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A wonderful series of previously unreleased photographs from the Tour de France of 1953. The times, they are a-changin’.
What does it mean if linguists claim that language shapes the way we perceive and think about the world? This two-part series about the different concepts of colour various languages have, provides some great insights. So for example, some people might not be able to spot the difference between a blue and a green square – not because they are colorblind, but because in their language, they are the same color. Think about what this means for concepts like gender, nationality or time.
The Guardian keeps doing a great job in sheding more light on the London riots of summer 2011. These recounts by policemen are haunting.
A breathtaking video. In all possible senses.
The Hype Machine (Soundcloud)
A great way to keep up with the latest music trends: The monthly one-hour-rundowns by Hype Machine. The July edition has just been released.
Very interesting report about how pushing the limits of brain science helped Canadian marathon runners to break their limits.
Meet the meat fakers. Their plan is to make killing animals (almost) obsolete by producing in vitro meat that is indistinguishable from the real deal.
In a very long, yet brilliant essay, David Graeber explores why the future that is now just doesn’t live up to the expectations people had for it back in the sixties and seventies. This anthropologist’s view on technological research and development of the past decades brings to light some intriguing explanations (innovation was pushed in the wrong fields, motivation faded after the Cold War, it’s bureaucracy’s fault, it’s capitalism’s fault…). Reading the article will take you an hour. Thinking about it will take longer. That’s proof it’s worth the time.
A tool to improve you language skills while surfing the web. Depending on how proficient you already are, fewer or more words from the websites you visit are shown in the language you chose to learn.
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