Most Popular Editorials: It's Time for the Fashion Industry to Launch a Farm-to-Closet Movement

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It's Time for the Fashion Industry to Launch a Farm-to-Closet Movement For many food crops, the process of getting from the field to your fork is relatively simple. Take an apple, for instance. It’s picked and cleaned, then graded to see where it will end up. If it’s bound for the supermarket, it’s tagged and put on a pallet with other apples before it’s loaded onto a supply truck. That process gets a bit more complicated for imported or exported foods, but it’s a similar procedure. Continued here

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India's Electric Vehicle Push Is Riding on Mopeds and Rickshaws Electric mopeds and three-wheeled rickshaw taxis that sell for as little as $1,000 are zipping along India’s congested urban thoroughfares, cheered on by environmentalists and the government as a way to clear some of the oppressive smog. India’s success with the low-cost vehicles is also providing a template for how developing countries could ditch combustion engines and combat climate change without pricey electric cars. Continued here

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Quiet Quitting Is About Bad Bosses, Not Bad Employees “Quiet quitting” is a new name for an old behavior. The authors, who have conducted 360-degree leadership assessments for decades, have regularly asked people to rate whether their “work environment is a place where people want to go the extra mile.” Their data indicates that quiet quitting is usually less about an employee’s willingness to work harder and more creatively, and more about a manager’s ability to build a relationship with their employees where they are not counting the minutes until quitting time. Continued here

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The True Cost Of Ignoring Your Boundaries At Work How do you set healthy boundaries at work and keep them? Continued here

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People Who Do Strength Training Live Longer -- and Better In a new study published in The British Journal of Sports Medicine, researchers found that while doing either aerobic exercise or strength training was associated with a lower risk of dying during the study’s time frame, regularly doing both — one to three hours a week of aerobic exercise and one to two weekly strength training sessions — was associated with an even lower mortality risk. Continued here

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The Degradation Drug - The American Scholar It started with selfies. Hannah had never taken a selfie before, or even given the idea much thought. She was a tenured 39-year-old psychology professor at a New England college. But eight days after she started on pramipexole, a drug prescribed off-label by her psychiatrist for depression and anxiety, Hannah began taking photos of herself obsessively. She couldn’t explain the desire. At the time, it didn’t even seem especially strange. Continued here

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How Facebook Is Saving Snakes Snake-identification groups on social media are turning serpent haters into appreciators Continued here

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Fact check: What role does climate change play in extreme weather events? | DW | 29.08.2022 Climate change is a human factor too, of course, but is never the sole trigger of a weather catastrophe. Its influence depends on the weather phenomenon in question and is weighted differently for each event, said German climatologist Friederike Otto from Imperial College in London and a founder of the WWA research team. Continued here

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How Quitting a Job Changed My Relationships It’s a sentiment shared by many of the more than 50,000 who have quit their jobs since the start of last year, as part of the “Great Resignation.” Faced with choosing between their careers and their loved ones, many opted to put their professional dreams on hold after enduring the stresses brought on by the pandemic. Continued here

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9 Women on the Best Piece of Mental Health Advice They've Ever Received October 10 is World Mental Health Day - a global awareness day held by the World Health Organisation to shine a light on mental health issues and to give space for people to talk about the work that needs to be done to support mental health efforts across the world. Continued here

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Should You Die With Zero? - Of Dollars And Data One of the most common personal finance questions I get asked is, “Am I saving enough?” Whether we are discussing saving for retirement, a child’s education, or something else entirely, many people are worried about the size of their nest egg. In fact, 48% of U.S. adults experienced “high” or “moderate” levels of anxiety around their level of savings according to Northwestern Mutual’s 2018 Planning & Progress Study. Continued here

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How Money Was Born: The Small Seashell and the Fierce Maldivian Queen That Made the Modern World Each month, I spend hundreds of hours and thousands of dollars keeping The Marginalian (formerly Brain Pickings) going. For fifteen years, it has remained free and ad-free and alive thanks to patronage from readers. I have no staff, no interns, not even an assistant — a thoroughly one-woman labor of love that is also my life and my livelihood. If this labor has made your own life more livable in the past year (or the past decade), please consider aiding its sustenance with a one-time or loyal donation. Your support makes all the difference. Continued here

