Here’s Why Athletes Love to Suffer
The effort paradox explains everything from mountain climbing to buying IKEA furniture
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Movies Every Physics Student Should Watch
Biographical, time travel, quantum physics and philosophy films
Opinion | Our Aliens, Ourselves - The New York Times
How would contact with U.F.O.s and other civilizations change ours?
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The Country Gentleman of Physics - Issue 100: Outsiders - Nautilus
Julian Barbour’s obsession with time began on Oct. 18, 1963. The 26-year-old Cambridge graduate in mathematics was on a train to…
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The Rise And Fall Of Online Culture Wars - Astral Codex Ten
How do Internet atheism and Internet feminism help us understand the current cultural moment?
Why Albuquerque, New Mexico, Is the Most Exotic American Big City
New Mexico has always embodied the exotic: a deeply multicultural place, the mythology of the American West (and a truckload of cinematic Westerns) and epically enormous landscapes.
The best questions I ask myself — The Sunday Soother
Hello Recomendo readers! You can subscribe to my Sunday Soother newsletter here Happy Sunday, Soothers. Last week I promised to share with you four practices I've begun using this year to genuinely actually engage with fear and begin to release it. I have this whole Sooth
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“Congratulations, You Killed Osama bin Laden.”
The plan to kill Osama bin Laden—from the spycraft to the assault to its bizarre political backdrop—as told by the people in the room.
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A Meta-Scientific Perspective on “Thinking: Fast and Slow
2011 was an important year in the history of psychology, especially social psychology. First, it became apparent that one social psychologist had faked results for dozens of publications ( Second, …
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Simplify Your Time Management With the 'Rule of 4'
There are hard limits to what your brain can manage in a day. Ignore them at your peril.
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An Exclusive Look at James Turrell's Visionary Artwork in the Arizona Desert
In the American Southwest, the famed light-bending artist is putting the final touches on Roden Crater, his ambitious, mind-boggling masterpiece
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If Nothing Lasts, Then What Is Happiness?
A great sign of progress is being able to find peace in the down moments, to not get swallowed up in sorrow because things are not going your way, but instead to find balance in the understanding of impermanence, the knowing that nothing can last forever.
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A Backdoor Lets the Immune System Monitor the Brain
A newfound hub of immune system activity at the back of the brain solves a century-old puzzle.
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Stowaway Continues an Argument Sci-Fi Fans Have Been Having for Decades
There’s a long, and problematic, history behind Stowaway.
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In France, an Ever-Extending Labyrinth of Covid Lockdowns - The New York Times
Walk the dog? Only one kilometer. Want a raclette maker? Sure. A lamp? Nope. During the pandemic, France’s bureaucracy has hit overdrive, and the French are increasingly fed up.
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Lumber Is Ridiculously Expensive Right Now. Here’s Why—and What You Should Do.
Demand is sky-high. Supply is worryingly low. What's the deal with our wood problem?
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The 10 Best Practices for Remote Software Engineering
Focusing on the human element of remote software engineer productivity.
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Why Nonnative English Speakers Actually Speak The Best English : Goats and Soda : NPR
The demand for "proper" English can be used to shut people out of spaces and opportunities. The folks at NPR's "Rough Translation" podcast have a story to tell.
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Newark cops, with reform, didn’t fire a single shot in 2020 | Moran
It's not about de-funding police. The task is to teach cops to do better, and watch them to make sure.
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Seth Rogen and the Secret to Happiness - The New York Times
Credit... Chris Buck for The New York Times Feature How the comedian (and director, writer, ceramist and weed entrepreneur) has made a career out of mining the…
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Why is Everything Liberal? - Richard Hanania's Newsletter
Cardinal Preferences Explain Why All Institutions are Woke
