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Category: Arts

How Swedish Literature Reflects the Benefits of a Shorter Working Day

Arts, Economics, Geography, Politics
swedish streets

The world should be inspired by Swedish culture, with more fika, more time for leisurely reading about non-work topics, and more lagom towards jobs.

Plagiarists or Innovators? the Led Zeppelin Paradox Endures?

Arts
led zeppelin

Fifty years ago – in September 1968 – the legendary rock band Led Zeppelin first performed together, kicking off a Scandinavian tour billed as the New Yardbirds.

50 Years Ago, Jimi Hendrix Woodstock Anthem Expressed the Hopes and Fears of a Nation

Arts
hendrix woodstock

One of the most powerful, searing renditions of the national anthem ever recorded, Jimi Hendrix’s iconic Woodstock anthem, almost never happened.

Katy Perry Liable for Us$2.8m for Dark Horse Copyright Infringement – but the Real Loser Is the Music Industry

Arts
katy perry

Katy Perry retaliates and wins back the copyright of her song Dark Horse. The infringement verdict of July 2019 was a big loss for the music industry.

Music Engagement and Achievement Predicts Higher Grades in Math, Science and English

Arts

Music matters for its own sake, but also because music engagement is significantly related to better high school achievement.

Sylvia Plath’s New Short Story Was Never Lost – So Why Is the Media Saying It Was Just Discovered?

Arts

“Mary Ventura and the Ninth Kingdom” has been preserved – and has been accessible to the public – at Indiana University’s Lilly Library.

John Lennon Doppelganger Meets Richard Stallman

Arts

We Made a Moving Tectonic Map of the Game of Thrones Landscape

Arts
game of thrones

The striking landscape of Game of Thrones has led some researchers to build climate simulations that explain the erratic seasons depicted in the show.

When Allen Ginsberg Met the Head of the CIA and Offered Him a Wager

Arts
ginsberg

Allen Ginsberg, counterculture icon, and CIA director R.Helms met in 1971 in a drawing room of the Corcoran Gallery, in a fittingly bizarre encounter.

Game of Thrones: Teasing Hints From Welsh Language and Legends Have Been Hiding in Plain Sight

Arts
game of thrones

The events of medieval Britain were a source of inspiration in Game of Thrones. Characters’ names contain hints at events yet to come.

Kardashians Cancelled? at $500k per Instagram Post They Won’t Care

Arts
kim kardashian

No woman in history has ever been afforded such lavish media coverage. Maybe Diana, Princess of Wales. For now, Kim Kardashian is never out of the media.

Under the Spell of a Generator’s Thrum, a Faulkner Masterpiece Was Born

Arts
faulkner

In 1929, Faulkner was a newlywed who had recently moved out of his parents’ on the University of Mississippi’s campus to an apartment a few blocks away.

The Matrix 20 Years On: How a Sci-FI Film Tackled Big Philosophical Questions

Arts
the matrix location

The Matrix reaches for a view close to that of the 18th century philosopher, Kant, who insisted that reality conforms to the terms of our perception.

Did a Censored Female Writer Inspire Ernest Hemingway’s Famous Style?

Arts
hemingway

She is the extraordinary World War I nurse who wrote like Hemingway before Hemingway. She was arguably the originator of his famous style.

A Happy Ending for Game of Thrones? No Thanks

Arts
game of thrones

New research finds that exposure to “Game of Thrones” is associated with or resulted in lower levels of just world beliefs.

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  • Why Negative Interest Rates Will Not Fix the Global Economy

    Would you deposit one pound with a bank today if it was going to give you back less than one pound tomorrow?

  • NATO Declares Outer Space an ‘Operational Domain’

    After declaring space a war zone, NATO could start using space weapons that can destroy satellites or incoming enemy missiles.

  • How the Third Reich Managed Ham Radio Hobbyists

    The Nazis were especially interested in ham radio operators, who were part of a worldwide community of hobbyists.

  • Nixon Played a Major Diplomatic Role from 1986 to 1991

    In April 1991, few months before the fall of the USSR, he had a curious visit to Lithuania, Georgia, the Kremlin and the K.G.B.

  • How Gambling Built Baseball – and Then Almost Destroyed It

    Imagine if, after watching the thrilling victory of the Chicago Cubs you learned that the Indians had collaborated with gamblers to intentionally throw the series.

  • Neoliberalism Has Tricked Us Into Believing a Fairytale About Where Money Comes From

    There is nothing natural about money. There is no link to some scarce essential form of it that sets a limit to its creation.

     

  • FCC Orders Phone Companies to End Robocalls

    The FCC released new rules aiming to combat spoofed robocalls. They require phone companies to implement a new protocol.

  • Reddit Co-founder Resigns in Support of Black Community

    Alexis Ohanian, co-founder of Reddit

  • Antarctica Blood Falls Mystery Solved

    At first, scientists attributed the color to red algae. But in 2017, a study found that it was rather due to oxidized iron.

  • The Ghostly Photos Taken by the Stasi’s Buttonhole Cameras

    Cameras were even invented so small they could be sewn with the lens behind a buttonhole, the shutter release kept in a pocket.

  • Drinking alcohol isn’t the only cause of high blood alcohol levels.

    Imagine that you’re a police officer. You spot a car ahead that is swerving all over the road. You pull the driver over and she’s clearly intoxicated. With slurred speech, she swears that she hasn’t had a drop of alcohol all day. Would you believe her?

  • Arrests of 6-Year-Olds Show the Perils of Putting Police in Primary Schools

    Instead of being protected, these very young students were placed in handcuffs and arrested. Each one faced misdemeanor battery charges as a result of behavioral outbursts at school, including one instance in which one of the children kicked a school staffer.

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