Can Schools Exist In The Cloud?
Part 5 of the TED Radio Hour episode Unstoppable Learning. About Sugata Mitra’s TEDTalk After years of offering children self-supervised …
Book News: Navajo Nation Names Its First Poet Laureate
The daily lowdown on books, publishing, and the occasional author behaving badly. Luci Tapahonso has been named the Navajo Nation’s …
Musical Weather Report
Jonathan Coulton makes it rain in this game, which is full of weather conditions mentioned in popular song titles. Can …
A.J. Jacobs: The Quest To Do Everything
When it comes to learning about unfamiliar ways of living, author A.J. Jacobs believes the best way is to immerse …
‘Greetings From Tim Buckley,’ And From His Shadow
Pop-culture deaths, especially when they come at an early age, have a tendency to turn human beings into instant icons, …
‘In The Air,’ A Sense Of Stakes For A ’70s Youth
In the opening minutes of Something in the Air, the protagonist carves an “A” (for anarchy) into his school desk, …
‘Love Is All You Need,’ Unless Character Matters
When a husband steps out on his wife while she’s getting chemo, she’s entitled to a weekend in the Mediterranean …
Peeling Away The Layers In A ‘Portrait Of Jason’
If reality TV has a redeeming value, it’s that it teaches you to be suspicious of claims that you’re seeing …
In ‘Iron Man 3,’ A Metalhead Gets The Blues
Y’know, I think this bummed-out superhero thing is catching. Depressed Bat-guy, brooding Spider-dude, even the Man of Steel seems existentially …
Send Your Haiku To Mars! NASA Seeks Poets
Galactic poet? Here’s how to become famous. Send your work to Mars! NASA is raising awareness for its upcoming launch …
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