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Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays, everyone!
We just wanted everyone to know how much we appreciate everyone and how thankful we are for all our readers and writers here. We wouldn’t be anywhere without you, so thank you all for bringing informative, vulnerable, and important pieces ... | ['Mental Health', 'Health', 'Psychology', 'Science', 'Neuroscience'] |
Your Brain On Coronavirus
A guide to the curious and troubling impact of the pandemic and isolation
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The coronavirus pandemic frustrates and confounds epidemiologists and immunologists, even after months of study. It frustrates politicians and public health officials dealing with mask n... | ['Mental Health', 'Coronavirus', 'Science', 'Psychology', 'Neuroscience'] |
Mind Your Nose
How smell training can change your brain in six weeks — and why it matters.
By Ann-Sophie Barwich
When it comes to training your brain, your sense of smell is possibly the last thing you’d think could strengthen your neural pathways. Learning a new language or reading more books (and fewer social medi... | ['Biotechnology', 'Neuroscience', 'Brain', 'Wellness', 'Science'] |
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You’ve heard of him, haven’t you? Phineas Gage. The railroad worker who survived an explosion that involved an iron rod piercing through his left cheek and out of his brain and skull.
Yeah.
I know.
You’re probably wondering “yeah, alright sweet. What about him?” Well, let’s just say that he was a really popular pati... | ['Brain', 'Health', 'Development', 'Psychology', 'Science'] |
Mentally, Young Adults Are Suffering Most From COVID
“When it comes to having a painful feeling, the only way out is through.”
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“Young individuals reported higher acute stress and depressive symptoms than older respondents, suggesting that despite being most deadly for older p... | ['Society', 'Mental Health', 'Health', 'Nonfiction', 'Coronavirus'] |
How to Turn Your Popular Blog Series Into a Bestselling Book
Thoughts from someone who’s done it five times
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Every serious writer’s dream is to see their name on a bestselling book — one that people eagerly read, review, and tell their friends about.
Is that your dream?
It can c... | ['Books', 'Entrepreneurship', 'Writing', 'Marketing', 'Productivity'] |
Dr Faisal Dar — Pioneer of Liver Transplantation in Pakistan
Dr. Fasial Dar is the pioneer of liver transplantation in Pakistan. He works at Shifa International Hospital, Islamabad where he conducted the first ever transplant in 2010 of a 9 year old boy. Recently, along with his team he has successfully completed 200 ... | ['People', 'Storyfest', 'Health', 'Pakistan', 'Storytelling'] |
Sunlight — The Natural Supplement For Our Mental Health
The science behind how the sun is related to our mental wellbeing
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Yoga, meditation, binaural beats, aroma therapy. All of these are our attempts at improving our mental health. More than ever, this generation has spoken out abo... | ['Self Improvement', 'Mental Health', 'Health', 'Wellness', 'Science'] |
Occam’s dice
Distrusting biological metaphors
“The aim of science is to seek the simplest explanation of complex facts. We are apt to fall into the error of thinking that the facts are simple because simplicity is the goal of our quest. The guiding motto in the life of every natural philosopher should be ‘Seek simpli... | ['Machine Learning', 'Science', 'Neuroscience', 'Psychology', 'Artificial Intelligence'] |
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People want to know why you do what you do.
If you’re an entrepreneur, your investors, customers, and employees want to know why you founded your company. Apply for a job, and recruiters ask about your career path. If you’re a freelancer, everyone is curious about how you got started.
Why do ... | ['Entrepreneurship', 'Personal Development', 'Startup', 'Marketing', 'Storytelling'] |
A few months ago, I wrote an article sharing several writing exercises from famous authors.
Just as pianists practice scales to strengthen their skills like rhythm and timing, writers can sharpen specific skills through deliberate practice.
Since publishing that original article, I’ve been searching for more creative... | ['Productivity', 'Writing', 'Fiction', 'Books', 'Creativity'] |
1. Since immunity to the novel coronavirus may not last long, doesn’t the virus need to be eradicated in order for the pandemic to end?
