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This week we bring you great tips on how to boost your work motivation throughout the day, and easy-to-implement dietary changes to ensure your immune system is working to its maximum potential.
Discover how to check out the development of brain-computer interfaces on our innovation side, as well as a stylish ‘space’ helmet that is an alternative to the regular, COVID-protecting, N95 mask.
Our entertainment sphere this week includes a fun app which turns you into famous artwork, as well as a selection of the best movies to watch on airplanes.
Enjoy!
Bilal
12 Things That Will Always Motivate You to Do a Good Job (Lifehack, 6 min read) The late literay genius, Mark Twain, recommends to start the day with the most challenging task, or as he calls it, ‘eating the Frog’. Succeeding in this, your remaining tasks will seem less of a chore.
How Resentment Affects Your Health and How to Forgive (Tiny Buddha, 5 min read) Letting go of negative energy shrinks the intensity of difficult situations, releasing dopamine in the brain and bringing peace and improved mental health.
The Army Rolls Out a New Weapon: Strategic Napping (NYT, 3 min read) The US army has rebranded ‘napping’ as an essential tool for mental and physical performance.
Why Endurance Athletes Feel Less Pain (Outside Magazine, 5 min read)
Is pain just a psychological barrier or does out tolerance depend on who we are?
5 Easy Ways to Protect Your Immunity This Winter (Mind Body Green, 4 min read) Have tea instead of coffee, switch to yoghurt in place of protein powder for your smoothie, use spaghetti squash rather than regular pasta, add a recovery drink post-workout, or swap your cocktail for a mocktail.
Whey Protein Isolate, Hydrolysate, and Concentrate: Which Is Best? (Mark’s Daily Apple, 5 min read) A useful protein supplement guide that measures your protein needs, dietary requirements, and budget.
US Military plan on using AR glasses to assist its bomb-sniffing canines (Popular Mechanics, 2 min read) This will not only enhance a canine’s job in sniffing out explosives, but reduces the need for having a human handler near explosives.
What Brain-Computer Interfaces Could Mean for the Future of Work (Harvard Business Review, 6 min read) Giving presentations will be a piece of cake!
Hate masks? Try this Space Age helmet instead (Fast Company, 1 min read) This definitely gives you more space to breath in, perhaps a game-changer for future COVID fashion.
Boom Supersonic Unveils the Jet Concept That Will Fly From NYC to London in 3.5 Hours (Robb Report, 2 min read) This will cut travel time in half, tickets are expected to cost $5,000 each once the jet takes flight.
What being a cat- or dog-person says about you (Popular Science, 3 min read) Respondents who preferred felines scored higher in acceptance and neuroticism, while dog-lovers leaned towards extroversion and friendliness.
Rationality and Climate Change (LessWrong, 2 min read) Not only a great read about the conflicts of Climate change but a way to get stuck in and share your views!
The Study of Economics Could Learn a Lot From Science Fiction (Literary Hub, 5 min read) Reviewing Economics as a field of Science Fiction which can experiment with future theories…plus you’ll expand your reading list.
‘You’re never putting this remote genie back in the bottle’: How GitLab’s head of remote Darren Murph spends his day (Digiday, 5 min read) This begs the question…will remote work be the future of work culture?
How James Beard Invented American Cooking (The New Yorker, 5 min read) Learn about the fascinating culinary journey Beard experienced, and pick up some food inspiration along the way!
From Indigenous Practices to Protecting Oceans: Climate Readings for October (Literary Hub, 5 min read) Take this excellent opportunity to read more and educate yourself on Climate Change.
The Best Movies to Watch on a Plane… (GQ,7 min read) Some of the recommendation includes Inferno, The Intern, The Accountant, Long Shot and any movie from Marvel universe
A New Google App Lets You Put Yourself Inside the World’s Most Famous Artworks With Just One Tap (Artnet News, 2 min read) A little goofy, but definitely one to entertain the family and ignite laughter.
Steven Yeun Has Had The Best Post-‘The Walking Dead’ Career, And He Deserves It (UPROXX, 4 min read) Bringing ‘The Walking Dead’ fandom back to life.
Watch a Young Carl Sagan Appear in His First TV Documentary, The Violent Universe (1969) (Open Culture, 2 min read) Produced before the Moon Landing of 1969, this documentary is a window into historical discoveries in astronomy!
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