Could learning algebra in my 60s make me smarter?
New Yorker writer Alec Wilkinson struggled with maths at school, finding inspiration in literature instead. But aged 65, in the hope of unlocking a new part of his brain, he decided to put the limits of his intelligence to the test
Stretching: 5 back and chest stretches that treat and prevent neck pain
For a while – I had a lot of neck pain riding my bike. These stretches help.
How to start drawing
I have always dreamed of learning to draw. Is it too late?
Why Doing Good Makes It Easier to Be Bad
Oscar Wilde, the famed Irish essayist and playwright, had a gift, among other things, for counterintuitive aphorisms. In “The Soul of Man Under Socialism,” an 1891 article, he wrote, “Charity creates a multitude of sins.”
The Simple Idea Behind Einstein’s Greatest Discoveries
Lurking behind Einstein’s theory of gravity and our modern understanding of particle physics is the deceptively simple idea of symmetry. But physicists are beginning to question whether focusing on symmetry is still as productive as it once was.
Woke food lovers have lost their minds over ‘cultural appropriation’
Once upon a time, it was permissible to make light-hearted fun of cuisines that were unfamiliar or exotic to film audiences.
But in today’s unforgiving and witless world of Indigenous-Cuisine Purity, good-natured jokes are strictly verboten. Worse, just about any dish not from Western Europe that isn’t cooked by a native-born chef is either a fake version of the cuisine or a wicked ripoff of it — or both.
The Grasshopper Elite and Its Enemy
Unfortunately, those loud and troublesome pests, though few, control almost all the levers of political and state police power.
Bill Chance 