Sleep appears to reset the brain for improved memory and learning
We all know that periods of sleep deprivation have an adverse effect on mental performance. Particularly when you're young, you can tolerate an all-nighter or weeks of sleep
Shorter working hours don’t always reduce work-to-family interference
One of the strategies that companies and countries use to try to reduce "work-to-family interference" (a term sociologists use for a concept that's fairly close to work-life balance)
New study finds correlation between book-reading and longevity
A new study finds that people who read books live longer than those who do not. Researchers looked at "3635 people who were 50 or older," and found
Matthew Weiner: “I now cut myself slack on all of the thinking and procrastination time I use”
Matthew Weiner, Mad Men showrunner and writer (and someone I write about in REST), talks about the challenge of doing creative work early in your professional life The
Stephen Wolfram on Richard Feyman’s avoidance of busyness
Brigid Schulte tweets a link to a Stephen Wolfram talk about "My Time with Richard Feynman." Among other things, it has thing line about Feynman's avoidance of busyness
Swimming, flow, and problem-solving
Doctor and New York Times contributor Richard Friedman writes in today’s Sunday Times about swimming, flow, and problem-solving: There is no drug — recreational or prescription — capable
Boyd Varty on lions, rest, and the wisdom of nature
Boyd Varty, the South African writer and conservationist, talks about lions and rest in the the latest TED Radio Hour podcast (starts around 26 minutes in): I grew
Something else to look forward to when the 1% get even more: Human sacrifice
Anthropologists and historians have put forward the ‘social control hypothesis’ of human sacrifice. According to this theory, sacrificial rites served as a function for social elites. Human sacrifice
Science of Us on the virtues of naps
It’s a rare thing indeed when something fun also happens to be good for you. Fried food, alcohol, sitting in front of the TV for long stretches at
Chocolate and “likes” activate the same parts of the teenage brain
The same brain circuits that are activated by eating chocolate and winning money are activated when teenagers see large numbers of "likes" on their own photos or the