Words of Wisdom — July 25, 2014

Alain de Botton on Creativity

"My greatest joy comes from creativity: from feeling that I have been able to identify a certain aspect of human nature and crystallise a phenomenon in words." - Alain de Botton

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“My greatest joy comes from creativity: from feeling that I have been able to identify a certain aspect of human nature and crystallise a phenomenon in words.” – Alain de Botton

a black and white photo of an animal skull.

The Past

Some humans collect stamps. Neanderthals collected large animal skulls

Researchers discovered something modern humans had never before seen—a flashy Neanderthal horn collection.

a star burst in the middle of the night sky.

Hard Science

New neutrino discovery will unlock secrets of the rarest events in the cosmos

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a blue brain with lightning coming out of it.

Neuropsych

Your brain keeps getting faster until you hit your 30s

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The Past

Why did humans evolve curly scalp hair?

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