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Weekly Dose of Optimism #140

3 months ago
from Not Boring by Packy McCormick in creative
K2-18b, o3 and o4-mini, Parkinson’s Research, GLP-1 Pill, Precision, Neuroscience, Abundance Institute

Enrollment and engagement

3 months ago
from Seth's Blog in creative
Teachers and organizations benefit from both, but they’re not the same. Engagement is the delight we have when we lean into the process. Engagement...

Carl Sagan Issues a Chilling Warning About the Decline of Scientific Thinking in America: Watch His Final Interview (1996)

3 months ago
from Open Culture in creative
Until the end of his life, Carl Sagan (1934–1996) continued doing what he did all along — popularizing science and “enthusiastically conveying the...

The use (and design) of tools

3 months ago
from Seth's Blog in creative
It’s hard to build a house without a hammer. The hammer has been around for a long time, and thanks to its intuitive design, a user can get 70% of the...

How to Evade Taxes in Ancient Rome: A 1,900-Year-Old Papyrus Reveals an Ancient Tax Evasion Scheme

3 months ago
from Open Culture in creative
It was surely not a coincidence that the New York Times published its story on the trial of a certain Gadalias and Saulos this past Monday, April...

Meet The Maker: Aurore Swithenbank

3 months ago
from Handprinted - Blog in creative
Hiya, I’m Aurore Swithenbank, a printmaker living in South East London with my partner and cute cat. I moved to London when I was 10 from France and...

Which Car Brands are Frequently Featured in Popular Music? A Statistical Analysis

3 months ago
from Stat Significant in creative
Which car brands are a fixture of song lyrics?

The essence of industrialism

3 months ago
from Seth's Blog in creative
Efficiency + Convenience. Not everything is industrialized. A backyard garden, a freelance editor, even a chef with a hands-on restaurant. These folks...

A Forgotten 16th-Century Manuscript Reveals the First Designs for Modern Rockets

3 months ago
from Open Culture in creative
The Austrian military engineer Conrad Haas was a man ahead of his time — indeed, about 400 years ahead, considering that he was working on rockets...
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