AmaroErflipped into ToK Imagination is ancient aeon.co - Stephen T Asma Imagination is intrinsic to our inner lives. You could even say that it makes up a ‘second universe’ inside our heads. We invent animals and events …
AmaroErflipped into ToKTechnology China gene-edited baby experiment 'may have created unintended mutations' The Guardian - Agence France-PresseThe gene editing performed on Chinese twins to immunise them against HIV may have failed and created unintended mutations, scientists have said after the original research was made public for the first
AmaroErflipped into ToKEducation Students Have 'Dismaying' Inability To Tell Fake News From Real, Study Finds NPR - Camila DomonoskeIf the children are the future, the future might be very ill-informed. That's one implication of a new study from Stanford researchers that evaluated students' ability to assess information sources and
AmaroErflipped into ToKCanadian News Lawyers in B.C. will be first in Canada required to study Indigenous issues, history, law society says CBC News - CBC News · The Law Society of British Columbia has moved to require Indigenous cultural competency training for all practising lawyers in the province, in …
AmaroErflipped into ToKScience 5 of history's strangest scientific theories bigthink.com - Matt Davis • The line between science and strongly held belief was not always so clear-cut as it is today. • In the past, many quacks, charlatans, or …
AmaroErflipped into ToKEntertainment A rogue artist ate the $120,000 duct-taped banana at Art Basel. ‘It’s performance,’ he said. The Washington Post - Derek HawkinsDefinitely, according to David Datuna, a New York-based performance artist who put his own, apparently unauthorized, spin on the installation that became a viral sensation after it went up at Galerie in
AmaroErflipped into ToK Deliver us from evil: How biology, not religion, made humans moral | New Scientist newscientist.com A SIMPLE interpretation of biological evolution says that nature selects for selfishness. Always. Selfish genes increase survival, so are the ones …
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AmaroErflipped into ToKTrolley The Trolley Problem Will Tell You Nothing Useful About Morality currentaffairs.org - by You are on an asteroid careening through the cosmos. Aboard the asteroid with you are nine hundred highly-skilled physicians, who have been working …
AmaroErflipped into ToKDundee Deaf student creates more than 100 new signs for scientific terms ABC News - Ella Torres When Liam Mcmulkin began his studies at Scotland’s University of Dundee, he quickly realized a glaring oversight not only in the program, but in …
AmaroErflipped into ToKWomen's News 10 female mathematicians who changed the world The Telegraph - ByNew film Hidden Figures reveals the untold story of Nasa's black, female mathematicians. Here are 10 more women who transformed maths. New film Hidden Figures follows the incredible real-life story of
AmaroErflipped into ToKWorld News Teens in Argentina are leading the charge to eliminate gender in language - The Washington Post The Washington PostBUENOS AIRES — As hundreds of teenagers flooded the dimly lit street for the student government rally, 18-year-old Natalia Mira raised her hand in the air and led them in a chant. It was a song often among
AmaroErflipped into ToKChristmas Why children really believe in Santa – the surprising psychology behind tradition The Conversation UK - Rohan Kapitany Many of us tell our children about a rotund, bearded man in red, who lives in the icy tundra at the top of the world. He is tasked with judging the …
AmaroErflipped into ToKConsciousness A New Theory Explains How Consciousness Evolved The Atlantic - Michael GrazianoA neuroscientist on how we came to be aware of ourselves. Ever since Charles Darwin published On the Origin of Species in 1859, evolution has been the grand unifying theory of biology. Yet one of our important
AmaroErflipped into ToKOpinion What Is A Day Of Learning, Anyway? Forbes - Peter GreeneThe measure crops up frequently in discussions of education policies and, sometimes, products. But what the heck does it even mean? Charter advocates like to point to a CREDO study that shows urban charters
AmaroErflipped into ToKKids Why old people will always complain about young people Vox - Brian ResnickIt’s safe to assume this is an immortal aspect of human society: Young people always exist, and older people will always complain about them. Young people, in turn, always say, “Ugh, old people just don’t
AmaroErflipped into ToKNative Americans ‘I Was Teaching a Lot of Misconceptions.’ The Way American Kids Are Learning About the 'First Thanksgiving' Is Changing TIME - Olivia B. WaxmanOn a recent Saturday morning in Washington, D.C., about two dozen secondary-and-elementary-school teachers experienced a role reversal. This time, it was their turn to take a quiz: answer “true” or “false”
