Keep doing good deeds long enough, and you'll probably turn out a good man in spite of yourself.
— Louis Auchincloss, who died in 2010
Since the Second World War, scientists have understood the human brain as a predictive machine. Is that still a useful metaphor
Food stylists' wizardry brings memorable culinary moments to life, from Brad Pitt's lollipops to Meryl Streep's ducks.
'The Top 10 'Latvian Literature' events of 2020'
Latvian Literature collects their 'The Top 10 'Latvian Literature' events of 2020'.
Nice to see Alberts Bels' Insomnia featured in one of the cartoons.
'Night of Ideas'
If you need something to keep you busy tomorrow, this year's Night of Ideas -- "a 24-hour virtual marathon event featuring philosophical debate and artistic performances produced in 75 countries around the world" --, with a theme of: 'Closing the Distance', looks fairly promising.
The Boy Whose Head Was Filled with Stars: The Inspiring Illustrated Story of How Edwin Hubble Revolutionized Our Understanding of the Universe
“We do not know why we are born into the world, but we can try to find out what sort of world it is.”
In 1908, Henrietta Swan Leavitt — one of the women known as the Harvard Computers, who revolutionized astronomy long before they could vote — was analyzing photographic plates at the Harvard College Observatory to measure and catalogue the brightness of stars when she began noticing a consistent correlation between the luminosity of a class of variable stars and their pulsation period, between their brightness and their blinking pattern.
Einstein on the Political Power of Art
“Nothing can equal the psychological effect of real art — neither factual descriptions nor intellectual discussion.”
Joan Didion was 70 before she finished a nonfiction book not drawn from magazine assignments. Her talent is spinning craftwork into art