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You're Not Stringer Bell, but You May Still Need a Burner Phone Even if surveillance overreach (abortion bounty-hunting, police use of face recognition) doesn't make you want to ditch your smartphone for something less connected, you could still consider a burner phone, a practically disposable prepaid mobile device that's not under contract with a wireless carrier. Continued here

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An A.I.-Generated Picture Won an Art Prize. Artists Aren't Happy. Mr. Allen’s work, “Théâtre D’opéra Spatial,” took home the blue ribbon in the fair’s contest for emerging digital artists — making it one of the first A.I.-generated pieces to win such a prize, and setting off a fierce backlash from artists who accused him of, essentially, cheating. Continued here

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Can cities learn to embrace wetlands while letting them be wild? | Aeon Essays Unkempt, beguiling and lacking conventional geometry, wetlands bring a roguish, raffish wildness to the city Continued here

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Can We Save the Planet and Still Eat Meat? Livestock account for 14.5 percent of global greenhouse gas emissions. Continued here

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Serena Williams Leaves Tennis Just as She Played: On Her Own Terms She has always done it her way, always operated on her own terms. It has made her special, uniquely skilled and beloved — and has sometimes drawn criticism. It has helped her become one of the greatest athletes to ever grace us — a Black woman who grew from the humblest of American beginnings into a star whose magnetic pull reaches far beyond the bounds of sport. Continued here

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How Russell Wilson Changed the Broncos' Culture and Raised Expectations The Broncos were a team desperate for a quarterback, and Russell Wilson was ready for a new team to lead. In just five months together in Denver, Wilson has won over his new teammates in this quarterback-crazy town. Continued here

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When 'wokeness' comes to Middle-earth: Why some say diverse casting ruins the new 'Lord of the Rings' series The new "Lord of the Rings" Amazon series has cast non-White actors in pivotal roles, ruffling some fans who say it betrays J.R.R. Tolkien's original vision. Others say a more diverse cast of heroes is overdue in a fantasy franchise that has been accused of implicit racism. Continued here

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Amazon's The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power is small-screen high fantasy done right It almost never bodes well when a studio leads with its desire for a new project to become the Next Big Thing™ the way Amazon has with its ultra-expensive Lord of the Rings prequel series, The Rings of Power, from co-showrunners J. D. Payne and Patrick McKay. But despite its being a product of the ultimate hype machine and the way it banks on you being fondly familiar with New Line Cinema’s movies based on J. R. R. Tolkien’s books, The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power is an absolute knockout that brings a vibrant, new energy to the franchise. Continued here

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Two Things You Should Always Keep by Your Cutting Board While You Cook Cleaning as you go is widely regarded as one of the best ways to mitigate cooking mess. Loading dishes into the dishwasher as you’re done with them and tossing scraps as you make them keeps you from having to do a bunch of tedious labor once your meal has been consumed, but there are two strategies I like to take to make it even easier. Continued here

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Tango, raspberry, lemonade — Duke's fizzy, sweet drinks that were part of Sunday family rituals With some other Parsi soda enterprises already in the market at the time, Duke and Sons did face competition. But that didn't seem to faze the Pandole family. They brought to India a never-before-seen line of products that took the country by storm with their psychedelic colours — and for good reason. Continued here

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Banned from Minecraft, crypto group says it'll just make a better game Now, the team behind NFT Worlds announced it will create a new game that's "based on many of the core mechanics of Minecraft" but which will be "completely untethered from the policy enforcement Microsoft and Mojang have over Minecraft." NFT Worlds promises its new Minecraft-style game will be built "from the ground up" to be familiar to Minecraft players, but now with "the modernization and active development Minecraft has been missing for years." Continued here

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No Guns, No Dragons: Her Video Games Capture Private Moments Growing up in Ipswich, Mass., Nina Freeman spent a lot of time playing video games with a pair of close friends, twin sisters whose basement served as an arena for marathon sessions. “My friends and I were nerds,” she recalled. “We played a lot of games. ‘Final Fantasy 11’ was like a second life to me.” Continued here

