#Mind/Brain Candy

Author: Maria Popova / Source: Brain Pickings “Mankind is challenged, as it has never been challenged before, to prove its maturity and its mastery — not of nature, but of itself. Therein lies our hope and our destiny,” the great marine biologist and author Rachel Carson addressed the next

Author: Jason Gots / Source: Big Think 05 April, 2019 The United States health care system has much room for improvement, and big tech may be laying the foundation for those improvements. Technological progress in medicine is coming from two fronts: medical technology and information

Author: Laura Entis / Source: Adobe 99U Artist and illustrator Lisa Congdon on how she transitioned from a job in non-profit education to a high-profile freelance art career working for brands such as Nike, Facebook, and the Museum of Modern Art. At 51, Lisa Congdon is the picture of a thriving

Author: Maria Popova / Source: Brain Pickings “Mingle the starlight with your lives and you won’t be fretted by trifles,” the pioneering 19th-century astronomer Maria Mitchell, who paved the way for women in science, used to tell her Vassar students — America’s first class of women astronomers

Author: Christian Jarrett / Source: Big Think Kevin Dickinson 17 April, 2019 Researchers at the Yale School of Medicine successfully restored some functions to pig brains that had been dead for hours. They hope the technology will advance our understanding of the brain, potentially developing