Anton Chekhov on the 8 Qualities of Cultured People https://www.brainpickings.org/2013/01/29/anton-chekhov-8-qualities-of-cultured-people/

How far do we travel through the universe in our lifetimes? https://www.newscientist.com/lastword/mg24332392-100-how-far-do-we-travel-through-the-universe-in-our-lifetimes/

Direct-ethanol fuel cell https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Direct-ethanol_fuel_cell

The Pandemic That Lasted 15 Million Years https://youtu.be/-M3L_Kykl6w

Legenda dos Dias – Raul de Leoni https://www.pensador.com/frase/NTQ2ODk4/

ARGILA – Raul de Leoni https://www.escritas.org/pt/t/7969/argila

daily Rothko https://www.instagram.com/dailyrothko/?igshid=8efgddrtlarh

Eleusinian Mysteries: Secret ceremonies promising happiness https://pca.st/ir5pzri4

Hippocrate, l’homme derrière le serment https://pca.st/vcedq37s

Why more countries need covid vaccines, not just the richest ones https://www.technologyreview.com/2021/01/26/1016733/covid-vaccine-global-inequality-covax/

Scientists capture the moments of nascent crystal formation and growth https://phys.org/news/2021-01-scientists-capture-moments-nascent-crystal.html

We’re told that healthy soil sequesters huge amounts of carbon from the atmosphere. Scientists are finding that’s not always the case. https://thecounter.org/soil-sequestration-carbon-farming-biden-climate-strategy/

How Soil Could Save The Planet https://pca.st/xzz94sgc

Aristarchus of Samos https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aristarchus_of_Samos

The foods that reverse climate change https://www.bbc.com/future/bespoke/follow-the-food/the-foods-that-reverse-climate-change/

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Paulo Leminski: O que Passou, Passou? https://vermelho.org.br/prosa-poesia-arte/paulo-leminski-o-que-passou-passou/

Florence Nightingale is a Design Hero https://medium.com/nightingale/florence-nightingale-is-a-design-hero-8bf6e5f2147#:~:text=Nightingale’s%20data%20visualization%20is%20prescriptive,called%20them%20%E2%80%9Cwedges%E2%80%9D).

To Avoid an Outbreak, China Cancels Lunar New Year for Millions of Migrants https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/28/world/asia/china-coronavirus-new-year.html

About BlackRock https://www.blackrock.com/corporate/about-us

Nike of Samothrace (Winged Victory) https://youtu.be/PjI0hAr0Vo0

The phony health craze that inspired hypnotism https://youtu.be/KQyAnKjD6W4

Biden will direct billions in federal spending power to climate change https://www.technologyreview.com/2021/01/27/1016910/biden-directs-billions-in-federal-spending-power-to-climate-change/

COVID-19 pode alterar o padrão de conectividade funcional do cérebro, aponta estudohttps://agencia.fapesp.br/covid-19-pode-alterar-o-padrao-de-conectividade-funcional-do-cerebro-aponta-estudo/35081/

Greta Thunbergthe longer we pretend we can solve the climate- and ecological emergency – without treating it like a crisis – the more precious time we will lose. And this is time we do not have. https://twitter.com/GretaThunberg/status/1354686055312728064

Cobra effect https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cobra_effect

Net zero: a fiduciary approach https://www.blackrock.com/corporate/investor-relations/blackrock-client-letter

Larry Fink’s 2021 letter to CEOs https://www.blackrock.com/corporate/investor-relations/larry-fink-ceo-letter

Algerian Cave Paintings Suggest Humans Did Magic Mushrooms 9,000 Years Ago https://www.openculture.com/?p=1086229

Letting GoWhat should medicine do when it can’t save your life?https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2010/08/02/letting-go-2

Deaths at home,

Is it possible to ‘hack’ your own immune system? https://www.bbc.co.uk/reel/video/p094fx5x/is-it-possible-to-hack-your-own-immune-system-

Researchers construct molecular nanofibers that are stronger than steel https://news.mit.edu/2021/molecular-nanofibers-stronger-than-steel-0125

The child environmentalist receiving death threats in Colombia https://www.bbc.com/news/amp/world-latin-america-55803205

In northern Kenya, researchers are working to prevent a dangerous coronavirus – Mers – from jumping from camels to humans again. But climate change is making their job more difficult. https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20210122-the-coronavirus-10-times-more-deadly-than-covid