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I talked to 70 parents who raised highly successful adults—here are 4 things they never did when their kids were young Her mother Maura said to me: "We encouraged her to be independent, and to think for herself. I'd tell her, 'Trust, but verify. Check it out. Be sure it's true. Don't drink the Kool-Aid. Just because everyone else is doing it, that doesn't mean you have to.' You want your kid to grow up to be cautious, but not fearful." Continued here

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I Caught My Teen Son Having Sex. Uh, I Think I May Have Overreacted. I didn't know how to answer. Continued here

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Trump's seized passports could be a problem for him, legal experts say In a court filing Tuesday night, federal prosecutors said the passports were in a desk drawer that also held classified documents and are "relevant evidence." Continued here

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Boris Johnson's next move: Making millions or a comeback? Mr Johnson's talent for comedy made him a favourite on the after-dinner circuit before he gained power. But he can also turn his hand to more heavyweight fare. In March 2019, when he was between government roles, he was paid more than £160,000 for giving two speeches - to a bank and an Indian media group. Continued here

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Alpine Mountaineering Is Melting Away | Defector The Alps as we know them are being dramatically reshaped by Europe's ongoing, epochal drought, a protracted state of arid conditions so dire that the receding waters are peeling back layers of history as they vaporize. Continued here

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Driving the King's Highway through Jordan It is 3pm and we are racing against the sun, which is now heavy, honey-tinged and grazing the dusted peaks of the Wadi Mujib Biosphere Reserve. My partner and I Continued here

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Break Up Your Big Virtual Meetings Remote meetings are plagued with challenges, particularly when you’re trying to engage with quieter team members or a large number of attendees at once. To gain valuable perspectives from all your meeting attendees, consider leveraging silence and utilizing breakout rooms. Silent brainstorming, for example, can significantly more ideas than vocal brainstorming — and these ideas tend to be more creative and of higher quality. And breakout rooms make big meetings feel like smaller ones, encouraging everyone to contribute. While not appropriate for every type of meeting, these tools can be extremely valuable for promoting effectiveness, creativity, engagement, and inclusion. Continued here

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Vast corporate profits are delaying an American recession To the ears of many, “pricing power” is something of a dirty term. For left-wingers it conjures up images of greedy corporations abusing their market dominance to charge more. For economists it raises the spectre of sticky inflation as companies ratchet up prices to cover higher costs. But from another perspective, pricing power is less of a problem: it enables firms to withstand the kind of inflationary pressures that they are now experiencing. In so doing, it serves as a shock absorber for the economy, forestalling the risk of a recession. Continued here

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How to Build a Better Resume in 4 Easy Steps Better resumes include lists of the many accomplishments people had and descriptions of their proudest moments. These lists should be specific. They should tell readers about the change or shift they made in results, a process improvement or innovation that saved a company X amount of dollars, the number of people that they helped get promoted or the percentage by which they exceeded their goals. Continued here

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The Great Attrition is making hiring harder. Are you searching the right talent pools? It’s the quitting trend that just won’t quit. People are switching jobs and industries, moving from traditional to nontraditional roles, retiring early, or starting their own businesses. They are taking a time-out to tend to their personal lives or embarking on sabbaticals. The Great Attrition has become the Great Renegotiation. Continued here

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The U.S. diet is deadly. Here are 7 ideas to get Americans eating healthier The U.S. food system makes junk food plentiful and cheap. Eating a diet based on whole foods like fresh fruit and vegetables can promote health - but can also strain a tight grocery budget. Food leaders are looking for ways to improve how Americans eat. FREDERIC J. BROWN/AFP via Getty Images hide caption Continued here

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Yes, You Can Reverse a Cavity—Here's How According to Lifehacker, you actually can. Tooth decay occurs when the bacteria in plaque produce acids that wear down the mineral-heavy enamel on your teeth. Eventually, this erosion results in a full-fledged hole right through your tooth, at which point you'll have no choice but to ask your dentist to fill it. Luckily, tooth decay often reveals itself long before you reach that stage. As acids start to weaken the enamel, you might see a white spot on your tooth—meaning it's time to beef up your enamel's resistance before the decay progresses any further. Continued here

