How to Live a More Creative Life
We’re all born with innate creativity. But what artists do, subconsciously or not, is to continue to develop that instinct. Today, creativity is an increasingly sought-after quality well beyond the…
78-Egyptian Mythology: The Master Namer
Starting at the beginning of the universe and going to the beginning of the epic and mildly disturbing battles between Set and his nephew Horus, Egyptian mythology is epic, funny,…
Ways of Hearing – 99% Invisible
about how we record and listen to music can alter our perceptions of time. {listen}
A Mental Disease by Any Other Name
t starts without warning—or rather, the warnings are there, but your ability to detect them exists only in hindsight. First you’re sitting in the car with your son, then he…
The Shamanic View Of Mental Health
What Is The Shamanic View Of Mental Health? Broadly speaking any form of awareness around mental health that includes spiritual, mystic and/or mythic considerations could be included in a shamanic…
How to Suppress Women’s Writing by Joanna Russ
The cover of How to Suppress Women’s Writing by Joanna Russ is an eye-catcher. The lines of red text are a hard hook: “She didn’t write it. She wrote it…
Octavia Butler’s Prescient Vision of a Zealot Elected to “Make America Great Again”
By Abby Aguirre July 26, 2017 Octavia Butler’s tenth novel, “Parable of the Sower,” which was published in 1993, opens in Los Angeles in 2024. Global warming has brought drought…
Martin Shkreli’s Trial Was Just As Bizarre As You Might Expect
Martin Shkreli — best known as the "pharma bro" who jacked up the prices of a life-saving antiparasitic medication from $13.50 to $750 — is on trial for securities fraud…
We Could Have Gone Past The Moon In 2020. But NASA Nixed It
The space agency decided against a manned mission to the moon, but not because of astronaut safety, a summary report concludes. Dan Vergano BuzzFeed News Reporter NASA decided to nix…
Brominated vegetable oil
Too much cola can mess with your brain. The effects of excess brominated vegetable oil explained Ben Valsler You may have heard about sweet, fizzy drinks making people, children in…