Up, up and away! Fly above the clouds in a glider over the Shropshire Hills | Aeon Videos
An atmospheric celebration of the glider, 741 invites viewers to escape their Earth-bound routines and ride the thermals, effortlessly, high above the Shropshire Hills in England’s West Midlands. This short film is a small delight, and uses a split screen to elaborate the process of launching and flying a classic wooden sailplane. As Leonardo da Vinci observed: ‘Once you have tasted flight, you will walk the Earth with your eyes turned forever skyward, for there you have been, and there you will always long to return.’
Why it’s so hard for women to figure out what to wear to work in 2017
Clothing brands are as confused by today's baffling office dress code as women are.
The exec behind *that* Gillette ad says brands have a responsibility to challenge toxic masculinity
Gilette caused a stir this year with its viral ad about masculinity. That's not the only P&G brand addressing gender equality.
Are you sleepwalking now? What we know about mind-wandering – Thomas Metzinger | Aeon Essays
Given how little control we have of our wandering minds, how can we cultivate real mental autonomy?
a16z Podcast: Space — the Near Frontier
When most people think of space, they think of outer space: Mars, billionaires with rockets, and the “final frontier”. But space innovation is actually playing out right now -- in an immediate and …
The Fall of Conservatism
Have the Republicans run out of ideas?
The Best Reporting on Facebook and Your Privacy — ProPublica
With Facebook passing the one-billion user mark, we’ve rounded up the best reads on the company and privacy issues.
Silent worship in a Quaker meeting house where only the fire in the stove is heard | Aeon Videos
The Quakers have historically worshipped outdoors or in public buildings and meeting houses, believing that God is in all people and places. Their meeting houses, also known as friends houses – simple structures that sprung up across the eastern United States as Quakers grew in numbers during the 18th and 19th centuries – are granted no special religious significance, and no sacred rituals are performed within them. They simply provide a sanctuary where Quakers can meet and worship in silence, speaking only occasionally when they believe the Holy Spirit has moved them to do so. Bringing us into the South Starksboro Friends Meeting House in Vermont, which has been used for worship since it was built in 1828, The Ministry of the Stove immerse
Without female role models for women in STEM, we risk losing brilliant minds
Female STEM professionals are less visible and paid less than their male counterparts.
Mapping the online behaviour of Indians
Mapping the online behaviour of Indians
The Seductive Path of Good Enough
Most of us acquire the easy aspects of a skill and then stop improving. This article explores why and offers a three-step loop to rapidly improve.
Concern over civilian casualties as US hits 66 buildings
Newly released data from the US military shows that over 60 buildings were hit last month despite long-standing concerns that these kinds of strikes cause civilian casualties
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