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Dust and Bones For the first time, scientists explore the way climate change and extreme heat are exacerbating migrant deaths at the U.S.-Mexico border. Continued here

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The Search for Scientific Proof for Premonitions When it finally happened, shortly after nine o’clock in the morning on October21, 1966—when the teetering pile of mining waste known as a coal tip collapsedafter days of heavy rain and an avalanche of black industrial sludge swept downthe Welsh mountainside into the village of Aberfan,when rocks and mining equipmentfrom the colliery slammed into people’s homes and the schools were buried and116 young children were asphyxiated by this slurry dark as the river Styx—theanguished public response was that someone should have seen this disastercoming, ought to have predicted it.   Continued here

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Your family chose your ex. Now what? Breaking up with someone is rarely easy, and that’s even more the case when your family refuses to let go. Maybe your former partner came for all the holidays, and your mom won’t stop talking about the time he saved her dog from choking; maybe your cousin keeps comparing your newest love interest to the relationship that ended half a decade ago. In my family’s case, my brother-in-law walking out on my sister slashed our family in two: those who empathized with my sister, and those who threw their lot in with her ex. This obviously got complicated because we had spent over two decades falling in love with my ex brother-in-law, but he was no longer the person we met long ago. Continued here

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Is It Ever a Good Idea To Date Your Friends? The pro, of course, is that you likely know your friend well. You have a strong foundation built on plenty of common ground and shared memories. For some, friendship is like a litmus test for romance. They can’t imagine having someone as a lover if they don’t even have them as a friend. Continued here

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Canada's real estate market is slumping, but experts say it won't crash -- here's why “If the rate of immigration and current changes in household formation behaviour persists, we would likely not have a housing crash over the mid- to long-term,” said Kate Choi, an associate professor of sociology at Western University and director of the Centre for Research on Social Inequality. Continued here

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A 45-year-old who's been 'fake retired' for 10 years shares the surprising lessons he learned when he tried to retire early That's a fair point, which is why I think more people should embrace the term "fake retirement." Many of us early retirees are writing blog posts, recording videos, creating e-courses, writing books or selling art. I still run my blog Financial Samurai, and I just spent two years working on my personal finance book, "Buy This, Not That." Continued here

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Hidden iPhone Tricks That Will Make Your Life Easier Often, iPhone tips and tricks are about going above and beyond to do something worthy of a double-take. Triple tapping the back of your iPhone to make it take a screenshot or mute the volume, for instance—that’s neat. Not everyone needs their phone to do that type of thing though. I’m more interested in making sure everyone knows about a few foundational features that have graduated and moved beyond being tricks. Continued here

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What does GPT-3 "know" about me? Large language models are trained on troves of personal data hoovered from the internet. So I wanted to know: What does it have on me? Continued here

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One Great Article About Every Planet in the Solar System Mercury is shrinking. Venus may once have been as fit for life as Earth. It rains diamonds on Neptune. Get to know the planets beyond ”My Very Excellent Mom Just Served Us Noodles” with one fascinating thing to read about each of the eight, or, depending on who you ask, nine worlds in our Solar System. Yes, we’re throwing Pluto a bone. Continued here

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How melting glaciers and a 'monster' monsoon caused devastating floods in Pakistan The entire region is responsible for only a minuscule level of carbon emissions, with Pakistan and Bangladesh producing less than 1 per cent, but it is a “climate crisis hotspot”, as highlighted recently by UN secretary general António Guterres and previously in reports from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). Continued here

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Durant tells Nets owner to trade him or fire Nash, Marks: Sources In a face-to-face meeting with Brooklyn Nets owner Joe Tsai over the weekend, All-NBA star Kevin Durant reiterated his trade request and informed Tsai that he needs to choose between Durant or the pairing of general manager Sean Marks and coach Steve Nash, sources with direct knowledge of the... Continued here

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Kirk Herbstreit, voice of college football, tackles the NFL, age and a changing sport For Herbstreit, standing at the center of the sport’s unmistakable pageantry has always felt perfectly natural, like a calling from birth. This commercial, while contrived, should serve a twofold purpose: to remind people why they continue to worship a sport that many feel has lost its way — and that, no matter how much the game changes, no matter how much fun he has broadcasting Thursday night NFL games on Prime Video with Al Michaels this fall, Herbstreit’s heart still beats to college football’s delirious drum. Continued here

