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.
“WAKE UP, PEOPLE: YOU’RE FOOLING YOURSELF ABOUT SLEEP, STUDY SAYS” by Sandee LaMotte, cnn.com
“Robbins and her colleagues combed through 8,000 websites to discover what we thought we knew about healthy sleep habits and then presented those beliefs to a hand-picked team of sleep medicine experts. They determined which were myths and then ranked them by degree of falsehood and importance to health.”
“THANK ONE OF AMERICA’S MOST PROLIFIC INVENTORS FOR THE HINGED PLASTIC EASTER EGG” by David Kindy, smithsonianmag.com
“Donald Weder holds some 1,400 U.S. patents for inventions, including the ubiquitous egg and a process for making plastic Easter grass.”
“HOW JOSEPH PULITZER SAVED THE STATUE OF LIBERTY” by Emily Petsko, mentalfloss.com
“It’s hard to imagine what New York City would look like without the Statue of Liberty. Yet there was a time in American history, over a century ago, when Lady Liberty nearly wound up in Philadelphia or San Francisco.”
“YOU’RE GOING WHERE? PITTSBURGH” by Melanie D.G. Kaplan, washingtonpost.com
We love to see our hometown get the love it deserves. As Kaplan writes, “I’ve stopped counting the number of cities I’ve fallen in love with. But I think Pittsburgh might be the first city to have loved me back.”
“THE 12-HOUR RULE: A GUIDE TO HEALTHIER HEADSPACE” by Jillian Michaels, bigthink.com
“When it comes to your own wellbeing, learn to schedule your ‘me time’ with precision.”
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