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Darius Foroux

How To Focus Better: Manage Your Attention (Not Your Time)

Distractions are all over, pulling our focus in every direction. Sometime, it’s important to tune them out.

BBC Travel

An Immense Mystery Older Than Stonehenge

Reshaping previous ideas on the story of civilisation, Gobekli Tepe in Turkey was built by a prehistoric people 6,000 years before Stonehenge.

Scientific American

Dissecting the Bloodthirsty Bliss of Death Metal

Fans of this violent music report feelings of transcendence and positive emotions; psychologists want to learn why.

Homes & Gardens

Permaculture Gardening – How to Garden Organically

Permaculture gardening mimics nature so that you can garden organically, encourage wildlife and have a low-maintenance yard all in one hit.

Car and Driver

14 Discontinued Cars We Wish Still Existed

Here are the cars, trucks, and SUVs we want to make a glorious revival back into the lineups of BMW, Chevy, and Honda.

The Marginalian

Aldous Huxley on the Antidote to Our Existential Helplessness

“All of us are knowers, all the time; it is only occasionally and in spite of ourselves that we understand the mystery of given reality.”

The Kitchn

Here’s How Different Heart Failure Stages Impact Your Body

The symptoms might look a little different.

Knowable Magazine

Emotions Get Better With Age

As people grow older, they gain greater control of their feelings. How do they do that — and can they teach young whippersnappers a thing or two?

The War Zone

How Submarines Regularly ‘Fight To The Death’ Off The Bahamas

Just like how Navy planes have vast instrumented ranges for aerial wargames, submarines have one too, and it is arguably even more impressive.

The Guardian

The Foot Phenomenon: Simple, Surprising Ways to Improve Your Balance, Health – and Longevity

Why do so many of us neglect our feet, when they are crucial to all forms of movement? At 61, I decided to change all that.

Literary Hub

47 of Your Favorite Writers on Their Favorite Poems

Recommendations from writers you (probably) already know.

Popular Collections

Curated guides to the best reads on the web

Pocket Collections

The Art of Navigating Thorny Office Politics

From bad bosses to gossipy colleagues and, of course, office refrigerator drama.

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Architectural Digest

The Tallest Bridges in the World Are Feats of Modern Engineering

Crossing these striking structures should be on every design lover’s bucket list.

NBC News

Tenants Are Flooding the Suburbs Where They Can’t Afford to Buy

Remote work, steep mortgage rates and new types of rental properties are fueling demand far from urban downtowns.

The Atlantic

An Innocent Abroad in Mark Twain’s Paris

My quest for a true literary experience resulted in choucroute, a surprise organ feast, an epiphany at the Louvre, existential dread, and a rowboat.

Hedgehog Review

Conversations With Claude

When I began speaking with Claude, Anthropic’s AI system, I was not aiming at a formal investigation. Like many others, I was just playing around curiously.

The Guardian

How Pakistan Fell in Love With Sushi

Once upon a time, Pakistanis scorned raw fish. Now sushi is everywhere from Ramadan meals to wedding buffets – and it all started with one man and a dream.

SELF

What Type of Snacker Are You?

Take this quiz to find your munching style—and we’ll give you a healthy snack idea based on your preferences.

The Cut

How to Make More Money Without Working Yourself Into the Ground

Realistic advice for increasing your income without overhauling your life.

Popular Science

Why Do Kids Love Reading the Same Book Over and Over? Child Development Experts Explain.

Repetition helps your child feel safe, even if you need a break from ‘Click Clack Moo.’

Warner Bros. Discovery’s Road to Splitsville: What’s Next?

Will the split-up of Warner Bros. Discovery into two companies work? Here are the key burning questions.

Fast Company

Greenhouse and Clear Team up to Fight Fake Job Applications Flooding Tech Hiring

Hiring platform Greenhouse and identity verification company Clear are partnering to stop the surge of AI-generated résumés and fraudulent applicants before they reach the interview stage.

7 Reasons Why Your Teeth Don’t Shine Like They Used To

Smoking, for starters. But there’s more to it than that.

Time

How the Disney-Midjourney Lawsuit Could Reshape the Battle Over AI and Copyright

Disney and Universal just sued Midjourney for scraping their IP—ushering in a major showdown over how AI is trained.

BBC

The Korean Bakery Chain That Says Croissants Don’t Have to Be French

Asian bakeries are seeing success at home and abroad by bringing global flavours to traditional French pastries.

Martha Stewart

11 Container Flower Mistakes That Are Ruining Your Blooms

These container flower mistakes are ruining your blooms, from providing inadequate sunlight to not fertilizing regularly.

Reuters

Student Loan Quagmire Frustrates Borrowers - and Alarms Some Trump Voters

Kelly Belt, 33, a high school life-sciences teacher in Provo, Utah, is ready and willing to repay her student loans. But like 8 million other U.S. borrowers on an affordable repayment plan created by former President Joe Biden, she has not been able to for nearly a year.

Kiplinger

J.D. Power Study Finds More Drivers Switching Car Insurance

The latest J.D. Power study shows that car insurance is a buyer’s market right now, as providers focus on retaining customers.

The Conversation

Anxiety Is the Most Common Mental Health Problem – Here’s How Tech Could Help Manage It

Devices that deliver mild, constant electrical current can alter our brain activity.

Polygon

I’m Gaming on a MacBook Air and You Can’t Stop Me

It’s important to pick your battles when gaming on a laptop with no fan.

Kiplinger

The Average Retirement Savings by Age

Think you may have more than the average retirement savings of your peers? Here’s your answer.

Men's Health

Damar Hamlin’s Heart Stopped on the Football Field. His Comeback Could Change Lives Everywhere.

Damar Hamlin was chasing his dream of playing pro football when tragedy struck in early January 2023. But what happened next changed his life—and put him on the path to something even greater.

Life Hacks

Tips for better living

USA TODAY

Most Job Switchers Are Making a Change in Career: Top 5 Fields They’re Leaving

Nowadays, when Americans switch jobs, they’re not just making changes around the edges. Sixty-four percent of workers who switched jobs from 2022 to 2024 also changed careers, according to an Indeed study of 35 million profiles on the leading job site.