Cabinet of Curiosities

A Cabinet of Curiosities was a room filled with wondrous objects, artifacts, books from exotic locations. It was a precursor to our museums. Here's my version, filled with the things I've been excited to discover and think-upon these past few years...  Perhaps you will find some wonder in one or two of them, as well!

• What happens when we are given $1000 a month, no strings? (3yr study results for basic income experiment)

• Oldest Curse Word in English? (a nice overview of the linguistic debates around cursing)

• Listen to these songs to reduce anxiety (recent study from neuroscientists)

• Listen to this album, made by a 2018 Honors student for his thesis!

• Your Brain on Puppies (cute aggression)

• 5 Ways to  Rewire your Mind (science backed!)

• 3 words to calm anxiety (zen masters teach us)

• Whales sing of where they have just visited (kinda like a study abroad blog)

• Honey bees can do math (so can spiders--eek!)

• Crows can count like toddlers (H2 loves her crows!)

• New Way to clean Microplastics with Magnets (inspiring discovery that may help us clean up the environment)

• Psychologists Taught Us How to Live With Others (roommate issues?)

• What if "Life" is a contagious disease in space? (The Matrix was right!)

• Biohacking (the future? or Frankenstein 2.0?)

• Best books of the last 20 years (a list from famous academics)

• The History of the Chocolate Chip Cookie (thank you Toll House Inn!)

• Secret Language Gay Men Used to Survive in UK (linguistics and resistance)

• Brains Rewrite Trauma (latest discoveries into how that happens)

• 6 College Experience that Predict... (a recent white-paper making the rounds)

• Youth Are Redefining Work (Euro/Asia focus... great implications)

• Global Emotions Survey says stress is down (2023; check out the most recent results)

• Hyperfocus and Distraction (on the value of both)

• Coffee Naps are real (and really work!)

• Einstein's Quirky Habits (socks and sleep)

• Smartest Animals on Planet (the list grows)

• Do Pandemics Create more Geniuses? (not me! I just watched a LOT of netflix...)

• How Frankenstein Defines Our Fears (a new way to look at this 200 year old novel)

• 'Cheddar Man' is Black--Oldest Brit had Dark Skin (bet this bothers nationalists, lol)

• Ancient Greek astronomy tool takes us 100 yrs to figure out (humbling)

• Data Visualization - How America Uses Land (exciting way to "see" anew)

• Neuroscience and Buddhism (more in common than you think!)

• Gay History of British Royals (a response to the royal weddings)

• History of Ancient Symbol: Ouroboros

• Male and Female Brains are not Different (love this ongoing debate)

• Explaining the Populist Insurgency (philosophy meets poli-sci)

• Should We Grant Robots Legal Status of Personhood? (law, ethics, embodiment)

• 5 Skills We All Will Need to Work For Robot Overlords (see above)

• Esther Perel on Monogamy (fascinating look at why it doesn't work in 21st c)

• The Neuroscience of Burnout (written by a Yale undergrad--and spot on!)