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If everyone from Tokyo and New York—the world’s two largest cities—attended a single festival, it would still be smaller than an event that took place in India in 2013. Source: Mobile Phone Records Reveal Largest Gathering in the History of Humanity
Scientists at the Computational Story Laboratory have analyzed novels to identify the building blocks of all stories. Source: Data Mining Reveals the Six Basic Emotional Arcs of Storytelling
The first study of swiping strategies on Tinder shows just how different male and female mating behavior can be. Source: How Tinder “Feedback Loop” Forces Men and Women into Extreme Strategies http://www.thejournal.ie/tinder-dating-app-explained-biological-anthropologist-2166743-Jun2015/
Source: Enrol and enjoy: Which universities deliver the best “feelgood” experience? | The Economist
An overview and breakdown of the hidden wealth exposed in “The Panama Papers” Source: Daily chart: Panama tax papers: the taxonomy of the leak | The Economist
A BCG report shows how quality of life varies in different countries Source: Daily chart: Measuring well-being | The Economist
The absence of page numbers and other clues on the web isn’t doing your memory any favors. Source: Why It’s So Hard to Remember What You Read on the Internet | Inc.com
If art has become more academic, might it also be able to refresh other disciplines? Source: Science ‘could learn more creativity’ from art colleges | THE News
Asking research participants to record their behaviour in a natural context helps researchers uncover compelling insights Source: Five Ways to Conduct Better Auto-Ethnography Research – Liveminds
Source: Advertising is a Social Experiment That for the Most Part Has Gone Wrong
Making a buck off your old goods is nice, but relationships are nicer. A new app can help. Source: Can Stuffstr become the Uber for stuff? | GreenBiz
The self-empowerment blogger and author of 16 books, including the Amazon best seller “Choose Yourself,” is an unlikely role model. Source: Why Self-Help Guru James Altucher Only Owns 15 Things – The New York Times
Takeda Pharmaceuticals, many U.S. employees can be found in jeans on a daily basis. The company relaxed its dress code last August based on feedback in a regular survey.”The new dress code was intended to provide an even more comfortable workplace where employees can do their best work, a high priority for Takeda,” says spokesman…
“Anti-sexual” trends take hold in age of countless distractions and growing job pressures. Source: ‘There isn’t really anything magical about it’: Why more millennials are avoiding sex – The Washington Post
Here’s what you should know about the ancient practice embraced by U.S. Olympic athletes Source: What Is Cupping? Here’s What You Need to Know | TIME
Source: Stop texting right now and learn from the Chinese: there’s a better way to message — Quartz
Source: The Future of News Is Not An Article | nytlabs ← Research, thoughts, and process from The New York Times R&D Lab
What‘s next on the Getty’s digital horizon. Source: A Conversation with the Getty’s New Semantic Architect | The Getty Iris
It’s cheap and ubiquitous, but it’s not resilient or durable. What are the alternatives? Source: TreeHugger
“Yes, mom, I’ll be home before midnight.” Source: 14 Portraits Of College Grads Living At Home | Co.Design | business + design
London’s first co-housing project strikes an elegant balance between communal living and leafy seclusion, writes Rowan Moore Source: Copper Lane review – an appealing, harmonious, cost-effective model for communal living | Culture | The Guardian
We’ve moved from birding to dronewatching, from natural history to dark ecology. But are we still looking through colonialist binoculars? Source: Cloud and Field: On the resurgence of “field guides” in a networked age
Source: I’m a business manager. How do I become a UX designer? | Interaction Design Foundation
We agree with REI: Nature isn’t “out there”—it’s inside all of us. And camping takes us home. #LetsCamp Source: Camping is my medicine: A love letter to the outdoors
A shadow network of patients are trying to treat their own debilitating diseases — by infecting themselves with gastrointestinal worms. Source: The Parasite Underground – The New York Times
The vibrantly yellow rhizome turmeric has been used in Ayurvedic medicine for millennia and has been implemented for its medicinal qualities in South-eastern Asia for almost 4000 years. Source: 10 Reasons Eating Daily Turmeric Could Make You Happier And Healthier – Reset.me
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