How to use an astrolabe I Curator’s Corner season 3 episode 1 https://youtu.be/N8oWGwcdFmA

The Power of Ethics, with Susan Liautaud and Josh Lowe https://pca.st/8ds91iwe

Jeff Bezos Is Backing an Ancient Kind of Nuclear Fusion https://www.popularmechanics.com/science/energy/a35276502/magnetized-target-fusion-technology-jeff-bezos/

The Flying Clock and the Stopped Watch https://pca.st/hbsqivmx

Medieval Science with Seb Falk https://pca.st/8er24603

Musicians Have More Connected Brains Than Non-Musicians https://neurosciencenews.com/musicians-brain-connections-17611/

How Does the Earth Move? Crash Course Geography #5 https://youtu.be/ljjLV-5Sa98

Covid: The dressmaker helping Australia with modified masks https://www.bbc.com/news/av/world-australia-55792658

Covid: Dutch curfew riots rage for third night https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-55799919

Volkswagen defende carro elétrico movido a etanol para o Brasil https://insideevs.uol.com.br/news/481524/volkswagen-carro-eletrico-celula-combustivel-etanol-brasil/

Building a healthier internet: Lessons from fighting covid-19 misinformation https://www...

Why Are Rich People So Mean? https://www.wired.com/story/why-are-rich-people-so-mean/

The future of social networks might be audio https://www.technologyreview.com/2021/01/25/1016723/the-future-of-social-networks-might-be-audio-clubhouse-twitter-spaces/

‘Wealth increase of 10 men during pandemic could buy vaccines for all’ https://www.bbc.com/news/world-55793575

How Rain Might Make Mountains Grow https://youtu.be/n6IDdPhYw0Y

Scientists address myths over large-scale tree planting https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-55795816

o texto que deu origem ao nome – Radinhos de Pilha https://usina.com/textos/ibiznet.shtml

Competition among human females likely contributed to concealed ovulation https://phys.org/news/2021-01-competition-human-females-contributed-concealed.html

A 9th Century Manuscript Teaches Astronomy by Making Sublime Pictures Out of Words https://www.openculture.com/2019/07/a-9th-century-manuscript-teaches-astronomy-by-making-sublime-pictures-out-of-words.html

This 392-Year-Old Bonsai Tree Survived the Hiroshima Atomic Blast & Still Flourishes Today: The Power of Resilience https://www.openculture.com/2017/02/this-392-year-old-bonsai-tree-survived-the-hiroshima-atomic-blast-still-flourishes-today.html

Cicero, Aratea with scholia https://www.bl.uk/collection-items/cicero-aratea-with-scholia#

Neanderthals https://pca.st/llc4i8hc

Pixar’s Troubled “Soul” https://www.newyorker.com/culture/cultural-comment/pixars-troubled-soul

livro Beautiful Evidence – Edward Tufte https://amzn.to/3iLxQqD

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Vaccine Hesitancy and Ethnicity; The Joy of catnip; Lake Heatwaves https://pca.st/5qh32nyz

The Mosquito Conundrum https://pca.st/mmvxpm6s

In this set of short stories, 99% Invisible producers talked with host Roman Mars about everything from the Fresh Air Movement to the lost Lenin in Antarctica. https://pca.st/tvfp15h0

Covid: Vaccinated people may spread virus, says Van-Tam https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-55784199

Procurando Nemo… em Seropédica https://www1.folha.uol.com.br/colunas/antonioprata/2021/01/procurando-nemo-em-seropedica.shtml

This Drone Sniffs Out Odors With a Real Moth Antenna https://www.wired.com/story/this-drone-sniffs-out-odors-with-a-real-moth-antenna/

Vissarion: Is this Russian cult leader a fraud? https://www.bbc.com/news/av/world-europe-55765995

Como a direita se apropriou da obra de George Orwell https://alias.estadao.com.br/noticias/geral,como-a-direita-se-apropriou-da-obra-de-george-orwell,70003589758

Exército publica fotos editadas para simular que militares usavam máscara; imagens foram apagadas https://politica.estadao.com.br/noticias/geral,exercito-publica-fotos-editadas-para-simular-que-militares-usavam-mascara-imagens-foram-apagadas,70003591756

Archaeological discovery: First common currency in Europe https://www.dw.com/en/archaeological-discovery-first-common-currency-in-europe/a-56316203

Convencidos de que são imunes, iraquianos abandonam proteções https://internacional.estadao.com.br/noticias/geral,convencidos-de-que-sao-imunes-iraquianos-abandonam-protecoes,70003589959

Rolling Stone seeks ‘thought leaders’ willing to pay $2,000 to write for them https://www.theguardian.com/media/2021/jan/23/rolling-stone-magazine-culture-council-publication

Relato de surto de febre amarela no Rio no século 19 mostra negacionismo entranhado no Brasil https://alias.estadao.