AmaroErflipped into ToKApple Maps Apple changes Crimea map to meet Russian demands BBC NewsApple has complied with Russian demands to show the annexed Crimean peninsula as part of Russian territory on its apps. Russian forces annexed Crimea from Ukraine in March 2014, drawing international The
AmaroErflipped into ToKSexuality A new theory argues same-sex sexual behaviour is an evolutionary norm The Economist Mating strategiesA new theory argues same-sex sexual behaviour is an evolutionary norm Unless it is essential to know a partner’s sex, why bother? WHEN …
AmaroErflipped into ToK Surprise as unknown Irish translation of Ibn Sīna discovered in spine of book The Guardian - Alison FloodManuscript of ancient physician’s Canon of Medicine had been used to bind a later book, and shows that medieval Ireland’s medicine was in step with the rest of Europe A 15th-century vellum manuscript the
AmaroErflipped into ToKIndie Music Why music has such profound effects on the brain pbs.org - Megan Thompson Have you ever wondered why you sometimes get a tingling feeling when you hear a certain piece of music? We did, and we thought we could ask a …
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AmaroErflipped into ToKRussia That Uplifting Tweet You Just Shared? A Russian Troll Sent It Rolling Stone - Patrick Warren Internet trolls don’t troll. Not the professionals at least. Professional trolls don’t go on social media to antagonize liberals or belittle …
AmaroErflipped into ToK Using Mathematics to Repair a Masterpiece Quanta Magazine - Ingrid Daubechies The author shows how new mathematical techniques can be used to revitalize a 650-year-old work of art. A recently opened exhibition at the North …
AmaroErflipped into ToK17th Century Cambridge University students cry fowl over 17th century painting that upsets vegetarians The Telegraph - By Anita SinghSome Cambridge University students might consider it a privilege to eat beneath a 17th century oil painting. But not if the students are vegetarian or vegan, and the work features animals bound for the
AmaroErflipped into ToKMass Shootings Nearly All Mass Shooters Since 1966 Have Had 4 Things in Common VICE - David NoriegaThe stereotype of a mass shooter is a white male with a history of mental illness or domestic violence. While that may be anecdotally true, the largest single study of mass shooters ever funded by the
AmaroErflipped into ToKLanguage Learning Why you might be counting in the wrong language BBC Future - Anand JagatiaThe Danish for 90, halvfems, is an abbreviation of the Old Norse word halvfemsindstyve, or “four and a half times twenty” (Credit: Javier Hirschfeld/ Getty Images) New Welsh for 92 is "naw deg dau". In
AmaroErflipped into ToKPhilosophy Science + religion aeon.co - Tom McLeish The science-versus-religion opposition is a barrier to thought. Each one is a gift, rather than a threat, to the otherBy Tom McLeishRead at Aeon
AmaroErflipped into ToKHealth Your diagnosis was wrong. Could doctor bias have been a factor? The Washington Post - Eve GlicksmanNewman-Toker found that judgment errors accounted for 86 percent of 55,377 medical malpractice claims he evaluated where misdiagnosis led to death or disability. The judgment blame bucket includes an of
AmaroErflipped into ToKOpinion It's time to retire metrics like GDP. They don't measure everything that matters The Guardian - Joseph StiglitzIf our measures tell us everything is fine when it really isn’t, we will be complacent The world is facing three existential crises: a climate crisis, an inequality crisis and a crisis in democracy. Will
Angreeflipped into Movies If You've Seen Even 25/100 Of The Scariest Movies Ever Made, You're Probably Pretty Brave BuzzFeed - Andrew Ziegler“Do You Like Scary Movies?” Image: Via Universal Studios Creature from the Black Lagoon (1954) Image: Via Allied Artists Pictures Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956) Image: Via William Castle Productions
The Atlantic Enough With the Trolley Problem The Atlantic - Ian BogostA 50-year-old philosophical thought experiment has been central to the debate about autonomous vehicles. It’s time to give it up. You know the drill by now: A runaway trolley is careening down a track.
POLITICOflipped into Politics Kim Jong Un, North Korea’s ‘10-Foot-Tall Baby’ POLITICO - By SUSAN B. GLASSERTrump thinks he’s a madman. CIA veteran Jung Pak says he’s got it all wrong. Susan Glasser is POLITICO’s chief international affairs columnist and host of its weekly podcast, The Global POLITICO. Subscribe
The Guardianflipped into Comment is Free Social media spying is turning us into a stalking society The Guardian - Keza MacDonaldThe gap between harmless social media following and criminal behaviour isn’t as large as we like to believe: Facebook, Twitter and others must act on misuse and abuse Have you ever brought up an ex’s profile
The Atlanticflipped into Technology Should Children Form Emotional Bonds With Robots? The Atlantic - Alexis C. MadrigalFor better and worse, toys powered by AI are becoming an intimate part of kids’ lives. When I brought the robot home from the Apple Store, I knew I was inviting a new kind of strangeness into our lives.
