MENU

English 5CHI

 

Miscellaneous topics:

 

https://edition.cnn.com/science/mit-invena-maldives-growing-islands-hnk-spc/index.html

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/09/03/opinion/college-students-adulting.html

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/09/02/opinion/bribing-my-kid-to-read.html

 

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/20/opinion/beach-read-ai.html?smid=nytcore-android-share

 

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/14/magazine/canada-brain-disease-dementia.html#commentsContainer

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/03/business/ai-replacing-jobs.html

https://courses.lumenlearning.com/publicspeakingprinciples/chapter/chapter-6-logic-and-the-role-of-arguments/

https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20240715-the-simple-japanese-method-for-a-tidier-and-less-wasteful-fridge

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/23/learning/eight-videos-with-writing-advice-for-teens-from-teens.html?searchResultPosition=10

https://www.thesaurus.com/e/writing/how-to-improve-your-writing-skills/

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cv223z15mpmo

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/31/opinion/ezra-klein-podcast-d-graham-burnett.html?te=1&nl=opinion-today&emc=edit_ty_20240601

https://www.bbc.com/reel/video/p0hf72zm/mesmerising-life-in-the-deep-sea

https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20240514-why-forgetting-is-beneficial

https://www.theguardian.com/wellness/article/2024/may/09/why-people-annoying-psychology

https://edition.cnn.com/2024/05/08/climate/clean-energy-milestone-ember/index.html

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/08/books/review/free-and-equal-daniel-chandler.html

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/article/2024/may/08/non-dom-tax-millionaire-britain-leave-uk

https://www.investopedia.com/terms/t/trickledowntheory.asp

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/02/magazine/instant-coffee-benefits.html

 

https://youtu.be/W9H3gvnN468?si=OBSn45Ngi5hUeA-0

https://youtu.be/ajavsMbCapY?si=BvdYvBVY7qO6Dmzn

https://youtu.be/BLIOqJaboUc?si=wGyUBdrw1s44ITzB

 

 

https://www.nytimes.com/column/the-ethicist

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GUvTJ0xy74c

 

Your children's smartphones aren't making them smarter (CNN)

 

Sort out your life! 100 tiny tricks to help with everything from digital overwhelm to lumpy sugar and unpaid bills (The Guardian)

 

► Cognitive Democracy - from the final examination in social sciences Humanwissenschaften 2023 - translated by Bard and ChatGPT 3.5. (pdf)

► The Nordic way to stop bullying (BBC)

► ‘There’s nowhere to go’: a family made homeless in the UK housing crisis (The Guardian)

► Should I worry about snacking? (The Guardian)

► The business of silence: is there a hidden cost to noise cancelling? The Guardian)

► Last time I took a plane, my toddler threatened to vomit all over it. So, yes, I’m in favour of child-free flights (The Guardian)

► Renewable Resource: Definition, Considerations, and Types (investopedia)

► What Is Capitalism: Varieties, History, Pros & Cons, Socialism (investopedia)

► Industrial Revolution Definition: History, Pros, and Cons (investopedia)

► The science of climate change explained: facts, evidence and proof (NYTimes)

► Stuff you should know (many apple podcasts)

► AI Will Soon Make Social Media Much More Harmful to Liberal Democracy, and to Children (Jonathan Haidt)

► Jonathan Haidt: “Social Psychology in an Age of Social Fragmentation”

► Jonathan Haidt: “Uniquely Stupid:” Dissecting the Past Decade in America (video)

► Why the Past 10 Years of American Life Have Been Uniquely Stupid (apple podcast)

► 6 Take-aways from “Why the Past 10 Years of American Life Have Been Uniquely Stupid” by Jonathan Haidt

► Jonathan Haidt: Life after Babel

► Hear a classic Pink Floyd song reconstructed from listeners’ brain waves (science.org)

► Social and institutional dimensions of science: The forgotten components of the science curriculum? (science.org rather demanding...)

► Wise or mad crowds? The cognitive mechanisms underlying information cascades (science.org - difficult) (pdf download)

► They live in constant pain, but their doctors won't help them (NYTimes - article and video about opioids)

► Why fidgeting is good for you (BBC)

► The town where people live underground (BBC)

► How a Rare Portrait of an Enslaved Child Arrived at the Met (NYTimes video)

► They had a teenage summer romance. Here’s what happened when they reunited years later (CNN)

► She bought an airplane ticket she thought was a scam. Then her future husband was on board (CNN)

► She broke up with her boyfriend and moved in with a man she’d known for 3 weeks. Here’s what happened next (CNN)

► More travel&romance from CNN

► How much money is the UK government borrowing, and does it matter?

► 100 Interesting Facts About Australia

► Why do I have to take my laptop out of the bag at airport security?