Words of Wisdom — February 13, 2014

Yoko Ono’s Reality

"A dream you dream alone is only a dream. A dream you dream together is reality." - Yoko Ono (born on this date in 1933)

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“A dream you dream alone is only a dream. A dream you dream together is reality.”

– Yoko Ono (born on this date in 1933)

Life

Pando, the world’s largest organism, has stopped growing

Pando is a stand of aspen in Utah that is 14,000 years old and weighs 12 million pounds. Humans threaten to end its long reign.

The Past

1,000-year-old stalagmites in Indian cave reveal a history of long, deadly droughts

The monsoon rains were not always so reliable.

The Present

The credibility of science is damaged when universities brag about themselves

The “attention economy” corrupts science.

Google’s secret “Project Maven”: Evil—or moral?

The U.S. military once used Google’s tech without their employees knowing. Anna Butrico explains the complicated history behind “Project Maven.”

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High Culture

Was the mysterious, $450-million “Salvator Mundi” really painted by Leonardo da Vinci?

“Salvator Mundi” sold for a record-breaking $450 million in 2017, but is it really as valuable as people were led to believe?

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