The Guardianflipped into Music Robert Plant on Led Zeppelin, Alison Krauss and his endless wanderlust The Guardian - Jude RogersIn our series where great musicians tell the stories behind memorable records from their back catalogue, the Led Zep frontman discusses his enduring love for Patty Griffin and why he’s happiest in the
The Atlanticflipped into Health What It's Like to Learn You're Going to Die The Atlantic - Jennie DearPalliative-care doctors explain the “existential slap” that many people face at the end. Nessa Coyle calls it “the existential slap”—that moment when a dying person first comprehends, on a gut level, death
Flipboard Newsdeskflipped into News South American tribe found to have the healthiest hearts ever studied The Telegraph - By Telegraph ReportersA South American tribe with a highly active lifestyle has the healthiest arteries of any population yet studied, say researchers. The Tsimane people, who live in the Bolivian Amazon, spend most of every
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The Telegraph The 20 best break-up albums The TelegraphAmy Winehouse's Back to Black was released on October 4, 2006. It would become the last record released during her life and one that would become a tragic harbinger of her death, at 27, less than five
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David Gustafsonflipped into THRIVE Leadership Why is home so important to us? | OUPblog oup.com “Be it ever so humble, there’s no place like home.” “Home is where the heart is.” These well-known expressions indicate that home is somewhere that …
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Igor Riznarflipped into Teaching with brain in mindKids How To Raise Brilliant Children, According To Science NPR - Anya Kamenetz"Why are traffic lights red, yellow and green?" When a child asks you a question like this, you have a few options. You can shut her down with a "Just because." You can explain: "Red is for stop and green
Monique Edwardsflipped into Health And Fitness Study Finds How Students With Helicopter Parents Perform In College, Results Are Impressive lifehack.org - Chris Sutton Before I talk about ways to help with child behavior problems, I want to share a story with you… Little Suzy recently started Kindergarten. Within the …
Sean Sadlerflipped into Brexit Brexit shows how much we need international education The Telegraph - By John WalmsleyThe campaign and final vote on Britain’s membership of the European Union was certainly the most polarising political event in recent UK history. Perhaps inevitable in a choice between just two options,
KGflipped into Slurp! Why 'Follow Your Passion' Isn't Always the Best Advice Lifehacker - Andy Orin You’ve heard it a thousand times from motivational speakers: the key to success is to follow your passion. It’s an appealing notion, but as Mike Rowe …
J. Manuel Fernandezflipped into Education 5 Innovative Ways To Create Positive Classroom Culture edutopia.org - Thom H Gibson When great stuff is happening in class, I take a video on my phone and later will upload it to my class Instagram account. I will put the student’s …
Karonflipped into Interesting and thought provoking history and other topics Teaching Children Philosophy Can Improve Their Reading And Math Skills, Study Finds ScienceAlert - Peter Dockrill Philosophy is the kind of class many of us might never get a chance to take until we reach university age, but recent research suggests that young …
jhaflipped into Interesting StuffArt Syrian artist's stunning calligraphy captures the hope of a war torn country Mashable - Ariel BogleRenowned artist Mouneer Al Shaarani is using his calligraphy art to inspire the people of Syria, who face daily turmoil in the war-torn country. The master calligrapher, who has evolved the ancient Arabic
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Icon version of the Flipboard logo The Garden of Earthly Delights by Jheronimus Bosch neatorama.com - Miss Cellania You’ve seen the painting, but you’ve never seen it up close like this! An interactive look at The Garden of Earthly Delights lets you zoom in on the …
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martin hillman chambersflipped into Philosophy How tyrants arise: Plato's eerily accurate words wnd.com - Bill Federer Plato was a Greek philosopher who lived in the city-state of Athens. In 380 A.D., Plato wrote "The Republic," where he described in Books 8 and 9: …
Vanessa Rflipped into Philosophical MindGerman Philosophy 9 Philosophical Thought Experiments That Will Keep You Up at Night io9 - George Dvorsky Sometimes, the best way to illustrate a complicated philosophical concept is by framing it as a story or situation. Here are nine such thought …
shoaib sarwarflipped into Shoaib MagScience Why Trust A Theory? Physicists And Philosophers Debate The Scientific Method Forbes - Starts With A BangThis week, a group of about 100 physicists and philosophers have gathered in Munich to reassess a question at the heart of science: “Why trust a theory?” In an opinion piece by George Ellis and Joe Silk,
sbplamaflipped into Politics, Political Science, and GovernmentFascism I asked 5 fascism experts whether Donald Trump is a fascist. Here's what they said. Vox - Dylan MatthewsIt's becoming a common question, with figures like neoconservative columnist Robert Kagan lobbing the accusation, declaring, "This is how fascism comes to America, not with jackboots and salutes (although
Brendan Hoflipped into Leadership & EthicsUniverse 8 Great Philosophical Questions That We'll Never Solve io9.com Philosophy goes where hard science can't, or won't. Philosophers have a license to speculate about everything from metaphysics to morality, and this …
gpatflipped into Do you like psychoanalisis? Why Slavoj Zizek Is Wrong About the Syrian Refugee Crisis—And Psychoanalysis inthesetimes.com - BY Sam Kriss There is something deeply wrong with the logic of liberal multiculturalism. But rather than subjecting it to any serious critique, Zizek only …