Humans generally become immune to a pathogen after immunization or recovery from an infection. Depending on the particular disease or vaccine as well as host characteristics such as t... | ['Health', 'Science', 'Wellness', 'Coronavirus', 'Covid 19'] |
As an architect and the author of a book about the psychology of creative space design, I have long wondered why contemporary creatives cluster so willingly in noisy coffee shops. Granted, there’s scientific research that caffeine fuels the imagination, but doesn’t the surrounding din interfere with their ability to th... | ['Writing', 'Psychology', 'Interior Design', 'Design', 'Creativity'] |
“Your subconscious mind works continuously, while you are awake, and while you sleep.” — Napoleon Hill
Your subconscious never rests and is always on duty because it controls your heartbeat, blood circulation, and digestion. It controls all the vital processes and functions of your body and knows the answers to all yo... | ['Productivity', 'Creativity', 'Motivation', 'Startup', 'Life'] |
The Simplest Form of Mindfulness Is Also the Most Effective
Most of us are cognitively aware that our bad habits are, well, BAD. The challenge is that our prefrontal cortex (front section of the brain) that is responsible for this awareness is the first to go offline when we get stressed. When this brain center logs o... | ['Lifestyle', 'Health', 'Wellness', 'Science', 'Psychology'] |
Gather around kids and let me tell you a story. Once upon a time, people grew up and got one job that paid all of their bills, let them save some money, and was enough to do big things like buy a house and put their kids through college.
Once upon a time, that was just what happened. It’s sometimes called the American... | ['Work', 'Productivity', 'Creativity', 'Entrepreneurship', 'Writing'] |
By Rashida Kamal and Vivien Ngo
Enigma’s latest project Food for Thought provides an interactive interface to explore health inspection data for restaurants across New York City. We dug a little deeper into the relationships between these inspection scores and how popular restaurants are with New Yorkers to highlight ... | ['New York', 'Data Visualization', 'Public Data', 'Dataviz', 'Engineering'] |
A Social Worker Offered Mormon Lingo to Me When I Was in Crisis, Told Me to Think Happy Thoughts, and Hung Up on Me — While I Was Still in Crisis Rhett Wilkinson Follow May 26, 2019 · 3 min read
I called a crisis line. You may say it was tragically less than helpful. In fact, it only made the situation worse. The issu... | ['Suicide', 'Mental Health', 'Health', 'Utah', 'Psychology'] |
You’ve spent hours pouring your heart and soul into a blog post.
You’re writing about an important topic that you’re sure will help readers, and you want to convey your message as effectively as possible.
So you’ve edited each paragraph until your eyes ached from staring at the computer screen. You’ve crafted a compe... | ['Marketing', 'Writing', 'Productivity', 'Writing Tips', 'Creativity'] |
Loss Aversion — how fear influences customer choice
Why the possibility of loss is one of the most potent psychological principles in marketing
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Have you ever experienced FOMO — the “Fear of Missing Out”?
It’s a form of social anxiety that makes people scared they’re being lef... | ['Marketing', 'Business', 'Creativity', 'Psychology', 'Startup'] |
The FDA Banned These Chemicals — and They’re Still Everywhere
Antibacterial compounds are no longer in your hand soap, but they’re in your floors, your walls, and in your body.
Just about two years ago, activists who work to reduce environmental contamination from hazardous chemicals were feeling pretty cheerful. Aft... | ['Health', 'Environment', 'Wellness', 'Microbiome', 'Science'] |
There’s a debate that anyone who has spent any amount of time thinking about being a writer has come across. (I’m going to go out on a ledge an say anyone who has thought about being any sort of artist has come up against this debate.)
Should we write because we must or should we write for money?
The must side is so ... | ['Creativity', 'Art', 'Entrepreneurship', 'Productivity', 'Writing'] |
These similarities below are the skills and tools that both roles use. Mainly used by both are the programming languages and tools that help to deploy a Data Science model. Depending on the company, a Data Scientist could expect to work more on deployment, or the same could be said about a Data Engineer.
Most importan... | ['Humor', 'Mental Health', 'Health', 'Coronavirus', 'Science'] |
Don’t Be a Writer, Be an Entrepreneur Who Writes
The world isn’t short of great writers, it’s short of great entrepreneurs who write
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An entrepreneur who writes is different from a writer. Being an entrepreneur means your true passion lies in using your wits to make money. Writing i... | ['Entrepreneurship', 'Writing', 'Startup', 'Marketing', 'Blogging'] |
What Should Systems Neuroscience Do Next? Voltage Imaging
The firing and the wiring at the same time
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The best thing about being a neuroscientist is that neuroscience never stands still. Barely a week passes without some new major result, a sparkling technological breakthrough, a provoking theoretical... | ['Neuroscience', 'Psychology', 'Artificial Intelligence', 'Machine Learning', 'Science'] |
I published my first article in November 2014. I had no idea what I was doing, but I had fun. Ironically, the only way to keep this fun around long-term was to consider writing the most serious job I’ve ever had. So I committed.
Now, over four years later, nothing is the same. Except that part. The fun’s still here. I... | ['Marketing', 'Creativity', 'Art', 'Entrepreneurship', 'Writing'] |
Your Brand is What People Expect From You
Here’s what you can do about it
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When people first meet you, they don’t know what to expect.
So they start judging you by your name, your profile picture, and the title of your blog post.