The Plague of Justinian https://pca.st/gwgaglxr

Southern Ocean waters are warming faster than thought, threatening Antarctic ice https://www.washingtonpost.com/weather/2021/01/21/southern-ocean-warming-antarctica/

Clues to Missing Components of the Universe From Ripples in Space-Time https://scitechdaily.com/clues-to-missing-components-of-the-universe-from-ripples-in-space-time/

Meet the OnlyFans model and neuroscience student who’s giving back to the troops https://www.militarytimes.com/off-duty/military-culture/2021/01/21/meet-the-onlyfans-model-and-neuroscience-student-whos-giving-back-to-the-troops/

Atual proposta de orçamento para Ministério do Meio Ambiente é a menor em 21 anos, aponta relatório https://g1.globo.com/natureza/noticia/2021/01/22/atual-proposta-de-orcamento-para-ministerio-do-meio-ambiente-e-a-menor-em-21-anos-aponta-relatorio.ghtml

What Musk’s $100 million carbon capture prize could mean https://www.technologyreview.com/2021/01/21/1016600/what-musks-100-million-carbon-capture-prize-could-mean/

Google threatens to withdraw search engine from Australia https://www.bbc.com/news/world-australia-55760673

How the world embraced consumerism https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20210120-how-the-world-became-consumerist

Silicon Valley Ruined Work Culture https://www.wired.com/story/how-silicon-valley-ruined-work-culture/

Toussaint L’Ouverture: Hero of the Haitian slave rebellion https://pca.st/4tfm4z19

Animals interrupting wildlife photographers. A thread: https://twitter.com/joaquimcampa/status/1350843546471952387

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Amanda Gorman: Inauguration poet calls for ‘unity and togetherness’ https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-55738564

Conversas: Fabrício Pontin e a liberdade de expressão em tempos de redes sociais https://youtu.be/zqhl2xoei1Q

The Astronomical Records in… Trees? https://youtu.be/2h_QF27_ffM

Museu do Ipiranga lança a campanha digital “São Paulo – Território em Construção” https://agencia.fapesp.br/museu-do-ipiranga-lanca-a-campanha-digital-sao-paulo–territorio-em-construcao/35038/

Natural wonder: Wing ‘clap’ solves mystery of butterfly flight https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-55719955

Here’s What Kevlar and Your Smartphone Have in Common https://youtu.be/BC60BA8OZLA

The School of Athens: A detail hidden in a masterpiece https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20200910-the-school-of-athens-a-detail-hidden-in-a-masterpiece

Researchers develop a mathematical model to explain the complex architecture of termite mounds https://phys.org/news/2021-01-mathematical-complex-architecture-termite-mounds.html

Optical data transmission speed increased by a factor of at least 10,000 https://phys.org/news/2021-01-optical-transmission-factor.html

InSight’s heat probe has failed on Mars. Is the mission a failure? https://www.technologyreview.com/2021/01/20/1016432/mars-insight-heat-probe-mole-failed/#Echobox=1611165318

Broken promises: How Singapore lost trust on contact tracing privacy https://www.technologyreview.com/2021/01/11/1016004/singapore-tracetogether-contact-tracing-police/

Pesquisadores desenvolvem ‘Teste Popular de COVID-19’ para ampliar acesso ao diagnóstico https://agencia.fapesp.br/pesquisadores-desenvolvem-teste-popular-de-covid-19-para-ampliar-acesso-ao-diagnostico/35036/

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The new mosquito bringing disease to North America https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20210115-aedes-vittatus-a-mosquito-that-carries-zika-and-dengue

The Mosquito Conundrum https://pca.st/mmvxpm6s

Conversas: Fabrício Pontin e a liberdade de expressão em tempos de redes sociais https://youtu.be/zqhl2xoei1Q

Fighting for the Parthenon marbles https://www.bbc.com/news/av/stories-55664796

The fear of coronavirus is changing our psychology https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20200401-covid-19-how-fear-of-coronavirus-is-changing-our-psychology

