Charlottetown Transforms a Street for People
Residents of Charlottetown, P.E.I. decided to make their city nicer, more sustainable, and more fun by transforming one of their streets from car-dominated to people-friendly. They’ve made a great video…
Mind Space
Keep Sane by not Working
Thanks to modern technology it can be really easy to always be checking email and taking calls. This is great for some circumstances but it’s always important to take a…
Reading for Faster Freedom in Brazil
Prisoners in Brazil may be able to shorten their stay in jail by reading and writing. It’s only 48 days but it can make a difference, the prisoners need to…
Google to Catalog Languages
The Endangered Languages Project is a new initiative run by Google to catalog languages that are threatened because of globalization. As nice as it is that the people on the…
Daydreaming is Good for You
I’m a fan of daydreaming so finding out that it helps one process information and be more creative has made my day! Here’s where things get interesting: those students assigned…
Vogue Wants Woman Who Look Real, not Girls
Vogue, a fashion magazine, has decided to only show women older than 16 and women who don’t appear to have an eating disorder. This may sound odd that they would…
A Better Approach Than Zero Tolerance in Schools
A school in Walla Walla was essentially a dumping ground for all the students deemed to have behavioural problems and their explosion rate was through the roof. This all changed…
MIT and Harvard to Launch Full Free Courses Online
This is a really cool way to bring post-secondary education to more people via the internet. Harvard and MIT are launching a new initiative built upon MIT’s expertise in online…
Eat Fruit to Judge Intelligence
Meat eaters are really good at denying the intelligence of other living beings according to a new study. When people were told to eat fruit their assessment of an animal’s…
Play Tetris to Reduce Traumatic Flashbacks
Playing games is tons of fun and enterprising people are finding ways to better humanity through gameplay. I just found out that Tetris can be used to help people deal…
Kids Should Fail
A prevailing attitude in North American schools is that students shouldn’t be able to fail, but really what better place than a school to learn from mistakes? Thankfully people are…
Economy Down, Happiness Up
It seems like the world has its own life-work balance and thanks to the fact that we’re (on average) working less we are happier! The second conclusion challenges the received…
More Happiness by Having Fewer Things
Here’s a quick, short, and inspiring TED Talk from the founder of TreeHugger about getting rid of material things can bring happiness to your life.
Time + Money ≠ Happiness
Trying to make a decision about your life and how to spend the time you have? Well don’t thinking about spending time, in fact don’t let the idea of money-…
Why You Should Talk to Yourself
Talking to yourself is a good way to reason through problems, so there’s no reason to feel awkward about your big debates you have with yourself while walking down the…
How to be Happier at Work (and beyond)
Here’s a fun TED Talk on happiness and how we can better achieve at as individuals and as a society.
Function Better in Your Old Age by Playing Music
Admit it: you’ve always wanted to play guitar, or perhaps, you’ve been meaning to pick it up again. Either way, you should! New research has found that people with musical…
Female Politicians Inspire Young Women
A new study from MIT has concluded that female politicians boosts aspirations, educational achievement of young women. There have been a few international initiatives that look to improve the world…
Why We Went Down Yesterday
Yesterday you probably noticed that most of your favourite websites were down yesterday or had a notice up warning you about two bills in front of the American government. Those…
How do We Define Life?
Most of the news that gets covered here is related to new discoveries and good events happening around the world, but sometimes we need to take a step back from…