If you’re a writer, people will probably meet yo... | ['Marketing', 'Writing', 'Business', 'Entrepreneurship', 'Productivity'] |
Writing
The Only Book About Writing You’ll Ever Need
I’ve read it 10 times
Six years ago, I sort of forgot how to write. I’d been publishing on the internet for a little over a year — that first, embarrassing, thrilling, bringing-a-laptop-to-parties year (I’m fun at parties) — and I’d run out of things to say. What ... | ['Books', 'Writing', 'Productivity', 'Writing Advice', 'Creativity'] |
CODE AND DOWNLOADS
The code for this series can be found at this Github repo. The application is run from Jupyter notebook. There are .py (Python) files that will contain code for the layout and data manipulation. I used, and highly recommend, Visual Studio Code for working with these as there are a number of handy ex... | ['Exploratory Data Analysis', 'Dashboard', 'Plotly', 'Visualization', 'Data Analysis'] |
Apple’s Tim Cook, Google’s Sundar Pichai, Amazon’s Jeff Bezos, and Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg beamed into a congressional hearing via video chat today to face 4+ hours of questions about whether they abuse their dominant positions in the market. Spoiler: they said everything’s cool.
By Chloe Albanesius & Michael Kan
... | ['Apple', 'Business', 'Google', 'Facebook', 'Amazon'] |
How to Be Productive and Creative in Times of Panic
It wouldn’t hurt to mute the word ‘coronavirus’ on social media for 24 hours
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Hours after the 9/11 attacks, I finally made it back to my apartment in uptown New York City. Like everyone else lucky enough to return home that day, I exis... | ['Life Lessons', 'Health', 'Creativity', 'Coronavirus', 'Productivity'] |
Making the most of Quora for content marketing
There are several things you can do to boost your chance of having your blog posts receive attention on Quora:
1. Submit answers to popular questions: The most viewed and upvoted answers on Quora tend to have the highest potential to attract outbound traffic. It follows ... | ['Productivity', 'Entrepreneurship', 'Writing', 'Startup', 'Social Media'] |
You Need To Show Up Every Single Day.
“The most important thing about art is to work. Nothing else matters except sitting down every day and trying.” — Steven Pressfield
I used to be a master procrastinator in College. If my professor gave me a task to complete, I’d always find an excuse. I’d say it was too difficult... | ['Creativity', 'Entrepreneurship', 'Blogging', 'Productivity', 'Writing'] |
AI creating Human-Looking Images and Tracking Artificial Intelligence Programs in 2020
Machine Learning Transforming Veterans Benefits
The Dutch artist, Bas Uterwijk is using artificial intelligence to create human portraits from paintings by combining with deep learning to change statutes to human faces.
The same a... | ['AI', 'Technology', 'Future', 'Artificial Intelligence', 'Computer Vision'] |
To evolution, the brain is just a gigantic bag of cells, wired together. The purpose of that gigantic bag of cells is to contribute to the survival of the organism in which it resides, to surviving long enough to reproduce. Those that reproduce, win; those that don’t, don’t.
If a random mutation causes or changes the ... | ['Neuroscience', 'Psychology', 'Artificial Intelligence', 'Machine Learning', 'Science'] |
This article is not intended to be a rant against the news media or Facebook. As I try to do with all my writing, I just want to suggest the possibility of a different perspective. I also want to present some data that supports my differing perspective.
My hypothesis about the current state of malaise and despair that... | ['Economy', 'Society', 'Mental Health', 'Psychology', 'Coronavirus'] |
Avoid Clickbait: Headline Techniques Used by Six Reputable Media Sites
Yes, you can draw in traffic without clickbait. Practical examples included
Illustration by Cynthia Marinakos.
As I write this piece on the 19th of December 2020, Internet Live Stats has clocked over 4.5 billion Google searches. Roughly 306.4 bil... | ['Marketing', 'Headline Hacks', 'Productivity', 'Startup', 'Writing'] |
Many Medium writers are looking for exposure. While making money from the Medium Partner Program is a nice bonus, they primarily want their content to be seen and accessible.
The good news is — if you are a writer, as described above — it is actually very simple to generate massive traffic for your Medium story.
Medi... | ['Social Media', 'Writing', 'Productivity', 'Entrepreneurship', 'Journalism'] |
An introvert is a person who recharges when they are alone. Being around other people depletes their energy, being by themselves renews it.
Writing is such solitary, interior work that it tends to attract introverts. We work well alone. And if we happen to have a little bit of ambivert in us — if we like to be around ... | ['Productivity', 'Writing', 'Work', 'Marketing', 'Creativity'] |
I’ve been asked several times how to add email sign-up forms to Medium blog posts, so I thought I’d write up a quick little how-to.
