Gone but far from forgotten
'The speed with which the news of David’s death, early on the morning of February 29, 2024, spread has amazed me. I expected many responses: condolences, tributes, and most of all stories of how he had affected people’s lives. I didn’t expect the tidal wave of messages and posts and emails that followed. The authors ( Read more... )

The woman who founded the 'incel' movement

When Alana started a website for lonely people struggling to find love, she had no idea it would become linked to a community of hate and anger directed at women, which would ultimately lead to the deaths of several innocent people in her home city.

7 Science-Based Benefits of Eating Together as a Family

"Thanks to two decades worth of research, Harvard Graduate School explains that simply taking a few minutes each day to turn off screens and genuinely connect with each other over food can improve the physical and mental health of all family members involved."

Vrouwen vertonen meer duurzaam leiderschap in gesimuleerde ruimtemissiesEen nieuwe studie gebaseerd op de rapporten van de commandanten van het Mars Desert Research Station legt verschillen bloot tussen het leiderschapsgedrag van mannen en vrouwen. Hoewel beide geslachten toegespitst zijn op het uitvoeren van de taken, hebben vrouwen de neiging ( Read more... )

What happens if you get diarrhea in space?
A surprisingly well informed article about doing number two in space. ;-)

Twitter: "Water" in one ear... by Ravenscimaven
STORYTIME: grab the popcorn! One night two years ago, I went to sleep perfectly healthy & hours later woke up in the middle of the night with a RAGING headache. Head was throbbing, and I felt so odd. Also felt some water in my ear that was from the shower I had taken earlier...

YOUTUBE: Why the US photographed its own WWII concentration camps

"Dorothea Lange’s photos of the incarceration of Japanese Americans went largely unseen for decades ( Read more... )

The new hire who showed up is not the same person we interviewed
A funny saga that had me cracking up :')

Horror’s Ongoing Reckoning: The Final Girl Seizes Control of Her Story
Who is the Final Girl? Why does she matter? And where does her story go after she survives the events that make her into the Final Girl? In other words, what happens after the Final Girl kills the slasher?

Burying Leni Riefenstahl: one woman’s lifelong crusade against Hitler’s favourite film-maker

Nina Gladitz dedicated her life to proving the Triumph of the Will director’s complicity with the horrors of Nazism. In the end, she succeeded - but at a cost.