Alt Text: Taking Another Look at the Myth of the ‘Nice Guy’ Lore Sjöberg, wired.com Lore Sjoberg examines the linguistic and cultural implications of the myth of the “nice guy.” Lore Sjöberg Alt Text: Taking Another Look at the Myth of the ‘Nice Guy’ http://flip.it/ocVTh http://flip.it/M6idu Related articles Explore - This myth that early risers … Continue reading The myth of the nice guy
The Math Formula That Tells Us How Long Everything Will Live Jesus Diaz, gizmodo.com NPR’s Robert Krulwich has a whimsical piece on the one formula that rules it all, from unicellular organisms to whales and sequoias and humans. A math formula that governs our life and tells us when to die.Even more interesting: the same … Continue reading The Math Formula That Tells Us How Long Everything Will Live
Codecademy’s New API Lab Lets Wannabe Devs Tinker With NPR, Twilio, SoundCloud, And More By Sarah Kessler, fastcompany.com Learning to code is more fun when you’re building something you can use. Codecademy’s new lesson plans use APIs to help students build more complex projects earlier. After completing the first HTML project at online programming school… … Continue reading New API Lab Lets Wannabe Devs Tinker
Codecademy teaches users to work with APIs from YouTube, NPR and more By Ben Popper, theverge.com Giving novice coders the ability to build on top of other software Since it launched last year, New York startup Codecademy has helped to fill the huge demand for computer science education with free online courses in programming… RT … Continue reading Codecademy teaches users to work with APIs
Adam Cole, npr.org What do Jesuit priests, gin and tonics, and ancient Chinese scrolls have in common? They all show up in our animated history of malaria. It’s a story of geopolitical struggles, traditional medicine, and above all, a war of… ANIMATION: The History Of Malaria Drugs : Shots - Health News : NPR http://flip.it/IQzck http://flip.it/5sxxY … Continue reading Herbs And Empires: A Brief, Animated History Of Malaria Drugs
Horseradish Tea And Other Global Cold Cures All Things Considered, npr.org Horseradish Tea And Other Global Cold Cures NPR All Things Considered From chicken noodle soup to alcohol-spiked drinks, everyone has a preferred remedy for cold symptoms. Since she was feeling a little under the weather, Melissa Bloc… http://flip.it/e61h1 Related articles Patent Medicines Get A … Continue reading Discovering the next cures from indigenous medicine
In Constant Digital Contact, We Feel ‘Alone Together’ Fresh Air from WHYY, npr.org In Constant Digital Contact, We Feel ‘Alone Together’ Fresh Air from WHYY As soon as Sherry Turkle arrived at the studio for her Fresh Air interview, she realized she’d forgotten her phone. “I realized I’d left it behind, and I fel… http://flpbd.it/lzBmU … Continue reading The anthropology of why constant contact makes you alone
NPR : National Public Radio : News & Analysis, World, US, Music & Arts : NPR. News coverage doesn't get much better than NPR, which runs the gamut in terms of coverage, from serious to downright silly. Need an international fix? Listen to Talk of the Nation. Want a good laugh? Tune into Ira Glass's … Continue reading NPR : National Public Radio : News & Analysis, World, US, Music & Arts : NPR
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