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Will Trees Save Us?
If we wanted to give ourselves a small buffer to help deal with climate change, all we need to do is plant billions of trees. Honestly, I think we should, although that I don't trust humans to not use this as a Futurama-style "once and for all" solution.
Fun Facts About Language
It's not a scientific study, but this list of fun facts about language, as learned from The Allusionist podcast, is pretty interesting. Did you know that the word "girl" was used to refer to a child of any gender up until the 14th century? Or that dictionaries have FAKE WORDS? (Betrayal!)
Setting Boundaries
This article gives an interesting summary of what is known to date about the boundaries our sense of selves and beliefs about the world. Examining personality differences through the lens of personal boundaries is really interesting!
Speed Reading
I have come to realize lately that I am not as fast of a reader as I thought I was. Well at least now it turns out that most people aren't! New research pegs the average reading speed significantly lower than previously thought.
Sight-Specific Sensitivities
Most people have areas in the visual cortex of their brains that are particularly sensitive to faces, words, and nature scenes. New research finds that adults who played a lot of Pokémon when they were kids also have a specially sensitive region to those little cartoon monsters. This suggests that childhood experiences teach our brains what visual stimuli are important enough to focus on.
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