John Oliver Breaks Down the Dark Side of Dietary Supplements with Steve Buscemi, George R.R. Martin, and More | Splitsider: "Dr. Oz recently got in some trouble for hawking some very questionably safe dietary and nutritional supplements on his medical talk show, so John Oliver took a note from Oz's history of pandering to his viewers with shaky medical information by doing some audience pandering of his own with the help of a very cute puppy, plot-teasing George R.R. Martin, tap-dancing Steve Buscemi, and more."
Why Believing In Astrology Is Not As Harmless As You Think
Why Believing In Astrology Is Not As Harmless As You Think: "Here's why astrology is potentially damaging to our understanding of science, relationships — and even our place in the universe itself."
20 Practical Ways to Help a Grieving Person
20 Practical Ways to Help a Grieving Person: "These pieces of advice are sourced from the book, “Sorry for Your Loss: What People Who Are Grieving Wish You Knew”."
How to Destroy College Education
How to Destroy College Education - The Daily Beast: "From the revolutionary war through contemporary debates about the worth of college, American thinkers have emphasized the ways that broad, pragmatic learning enhances the capacities of the whole person, allowing individuals greater freedom and an expanded range of possible choices. "
10 Scientific Ideas That Scientists Wish You Would Stop Misusing
10 Scientific Ideas That Scientists Wish You Would Stop Misusing: "Many ideas have left the world of science and made their way into everyday language — and unfortunately, they are almost always used incorrectly. We asked a group of scientists to tell us which scientific terms they believe are the most widely misunderstood. Here are ten of them."
Being an organized executor
Being an organized executor: "An executor is the person appointed to administer the estate of a person who has died. Being named as an executor is a privilege, but the title also comes with a significant amount of responsibility. Sometimes it may take several years to finalize an estate if it is complicated or if there are disputes among the beneficiaries."
‘No Way To Prevent This,’ Says Only Nation Where This Regularly Happens
‘No Way To Prevent This,’ Says Only Nation Where This Regularly Happens: "At press time, residents of the only economically advanced nation in the world where roughly two mass shootings have occurred every month for the past five years were referring to themselves and their situation as “helpless.”"
New 8 Keys to Making a Great First Impression
New 8 Keys to Making a Great First Impression: "It can be challenging to put your best foot forward all the time, so we’ve gathered up some quick tips and tricks to make sure that from now on, you’ll knock the socks off every person you meet."
Lovaglia’s Law and Open Office Plans
Lovaglia’s Law and Open Office Plans - Bob Sutton: "Also, administrators and accountants usually like open offices because they cost less to build, furnish, heat, and cool – so they are motivated to make arguments that people will like open designs better and work more effectively in them.
BUT the best evidence I can find tells a much different story. It turns out that although there is a lot of hype from companies that sell open office furniture and related goods about how fantastic open offices are, and all that, research published in peer review journals clashes with the hype. In every study that I can find that has survived the peer review process, people in open settings are found to be less satisfied, less productive, and experience more stress than people who work in closed offices. And when people move from closed to open offices, they like them less, report being less productive, and report more stress. So long as people are doing work that is largely “individual” and that requires thinking and intense individual concentration, these findings make a lot of sense to me."
BUT the best evidence I can find tells a much different story. It turns out that although there is a lot of hype from companies that sell open office furniture and related goods about how fantastic open offices are, and all that, research published in peer review journals clashes with the hype. In every study that I can find that has survived the peer review process, people in open settings are found to be less satisfied, less productive, and experience more stress than people who work in closed offices. And when people move from closed to open offices, they like them less, report being less productive, and report more stress. So long as people are doing work that is largely “individual” and that requires thinking and intense individual concentration, these findings make a lot of sense to me."
MAYDAY.US - A Crowdfunded, Kickstarted SuperPAC to end all SuperPACs
MAYDAY.US - A Crowdfunded, Kickstarted SuperPAC to end all SuperPACs: "Help U.S. kickstart fundamental reform,
by reducing the influence of money in politics."
by reducing the influence of money in politics."
The science of sex and transgenderism.
The science of sex and transgenderism.: "Even those of us who distinguish between sex and gender, who understand that gender is a cultural construct, too often reduce sex to a binary. But when we dig into the science of sex, it turns out that the fundamental categorizations we take for granted—male and female—are not fundamental at all."
Neil deGrasse Tyson Explains the Differences Between Weather and Climate Change
Neil deGrasse Tyson Explains the Differences Between Weather and Climate Change: "Keep your eye on the man, not the dog."
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