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The Surprising History of the Slur Beyonc How did the controversial term go from middle-school slang to verboten? The answer lies on the other side of the Atlantic. Continued here

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How a 500,000-Word Harry Potter Fanfiction Blew Up Online A foundational blessing and curse of the internet is that it provides a space for every fan community you can possibly imagine. If you're into One Direction, Shrek, or say, the 2005 multiplayer online game Club Penguin, your people are out there. And if you're into Harry Potter, you've really hit the jackpot. Far beyond the officially sanctioned realm of Wizarding World, there's fan sites, message boards, hashtags, vlogs, and of course, fan fiction. Continued here

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Cheap heats: microwave cooking tips to save you time and money Microwaving vegetables in a vacuum pack is one of the healthiest ways to eat them as well as the best way to ensure they cook evenly, according to the chef Jonny Marsh (@chef_jonnymarsh), who has worked with Panasonic as well as being a personal chef to Premier League footballers.To prepare meals, he recommends purchasing a roll of vacuum packs (available on Amazon) and setting all your raw vegetables – for instance sliced carrots, broccoli or green beans – out for the week. Continued here

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The Death of Pennsylvania's Forgotten Funeral Pie On a warm August morning in 1880, a coffin containing the body of Christian Herr, borne by eight pallbearers, led a procession of 1,500 mourners to the Old Mennonite Church in Millersville, Pennsylvania. The 68-year-old reverend had been well-liked, and the crowd was filled with relatives, friends, and members of the congregation. But the large group almost certainly contained several “funeral runners,” a type of mourner that often popped up at Pennsylvania German memorials in the 1800s. These attendees weren’t there to pay their respects. They were there for the food. Continued here

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Indie devs outraged by unlicensed game sales on GameStop's NFT market [Updated] While the man behind NiFTy Arcade has since been suspended from GameStop's NFT marketplace, he's still holding on to the tens of thousands of dollars in cryptocurrency he made by selling those NFTs before the suspension. And while the NFTs in question are no longer listed on the GameStop NFT marketplace, the unlicensed games themselves can still be accessed on GameStop's servers and across a distributed file storage system, where they may now be functionally impossible to remove. Continued here

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The ticking time bomb of modern free-to-play games Dragalia Lost launched in 2018 as a statement of intent from Nintendo in partnership with Japanese developer Cygames. Nintendo may have first jumped into the field of mobile games in 2016 with the launch of games like Super Mario Run and Miitomo, but this was the first original property the company had produced exclusively for mobile devices. This free-to-play gacha game (a game whose content is generally free to access while charging microtransactions for loot boxes and randomized lotteries for rare and limited-time characters) had a flashy multi-region launch campaign collaborating with major Japanese musician DAOKO, banking on the game’s success at home and abroad. Continued here

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'Goodnight Moon': 75 years in the great green room Indeed, for generations this book about a great green room with a telephone and red balloon has been a part of millions of bedtime rituals. But when "Goodnight Moon" was first published in 1947, the techniques employed by author Margaret Wise Brown were both innovative and radical. Rather than relying on traditional folk tales and fables to deliver a moral message, Ms. Brown wrote stories about the preoccupations of children, their curiosities and emotions and fears. Continued here

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What Babies Hear When You Sing to Them Randy Lubin recalls the exact moment his life became an improvised musical. The 35-year-old game designer from San Francisco never used to sing, not even in the shower or alone in the car. At his wife’s request, he would perform the kiddush, a Jewish prayer sung each week during Shabbat, but that was it. “Singing wasn’t something I sought out or particularly found a lot of joy in,” Lubin told me. Continued here

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They Lost Their Pregnancies. Then Prosecutors Sent Them to Prison More than 50 women have been prosecuted for child neglect or manslaughter in the United States since 1999 because they tested positive for drug use after a miscarriage or stillbirth, according to an investigation by The Marshall Project, The Frontier and AL.com that was co-edited and published in partnership with The Washington Post. Continued here

