Designing After Biology with Biomimicry
Where is the best place to look for inspiration?
The world around us is an endless supply of ideas. For many years, people have written poetry and songs...
The Girl Who Paints What She Hears
Melissa McCracken, has an unusual talent that should be celebrated. She paints music! The Missouri born and raised artist was a teenager when she realized that her...
Desirable Difficulties with Malcolm Gladwell
Desirable difficulties. This seems to be a contradictory phrase, however, as Malcolm Gladwell points out, some difficulties in our lives can be desirable.
"Some difficulties in our lives...
The Human Google of the New York Public Library
In this age of technology finding nearly any information can be as simple as typing your question into the search bar on Google. However, there is another,...
Correlation and Causation
If you are the kind of person who likes to learn odd facts like the coincidence of the spiking in accidental drownings in pools and how they...
Behind the Psychology of Color Names
Basic Color Categories
Every language in the world has a word for the different colors right? We would believe the answer is "yes," and that's true for many...
The Stress Report – How to work better
Whether you are new to or have been working for awhile you have learned that being a part of today’s work force can lead to some very...
Oddly Satisfying Look at How Tennis Balls are Made
In the video above Benedict Redgrove, a filmmaker and noted photographer, shows the amazing process it takes to create something as small and seemingly simple as a...
Now Watch Helps You Focus on What Really Matters
"Focussing on what matters now," in large type is the very first thing you'll see when visiting MATTERS. The retail brainchild of Micah Davis is meant to be...
Self-Awareness and the Dunning-Kruger Effect
The Effect
Knowing how our skills stack up against others is useful in many ways. But research suggests that we’re not very good at evaluating ourselves accurately. In...
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