Israelis Crack 2-million-year-old Mystery About Stone Tools https://www.haaretz.com/archaeology/.premium-israelis-crack-2-million-year-old-mystery-about-stone-tools-1.9465132

The British Museum (@britishmuseum) – Sketchfab https://sketchfab.com/britishmuseum

Scan the world https://www.myminifactory.com/scantheworld/

Thai woman jailed for record 43 years for criticising monarchy https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-55723470

From mummies to mosques—new Google Arts & Culture initiative brings Egypt’s archaeological treasures to the masses https://www.theartnewspaper.com/news/new-google-arts-and-culture-initiative-egypt

UK Science post Brexit; GMOs vs Gene Editing regulation; Identical Twins That Aren’t Indentical https://pca.st/5h7affei

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A wristband that tells your boss if you are unhappy https://www.bbc.com/news/business-55637328

I looked at all the ways Microsoft Teams tracks users and my head is spinning https://www.zdnet.com/article/i-looked-at-all-the-ways-microsoft-teams-tracks-users-and-my-head-is-spinning/

Infographic: 50 Cognitive Biases in the Modern World https://www.visualcapitalist.com/50-cognitive-biases-in-the-modern-world/

Covid vaccine: WHO warns of ‘catastrophic moral failure’ https://www.bbc.com/news/world-55709428

The match-making tree and other tales of unexpected romance https://pca.st/yi3xizv1

Under our Night Sky – The Infinite Monkey Cage https://pca.st/iapacpkp

Mughal Empire https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mughal_Empire

National Atomic Testing Museum https://nationalatomictestingmuseum.org/

War elephant https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_elephant

Battle of Heraclea https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Heraclea

What the complex math of fire modeling tells us about the future of California’s forests https://www.technologyreview.com/2021/01/18/1016215/complex-math-fire-modeling-future-california-forests/

Researchers Announce World’S First Dinosaur Preserved Sitting On Nest Of Eggs With Fossilized Babies https://carnegiemnh.org/press/researchers-announce-worlds-first-dinosaur-preserved-sitting-on-nest-of-eggs-with-fossilized-babies/

North Korea’s Kim could be planning missile launch to welcome Biden administration https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/north-korea-biden-missile-test/2021/01/18/25268116-594f-11eb-a849-6f9423a75ffd_story.html

Stromatolites: The Earth’s oldest living lifeforms http://www.bbc.com/travel/story/20210117-stromatolites-the-earths-oldest-living-lifeforms

The new ‘gold rush’ for green lithium

Primeira mulher indígena é vacinada contra a Covid-19 em São Paulo: ‘Vacinar é um ato de amor’ https://g1.globo.com/globonews/jornal-globonews-edicao-das-18/video/primeira-mulher-indigena-e-vacinada-contra-a-covid-19-em-sao-paulo-vacinar-e-um-ato-de-amor-9186137.ghtml

The Universal Pen by Kurt Kohlstedt https://99percentinvisible.org/episode/mini-stories-volume-10/2/

The History of Poop Is Really the History of Technology https://www.wired.com/story/history-poop-is-really-history-technology/

Is Mansa Musa the richest man who ever lived? https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-47379458

Massive blackouts have hit Iran. The government is blaming bitcoin mining. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2021/01/16/massive-blackouts-have-hit-iran-government-is-blaming-bitcoin/

Shadows on the Silk Road https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/16/opinion/walk-across-world-america.html

In 2013 a reporter set out to retrace our ancestors’ global migration.On foot.Why? https://www.nationalgeographic.org/projects/out-of-eden-walk/#section-0

The Sack Of Baghdad In 1258 – One Of The Bloodiest Days In Human History https://www.warhistoryonline.com/medieval/the-sack-of-baghdad-in-1258.html

The Mongol Sack of Baghdad in 1258 https://www.thegreatcoursesdaily.com/the-mongol-sack-of-baghdad-in-1258/

This 14th-Century African Emperor Remains the Richest Person in History https://www.history.com/news/who-was-the-richest-man-in-history-mansa-musa

Capture and Captives http://slaveryandremembrance.org/articles/article/index.cfm?id=A0003

The monk saving Timbuktu’s treasures https://www.bbc.com/news/av/world-africa-51507932

Slavs (ethnonym) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slavs_(ethnonym)

Wilmington 1898: When white supremacists overthrew a US government https://www.bbc.