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.
“The Unheralded Pioneers of 19th-Century America Were Free African-American Families” by Lorraine Boissoneault, smithsonianmag.com
“In her new book, ‘The Bone and Sinew of the Land’, historian Anna-Lisa Cox explores the mostly ignored story of the free black people who first moved West.”
“Librarian Nancy Pearl Picks 7 Books For Summer Reading” by Nancy Pearl, npr.org
“This year’s picks include mysteries, nonfiction and a fantasy story for young readers.”
“The Neuroscientist in the Art Museum” by Jackie Mansky, smithsonianmag.com
“At Massachusetts’s Peabody Essex Museum, Tedi Asher is using neuroscience research to create impactful art experiences.”
“Stephen Hawking’s Final Message to Humankind” by Ned Dymoke, bigthink.com
“The message ‘Seize the moment… It can be done’ is so needed, so necessary, so acutely accurate in these dark times, that it’s hard to listen to the whole thing without tearing up a little.”
“Overlooked No More: Fannie Farmer, Modern Cookery’s Pioneer” by Julia Moskin, nytimes.com
“She brought a scientific approach to cooking, taught countless women marketable skills and wrote a cookbook that defined American food for the 20th century.”
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