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That musky scent so many people adore about the rain when it first begins to fall is apparently not the raindrops at all. Instead, there is a complex array of soil organisms and their by-products that give rain its distinctive smell. Tim Logan wrote in a piece for The Conversation that a naturally occurring soil […]
If you’re tired of watching the same films over and over and looking for something new to watch, there is a solution. A film festival in Amsterdam has opened up its vault of over 300 films to watch for free. Davide Abbatescianni wrote for Cineuropa that “in total, IDFA’s selection offers 302 titles, released between […]
Today, the average fish only has fins, but paleontologists have discovered that in the remote past, about 380 million years ago, at least some fish had fingers. The digits on these ancient fish were rudimentary, but apparently functional, as they include finger bones, similar to vertebrates that came later. “We have made a major breakthrough […]
It may be that there are hidden truths in the idea embodied in the Disney song, “Whistle While You Work.” A new study examined by Martin LaMonica for The Conversation showed that what music people listen to while performing various tasks can have a significant impact on productivity. The study found that “participants who listened […]
“It’s easy to watch a masterful TEDx talk and think that the value is in the performance,” said Stephanie Scotti in an article for SmartBrief. “After all, TED talks are known for being inspiring and entertaining, and TED speakers are absolutely at the top of their games. But to focus on the performance is to […]
“We don’t value our clothing anymore,” Kestrel Jenkins, founder and producer of the Conscious Chatter podcast told Taylor Bryant for an article in Nylon. “Fast fashion has helped us build up a more intense addiction to buying clothing and, at the same time, it’s helped us really elevate the throwaway culture.” The article notes that […]
According to a new article by Holly White for Scientific American, “Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) may bring with it an advantage: the ability to think more creatively. “Three aspects of creative cognition are divergent thinking, conceptual expansion and overcoming knowledge constraints. Divergent thinking, or the ability to think of many ideas from a single starting point, […]
“In today’s badass Halloween decoration news, these DIY sunflower skulls are bone-chillingly beautiful, and I need a whole garden full of them ASAP,” Chanel Vargas wrote in POPSUGAR. Handcrafted by Oregon artist and brewery owner Beejay Oslon, the spooky flowers are simply made of “cheap plastic skulls,” hot glue, paint, fake moss material, and artificial […]
An economic analyst who predicted the 2008 financial collapse has spent tens of thousands of dollars stockpiling food as “an insurance policy against chaos” should the coronavirus outbreak cause a global economic collapse, according to Paul Joseph Watson for Summit News. “My immediate concern is not so much getting coronavirus, it’s more so economic collapse […]
According to a new article in Bloomberg, “the first companies developing medical treatments from psychedelic drugs like LSD, ketamine and the active ingredient in magic mushrooms are gearing up to list on Canadian stock exchanges.” “Mind Medicine Inc., which is undertaking clinical trials of psychedelic-based drugs,” said Kristine Owram for Bloomberg, “intends to list on […]