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There’s a new cottage industry devoted to explanations of the quasi-mystical appeal of Donald Trump. Is he a prosperity gospel preacher? A Platonic tyrant? Or is he a truth-telling jester?At the Los Angeles Times, Peter Manseau recently tried to bring some critical theory to this exercise, Source: Trump’s Magical Appeal: A Dated Anthropologist Offers Clues |…
Dry Tortugas National Park is one of the darkest places on the east coast of the United States. So if you’re going to make a timelapse video of the night sky, that’s an ideal place to do so. Source: Experience One of the Darkest Places On the US Coast in This Timelapse
In a mesmerizing visualization of transportation ‘clusters,’ Martin Grandjean plots the connections between thousands of airports worldwide, along with the 60,000 routes. Source: The most popular plane flights shown in mesmerising map | Daily Mail Online
Three new infographics highlight changing diets around the world. Source: The world’s ever evolving diets in 4 infographics | PBS NewsHour
Study: mHealth apps are failing on user design Source: mHealth Apps Are Failing the Usability Test
Spoiler alert: Hillary Clinton currently has a huge margin of victory over Donald Trump. Source: The New York Times’s President Predictor Is A Masterclass In Information Design | Co.Design | business + design
Socially liberated millennials are becoming so nomadic they are choosing shared living spaces and homeslessness over home ownership Source: In the future we will all be homeless says co-living entrepreneur
Source: Mossberg: Wi-Fi calling from Republic Wireless takes a big leap | The Verge
Faroe Islands is an island country halfway between Norway and Iceland. It features some of the world’s most beautiful roads, but those routes haven’t been Source: Sheep View 360: An Island Country’s Makeshift Street View
Source: Swiss biotech company tests anti-ageing promise of pomegranates | Reuters
Trees and sunshine for better productivity Source: Is Amazon’s Dome Headquarters The Workspace Of The Future? | Popular Science
Milton-area residents are expected to grill the federal agency at a Dec. 3 forum for its GPS-generated flight paths that they say unfairly burden their homes below. Other hard hit towns include Arlington, Somerville, Watertown.. Source: FAA hearing more complaints over Logan airplane noise – The Boston Globe
After an unusually restful and refreshing night’s sleep in a chimpanzee’s tree-borne bed, a Japanese primatologist has designed a humankind evolution bed. Source: Humankind Evolution Bed May Be Answer to Restless Sleep | Digital Trends
Sense, a sci-fi orb that sits by your bedside, proves that tracking your sleep patterns doesn’t have to be complicated or require wearing a wristband. We’ve been sleeping on the job to find out if it’s any good. Source: Hello Sense and Sleep Pill Review | Digital Trends
A true savior of the common people. Source: Bot Lawyer Saves People $4 Million in Parking Fines
The most innovative thing Apple did with their Photo app recently was the addition of a ‘Selfie’ filter. You can find the folder in your Photos app, and ye Source: Apple doesn’t understand photography
A lot of factors can frame your decision on where to rent. If public transportation is one of them, Trulia’s new tool is perfect for you. Source: Trulia’s ‘Rent Near Transit’ finds great rentals near transit
The plants don’t just filter the air, they actively make it better to breathe. Source: This Living Wall Cleans The Air Inside New York’s New Emergency Center | Co.Exist | ideas + impact
Source: World’s First Off-Grid ReGen Village Will Be Completely Self-Sufficient Producing Its Own Power and Food
Could artificial intelligence bridge the gap between life and death – one scientist at MIT’s media lab is betting on it. Source: Life after death? It may depend on how much you tweet, blog, post, or email | ExtremeTech
Their degrees may help them secure entry-level jobs, but to advance in their careers, they’ll need much more than technical skills. Source: A Liberal-Arts Education for Business Majors – The Atlantic
Source: John Donne’s solemn 400-year-old poem against isolationism, “No man is an island,” is resonating with Brits today — Quartz
Another study finds a link between greenery and health. Source: Why living around nature could make you live longer – The Washington Post
WSJ Small Business Expert David Kalt says his experience has proven a liberal arts education produces great programmers. Source: Why I Was Wrong About Liberal-Arts Majors – The Experts – WSJ
Her en(gross)ing new book covers the science of keeping soldiers alive. Source: “Sharks Are Pussies” and Other Survival Tips From Mary Roach | Mother Jones
British scientists took a major step toward bringing personalized medicine to mental health on Tuesday, announcing that they had developed a blood test that can accurately predict whether or not you’ll respond to the conventional, commonly prescribed antidepressants on the market. Source: New blood test may be able to find best antidepressant match, study says
Source: New EPA head Gina McCarthy proud of local roots | Canton Citizen
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