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Scientists think “mood microbes” are a new frontier for improving the health of the brain. Source: How bacteria are changing your mood – BBC News
Our eyes are hardening; we can barely see our phones any more. We must learn to look at the wider world. Source: What Are Screens Doing to Our Eyes—and Our Ability to See? | WIRED
Edward Tenner explains the efficiency paradox Source: Why trying to be too efficient will make us less efficient in the long run – The Verge
Like humans, Sophia sometimes answers questions obliquely. But there’s one hallmark of human speech that doesn’t appear when she talks. Source: Linguist Nick Enfield analyses how Sophia the robot does—and doesn’t—talk like us — Quartz
What is normal depends on context—and even then, variation is more common than uniformity. Source: Yale neuroscientists have debunked the idea that anyone’s personality is normal — Quartz
Danish culture places a high value on something many Americans don’t. Source: Hygge is the reason Denmark is consistently happier than America — Quartz
Ingvar Kamprad, the enigmatic Swedish business magnate who brought affordable flat-pack furniture to the masses, has died at the age of 91. Source: In praise of the unflinching frugality of IKEA founder Ingvar Kamprad | MNN – Mother Nature Network
The Dutch-born repair cafe movement is a hit with consumers looking to save money and waste less. Source: Repair cafes: A place to meet up and mend | MNN – Mother Nature Network
The internet just doesn’t get sarcasm, but we keep trying anyway — to our detriment. Source: Why sarcasm’s days are numbered | MNN – Mother Nature Network
The Midland PPG100 portable power station packs enough juice to keep a mini-refrigerator running for up to two days Source: This portable power station can keep a mini-fridge running for up to 2 days
A new study finds that many household goods degrade air quality more than once thought. Source: The Household Products That Cause Air Pollution – The Atlantic
The debate over how well ritual killings maintained social order Source: Did Human Sacrifice Help People Form Complex Societies? – The Atlantic
Huge crowdsourced genealogy databases are inspiring new genetics research. Source: Yaniv Erlich Mapped a 13-Million-Person Family Tree – The Atlantic
Imagine, if you will, the locker rooms of Super Bowl LII during and after the big game. They’re supercharged, chaotic, and probably extremely stinky. Source: Armpit transplants could make you less stinky | Popular Science
San Francisco-based solar installer Sunrun on Tuesday began selling its home-battery package known as Brightbox in Massachusetts for $1,000, a fraction of what rival battery installations cost. Source: For backup power, batteries join the mix as prices come down – The Boston Globe
Rich millennials seem to be making a shift from the golfing country clubs of their parents to agricultural neighborhoods. These communities called “agrihoods” have open green spaces, barns and outdoor community kitchens. Some even have some greenhouses and rows of fruit trees. Besides the nature part of these communities, they are also meant to…
Sports, natural landscapes, architecture and conceptual art: Many of the best pictures at Sony’s World Photography Awards offer a drone’s-eye view. Source: Drone photos: Drone photography is among the best at the World Photography Awards — Quartz
A Danish consultancy staffed with anthropologists is trying to save the banking industry from itself. Source: Lego, Adidas, and Samsung: The anthropologists that saved the world’s biggest companies take aim at the banking industry — Quartz
The English town of Frome has seen a significant drop in emergency hospital admissions since it began connecting ill residents with volunteers and support groups. Source: TreeHugger
This readable study by Sheldon Solomon, Jeff Greenberg and Tom Pyszczynski attempts to measure the influence of mortal terror on human affairs Source: The Worm at the Core: On the Role of Death in Life – review | Books | The Guardian
“Terror Management” Theorist Sheldon Solomon Explains How Subliminal Fear of Death Can Affect Us on a Personal and Political Level. Source: Do Voters Adore Trump Because They Dread Death? – Scientific American Blog Network
Thousands of $1,500 Shiftpod shelters have been sold, and are being used in disaster relief areas globally. Now the company has its own cryptocurrency. Source: How A Burning Man Camp Project Became A Multimillion-Dollar Business
Too much weed = a very bad time. But companies making cannabis devices are figuring out ways to tackle the dosing problem. Source: Why It’s So Hard to Dose Weed | WIRED
Everybody wants to make a difference, and if no one tried, the world would be a lot worse for the wear. Luckily, most people make an effort to exact change on whatever level they can and work toward making the world a better place. Individuals aren’t the only ones working towards change, of course. Businesses…
Natalie Portman joins an all-women team of scientists entering the unknown in this existential nightmare of a movie. Source: “Annihilation” review: Natalie Portman’s newest movie is the best kind of philosophical sci-fi — Quartzy
The nation state has survived wars, plagues, and upheaval, but it won’t survive digital nomads, not if people like Karoli Hindriks have something to say about it. Hindriks is the founder of… Source: Digital nomads are hiring and firing their governments | TechCrunch
While the feds and the states punt or fumble on keeping the internet free, you can take some steps to prevent ISPs from messing with your access. Source: How To Roll Your Own Net Neutrality
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