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How “Meaning Withdrawal,” aka Boredom, Can Boost Creativity - Facts So Romantic - Nautilusm.nautil.us
Two Ironing WomenEdward Degas In his book Boredom: A Lively History, an oxymoronic title if ever there was one, Peter Toohey argues… -
A window on Chaucer’s cramped, scary, smelly worldspectator.co.uk
Proust had his cork-lined bedroom; Emily Dickinson her Amherst hidey-hole; Mark Twain a gazebo with magnificent views of New York City. Where, then, did the father of English poetry do… -
Co-Working on Vacation: A Desk in Paradisenytimes.com
An increasing number of spaces offer travelers all-inclusive co-working facilities in exotic locations, intertwining vacation time with job time. -
SoftBank Emerges As The Biggest Challenger To Ubertechcrunch.com
If you live in the U.S., the chances are that your definition of the biggest rival to Uber is Lyft. The ride-sharing service operates in many of the same U.S... -
Who’s Afraid of Robot Culture?psmag.com
Fear not the machines of the future. We can—and should—use the tools we’ve been developing to be both more critical and more creative. -
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twonumberturingmachine - A turing machine whose tape is implemented with just two numbers - cfp.gophercon.com
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Sitting for too long can kill you, even if you exercise: studycbc.ca
In an analysis that pooled data from 41 international studies, Toronto researchers found the amount of time a person sits during the day is associated with a higher risk of heart disease, diabetes, cancer and death, regardless of regular exercise. -
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New police radars can 'see' inside homesusatoday.com
At least 50 U.S. law enforcement agencies have quietly equipped their officers with handheld radar devices that allow them to effectively peer through the walls of suspects' homes to see where -
Caught Up in the Cult Wars: Confessions of a New Religious Movement Researcherblog.longreads.com
Susan J. Palmer | University of Toronto Press | 2001 | 38 minutes (9,328 words) The below article comes recommended by Longreads contributing editor Julia Wick, and we’d like to thank the author, S... -
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Ancient Viruses Gain New Functions in the Brainscientificamerican.com
Once thought to be little more than genetic junk, retroviruses lurking within host genomes have acquired new roles that may be involved in brain development, a recent study suggests - freedesktop.org
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Google Nears $1 Billion Investment in SpaceXwsj.com
Google Inc. is close to investing roughly $1 billion in Space Exploration Technologies Corp. to support its nascent efforts to deliver Internet access via satellites. -
At California Olive Ranch, Technology Takes Roottechcrunch.com
But drive inland from the Pacific Coast and other valleys open up. Valleys steeped in history like the Salinas, the San Joaquin and Sacramento. Stretching..