At NPSC we know that one of the best ways to keep your brain healthy is to learn new things. Unfortunately, with all of the information available to us, it can feel almost impossible to find the time to sift through the web to find the gems.
So, we’ve decided to do it for you! Every Friday, you can find five new articles or videos from the week that will stretch your mind, fuel your spirit, and feed your brain.
“Oksana Masters’s Road From a Ukrainian Orphanage to Paralympic Stardom” by Tara Parker-Pope, nytimes.com
“Masters’s emergence as one of the bigger and better-compensated stars in U.S. Olympic sports illustrates how an athlete’s back-story — and the social and traditional media buzz it can generate — can be as important as what transpires on the field of play, or even the competition in which she is participating.”
“Stephen Hawking’s Big Ideas, Made Simple” by Chris Higgins, mentalfloss.com
“On March 14, 2018, visionary physicist Stephen Hawking passed away at the age of 76.”
“People Don’t Actually Know Themselves Very Well” by Adam Grant, theatlantic.com
“Chances are, your coworkers are better at rating some parts of your personality than you are.”
“Can a Computer Model Predict the First Round of This Year’s March Madness?” by Matthew Osborne and Kevin Nowland, smithsonianmag.com
“Two mathematicians at Ohio State University are using machine learning to forecast tournament upsets.”
“The Orphan,” by supersoultv, oprah.com
“When an orphaned lamb is rejected from the flock at Apricot Lane Farms, Emmy award-winning filmmaker John Chester captures its evolution in this story of resourcefulness, survival and strength through perseverance.”
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