NEWS YOU CAN USE: A strong coffee half an hour before exercising increases fat-burning
Workers’ Power Rampant
Ancient Egyptian manual reveals new details about mummification University of Copenhagen. News you can use!
Uncertain times Aeon
Why I photograph the quiet moments of grief and loss
The Languages That Defy Auto-Translate
The Sports Pages of Death Tom Engelhardt
Philosophy of Art Workshops — an ongoing video series from Aesthetics for Birds
The Ancient Roots of “Doing Nothing”: Is Idleness a Form Of Resistance — Or Just an Indulgence for the Lucky Few?
The ethics of idleness
China’s millennials, Generation Z leading nation away from Hollywood films, American culture, US brands South China Morning Post
Chinese military bans Tesla cars in its complexes on camera concerns: Bloomberg Reuters
The Bayswater Grocer London Review of Books. On “Singapore: A Modern History.”
You don’t stop laughing when you age, you age when you stop laughing.
“Happy to trade knowledge for freedom” — Ulrika Carlsson on Kierkegaard, Socrates, and irony
Jesus said the truth will set us free. Francis Bacon said knowledge is power. Yet to recognise something as true is to be influenced by evidence or affected by the world – and in many ways knowledge limits our freedom.
Climate change science calls us to alter our way of life and make sacrifices in order to avoid disaster. The urge to reject this science is strong: people try to find weak points in theories and look away from empirical evidence to maintain their freedom to eat meat or drive to work.
Of course, critical scrutiny is crucial in science and an intrinsic part of scientific progress. The pursuit of knowledge goes hand in hand with doubt. The more intent a person is on obtaining knowledge, the less likely she is to have firm beliefs. That is why philosophy – the love of truth – often makes us more sceptical rather than knowledgeable. Socrates liked to say that he knew nothing except the fact that he knew nothing.
Scientists read minds of monkeys using new ultrasound technique New Atlas
The simple food that fights climate change BBC
Man arrested after drone found with a bag of heroin on board, Simi Valley police say Yahoo
Want to improve your health? Head to a national park, and absorb the sounds PhysOrg