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Behind the American Right's Fascination With Viktor Orb ungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has become a hero for the American right. This past January, Tucker Carlson relocated his Fox News show for the second time to Budapest. In May, Orbán himself opened a special event in Budapest organized by the U.S. Conservative Political Action Conference; the Hungarian leader was a guest again at the group’s annual meeting this month in Texas, where his declaration that “the globalists can all go to hell” was greeted with hosannas. Continued here

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The summer holidays are over. But why go away at all? At the end of a tenebrous alley, where assassins may once have lurked, is an ornate 15th-century palace. You ascend a candlelit staircase and find a seat in the hall. Violetta is preparing for the soirée that opens “La Traviata”, an opera that had its premiere in Venice in 1853. At Musica a Palazzo it has only three musicians, as many singers, and you, the audience, doubling as party guests. To go with Verdi and the frescoes, at the interval you get a glass of prosecco in a salon overlooking the Grand Canal. Continued here

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The British islands that disappear every day The loo sits on the edge of a cluster of stone cottages on the miniscule Maîtresse Île, the only island in the tiny Minquiers archipelago to bear any imprint of civilisation. This is the British Isles' southern frontier: a group of islands and reefs 10 miles south of Jersey, at the mercy of one of the largest tidal ranges in the world. Continued here

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How to Navigate Conflict with a Coworker Interpersonal conflicts are common in the workplace, and it’s easy to get caught up in them. But that can lead to reduced creativity, slower and worse decision-making, and even fatal mistakes. So how can we return to our best selves? Having studied conflict management and resolution over the past several years, the author outlines seven principles to help you work more effectively with difficult colleagues: (1) Understand that your perspective is not the only one possible. (2) Be aware of and question any unconscious biases you may be harboring. (3) View the conflict not as me-versus-them but as a problem to be jointly solved. (4) Understand what outcome you’re aiming for. (5) Be very judicious in discussing the issue with others. (6) Experiment with behavior change to find out what will improve the situation. (7) Make sure to stay curious about the other person and how you can more effectively work together. Continued here

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You’re never going to find the perfect workout When Tae Bo was all the rage in the late 1990s, Amanda Biers Melcher dove in head first. Living in LA, she says she’s tried “all of the workouts” — cardio barre, Bikram yoga when it was the (literally) hot thing, etc. But there was something special about the martial arts-inspired cardio fitness craze. Continued here

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In Uncertain Times, the Best Strategy Is Adaptability Companies everywhere labor under the illusion that the key to a great strategy is a good handle on the future. But meteorologist Edward Lorenz demonstrated that small differences can have massive consequences or none at all, which means that unless you have a perfect, complete picture of existing conditions, forecasting the future with any precision is impossible. Instead, advises Bain’s Michael Mankins, companies should focus on making themselves better able to cope with unexpected changes. For strategy, that involves instilling an adaptive mindset among managers, building in flexibility into operations, creating dynamic plans. Continued here

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How Fast Food Reveals Secrets of the Economy What is an economist’s favourite food? Burgers, chips and pizza might not immediately come to mind – but the consumption of meals like these can signal changes in people’s economic behaviour. Knowing the price of pizza in New York or the cost of a Big Mac in Beirut can tell market-watchers how the world’s cogs are turning. Continued here

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How to Figure Out the Power Dynamics in a New Job When you join a new organization, it’s important to understand who holds the power because they directly impact how work gets done, but it’s not always perfectly clear. In this piece, the author offers strategies to better identify where the true power exists.  “At first glance across your company, it’s natural to assume that those who have ‘chief’ or ‘senior’ in their titles are the ones that dominate the power landscape,” the author writes. “But this isn’t always the case.” Continued here

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Americans are terrible at taking vacations. Why are U.S. workers so bad at taking time off? U.S. companies are stingy with vacation time when compared with other countries. But U.S. workers can't seem to leave work at work anyway. Continued here

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Solar power helps an Indian state vaccinate | DW | 02.09.2022 "Solar Direct Drive (SDD) refrigeration systems run on electricity provided by solar energy. They can keep vaccines at their appropriate temperature, without the need for electricity from a national grid. Power is stored using different non-battery-based technologies," said Anil Agarwal, a health specialist working for the UNICEF. Continued here

