from the interwebs
Doodling in Math Class
Quite possibly the most entertaining (and edifying!) math doodles I’ve ever seen. Vi Hart calls herself a mathemusician, and she’s also got a lot of videos where she explains math via music. Check them out here.
The Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows
These words may not be real (spoiler, sorry), but they describe so much. My current favorite: gnossienne n. a moment of awareness that someone you’ve known for years still has a private and mysterious inner life, and somewhere in the hallways…
America’s Real Criminal Element: Lead – Mother Jones
I’m not sure I really believe in the Freakonomicsy cause-and-effect approach to social trends, but this is pretty fascinating: there’s a pretty strong correlation between lead exposure and crime rate, poverty, and other traditional socioeconomic scales.
The Twentysomethings Are All Right : The New Yorker
The shock of the twenties is how narrow that window of experience really is, and how inevitable it seems both at the time and afterward. At some point, it is late, too late, and you are standing on the sidewalk…
Mark Lynas » Lecture to Oxford Farming Conference, 3 January 2013
Mark Lynas, one of the biggest supporters of the anti-GMO movement back in the early days, finally admits his wrongs. His reason? He discovered science.
Solo, Piano — N.Y.C.
A beautiful film. Watch it here: ‘Solo, Piano — N.Y.C.’ – NYTimes.com.