coins for sex (more on that later) – banks have always been leery of innovation. However tech is moving quickly, and as…
A large-scale study jointly carried out by academics from Yale University and the University of California has concluded that greater than average use of Facebook decreases both mental health and h… Source: Yale/UC study finds extensive Facebook usage decreases health & happiness | 9to5Mac
Camping is an excellent antidote to the ills of modern life, a new study has found. Source: Another study finds weekend camping resets your body clock
In our modern times, many of us sit up late into the night, watching TV, fiddling with our smartphones, or reading a book by lamplight. Getting up to the sound of the morning alarm isn’t easy. Now, researchers reporting in Current Biology on Feb. 2 have more evidence to suggest that the solution to these…
This is the opposite of winning. Source: By Pulling Out Of The Paris Agreement, Trump Just Threw Away America’s Biggest Business Opportunity
The Internet of Animals has arrived. Source: Wearables Reveal the Secret Lives of Farm Animals | WIRED
No one would blame you for not wanting your body to be infested with creatures from your garden. But maybe you should rethink your position. Source: Exposure to the bacteria in soil can be good for mental health, and could treat depression and prevent PTSD — Quartz
The tongue-in-cheek listing is a nod to Sweden’s long-time “Right to Roam” laws. Source: Sweden puts entire country up on Airbnb
Biotech venture group Flagship Ventures is doubling down on the microbiome. The Cambridge, MA-based firm, which specializes in building new therapeutics co Source: Evelo Launches With $35M To Fight Cancer With Cocktails of Bacteria | Xconomy
In three years, investment has jumped more than twenty-fold in startups developing medicines that change the interactions between our bodies and the bacter Source: FDA Turmoil, Biology Mystery On List Of Hurdles For Microbiome Drugs | Xconomy
Evolution exists and exerts itself in a different way than gravity does… because natural selection is an “algorithmic force.” Source: Is Evolution Yielding to Newer “Algorithmic Forces”? | Big Think
Armenia’s folk remedies and botanical traditions are getting a new look Source: Why a Modern Cosmetics Company Is Mining Armenia’s Ancient Manuscripts | Travel | Smithsonian
Armenia’s folk remedies and botanical traditions are getting a new look Source: Why a Modern Cosmetics Company Is Mining Armenia’s Ancient Manuscripts | Travel | Smithsonian
Just about everyone, everywhere, is a complicated mutt, and stories about “pure” bloodlines are almost always false. Source: Turns Out Nazis Have Some Pretty Wrong Views About Genetics
Vitamin D deficiency is on the rise. Source: Vitamin D Deficiency is Rising, Say Scientists Studying Teeth | Inverse
You may be thinking that creativity makes you robot proof, but that notion is no longer true. Rather, look to develop these 5 metaskills. Source: Experts say these 5 skills are ‘robot proof’ – Business Insider
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