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Why is the Johnson and Johnson talc powder still being sold in India? The Johnson and Johnson talc powder for babies has been stirring controversy globally. Most of us have grown up with that comforting ‘baby’ scent. And yet we were completely unaware of just how hazardous it was.  In 1971 to the early 2000s, the talc tested positive for small amounts of asbestos (known to be carcinogenic) — this is recorded in internal company records, according to Reuters. The company has been dealing with thousands of lawsuits from women who have claimed to develop ovarian cancer allegedly through the powder. Till date though, the company continues to stand by their claim that the product is safe, tested via independent scientific analysis. Continued here

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Meteor crater: The hole from space that keeps on giving Research payoffs from the out-of-this-world Meteor Crater are ongoing. Continued here

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How Isaac Newton Discovered the Binomial Power Series | Quanta Magazine Rethinking questions and chasing patterns led Newton to find the connection between curves and infinite sums. Continued here

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These Are The 7 Stretches You Should Do Every Day Sit a lot? Even if you have perfect posture, that’s not good news for your body on multiple levels. For starters, sitting eight hours a day has been shown to raise your risk of stroke, heart disease, and hypertension, to name a few. Moreover, studies show that long periods of sitting can lead to lower back pain, while other research indicates it can strain the muscles in your neck and shoulder. Continued here

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4 Ways to Learn Anything Shortening the learning curve is a topic that's been studied for many years. I've personally applied what I'm about to share now to learning how to speak Spanish, English, and Korean (plus a bit of Portuguese). You will also be able to leverage these principles in any topic including business, musical instruments, and more. Continued here

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Is it ever a good idea to stop paying into your UK workplace pension pot? “The cost of living crisis is having a negative impact on individuals and families right now, curtailing their ability to save, invest or contribute to their pension. People are having to take these more severe measures to plug the financial gaps they face – decisions which will sadly have a negative impact on their long-term finances if they are unable to reverse them soon,” said Richard Eagling, a pensions expert at the price comparison website NerdWallet. Continued here

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Americans keep moving to where the water isn't Even with the passage of the Inflation Reduction Act — which, name aside, is the most ambitious piece of climate-related legislation ever passed by Congress — the US is locked into decades of rising temperatures and more extreme weather. Just how warm it will get will depend on how quickly we can reduce carbon emissions and how sensitive the climate proves to be, but average global temperature increases of between 2 and 3 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial norms seem most likely, with some regions experiencing much worse extremes. Continued here

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I Had Nothing Better to Do Than Vacation in Mark Zuckerberg's Metaverse. Or So I Thought! One man’s trip into virtual inanity. Continued here

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5 Tech Tricks for Learning a Musical Instrument Whether you want to pursue a career in music or simply enjoy making sweet sounds that only you will hear, learning how to play an instrument is one of the most popular ways to share your melodies with the world. It can feel like a daunting, frustrating task, but technology can smooth out the learning curve. Continued here

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What Happened to Anne Boleyn's Heart? If YOU ASKED PEOPLE WHAT body part you would associate with Anne Boleyn, most would probably say her head. Logical, of course. It was the part famously detached from the rest of her body on May 19, 1536, at the orders of her husband, English king Henry VIII. Henry had broken with the Roman Catholic Church to divorce his first wife, Catherine of Aragon, to marry Anne. But when she failed to give him the male heir he so desired, he decided to move on to another wife (Jane Seymour, wife #3 of his eventual six wives), accused Anne of treason and adultery (even with her brother), and ordered her execution. Continued here

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What Ended This Hub of Ancient Maya Life? Archaeologists led by Carlos Peraza Lope, of the Instituto Nacional de Antropología e Historia of Mexico, and Marilyn Masson, of the University at Albany–State University of New York, have been investigating the ruins of Mayapán intensively since 1996 and 1999, respectively. Intermittent work has been going on at the site since the 1950s. Continued here

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John McEnroe Has Finally Found Inner Peace. Maybe. The tennis legend and subject of the new Showtime doc “McEnroe” sat down with us to discuss his highs, lows, Tatum O’Neal, and a memorable meeting with Princess Di. Continued here