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.
“HELPING OTHERS MAKES US HAPPIER—BUT IT MATTERS HOW WE DO IT” by Elizabeth Dunn, ted.com
“Learn how we can make a greater impact — and boost our own happiness along the way — if we make one key shift in how we help others. ‘Let’s stop thinking about giving as just this moral obligation and start thinking of it as a source of pleasure,’ Dunn says.”
“WHEN LIBRARIES ARE ‘SECOND RESPONDERS'” by Deborah Fallows, theatlantic.com
“Everyone knows about first responders. I’ve come to think of libraries as playing a crucial role as ‘second responders.'”
“FRANCES ARNOLD TURNS MICROBES INTO LIVING FACTORIES” by Natalie Angier, nytimes.com
“Instead of synthesizing new biochemicals from scratch, the Nobel Prize-winning chemist puts nature to the task—with astonishing results.”
“MEET THE PRODUCT DESIGNER WHO MADE MID-CENTURY AMERICA LOOK CLEAN AND STYLISH” by John Wall, smithsonianmag.com
“From refrigerators to cars to Air Force One, Raymond Loewy’s distinctive ‘cleanlining’ sold products.”
“ON WALT WHITMAN, UNSUNG NEWSPAPERMAN” by Philip Eil, lithub.com
“But to only focus on Whitman the poet is to miss a large part of the picture: he was a reporter who who wrote hundreds of articles, edited newspapers, and often sang the praises of journalism and the principles of a free press.”
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