The Big Question: Yes. Medium allows forms behind the paywall.
I emailed Medium a while back to ask if it’s okay to put an email sign-up form on posts that are part of the Medium Partner... | ['Writing', 'Email', 'Creativity', 'Marketing', 'Entrepreneurship'] |
The Power of Sleep in Learning: Mind-Blowing Science
Many people, sadly, haven’t unlocked this potential their whole lives
W e all know sleep is important for (mental) health, but what do the numbers say?
According to the book:
Sleeping well can boost your learning with 20 to 40% in comparison to those who are slee... | ['Self Improvement', 'Productivity', 'Science', 'Health', 'Entrepreneurship'] |
A machine learning method uncovered a hidden clue in people’s language predictive of the later manifestation of psychosis: the frequent use of words associated with sound. A paper published by the journal npj Schizophrenia released the findings by scientists from Emory University and Harvard University.
Hidden details... | ['Machine Learning', 'Mental Health', 'Health', 'Artificial Intelligence', 'Science'] |
Stay in your lane can mean a couple of things.
Sometimes it means minding your own business. Keeping your head down and just doing your own thing and not worrying about what other people are doing.
Sometimes it means staying within the boundaries of a field of focus — especially if you’re an entrepreneurial type. Bei... | ['Creativity', 'Entrepreneurship', 'Productivity', 'Work', 'Writing'] |
3 Marketing Strategies That Can Work Like Magic
#1 Challenging the customer
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In today’s world, everything has come down to how well you can promote your brand. No matter how well you have implemented your idea or how great your product is, if your audience does not get to know about it, it’s of... | ['Marketing', 'Startup', 'Writing', 'Work', 'Productivity'] |
How The Media Can Prevent Copycat Suicides
Responsible reporting around celebrity suicide goes a long way
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The celebrity death I was most impacted by was Chester Bennington. Chester was the lead singer of Linkin Park, my favorite band as a kid, and the lead behind my favorite songs... | ['Society', 'Mental Health', 'Journalism', 'Health', 'Medium'] |
Thoughts on a medical mystery
How brains learn diseases, and their cures
My father is a pediatric neurologist, with a speciality in epilepsy. He’s always loved the kids he worked with, and treated them like family. Whenever one of his patients died, he’d bring me and my sisters to their funeral. Some I’d known for ye... | ['Neuroscience', 'Health', 'Science', 'Psychology'] |
All the Love you do not see
On writing with heart and hope
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The words I do not recognize are the ones my heart wrote, so feverish with hope every line feels like a hallucination.
And yet, these moments happened and still happen, everything is true. Suddenly, life is poetry and joy... | ['Social Media', 'Future', 'Society', 'Writing', 'Mental Health'] |
Allow Yourself To Be Creative
“There’s no path ’til you walk it”
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Do you get a little nervous before showing someone your artwork or writing? Before clicking publish or submitting to a publication?
I do.
There’s a certain level of fear that comes with being creative — Why?
We’re a... | ['Writing', 'Creativity', 'Motivation', 'Self-awareness', 'Art'] |
When you have a thought for the very first time, it passes and generally doesn’t have too much of an impact on you. However, when it is repeated, your subconscious begins to perceive it not as an observation, but as an important fact that needs to be embedded into the framework of your daily life — an idea that you sho... | ['Leadership', 'Startup', 'Entrepreneurship', 'Coronavirus', 'Psychology'] |
“Every time when it’s really difficult you start asking yourself if this lifestyle is really for you. But when you know that you have a chance to make a difference in the world, then you roll up your sleeves and face the problems. What if this thing does not work — it is still the best time of my life” Tommaso Troiani,... | ['Startup', 'Mental Health', 'Interview', 'Entrepreneurship', 'Psychology'] |
Walking Is Underrated: The Unappreciated Complexity and Power of Walking
“Walking is man’s best medicine!”— Hippocrates
Photo by Yogendra Singh from Pexels. Edited by the author on Canva.
Even though moving around seem simple, it requires considerable brain power
In his book, ‘In Praise of Walking’ [1], Shane O’Mar... | ['Mental Health', 'Health', 'Neuroscience', 'Science', 'Fitness'] |
“Our investigation leaves no doubt that there is a clear and compelling need for Congress and the antitrust enforcement agencies to take action that restores competition, improves innovation, and safeguards our democracy.” — Rep. David Cicilline
After reviewing more than 1.3 million internal documents and interviewing... | ['Apple', 'Google', 'Facebook', 'Amazon', 'Government'] |
The Sustainable Element-Technology Nexus that has Great Potential
A simple and cheap technique to mitigate water pollution
The image is taken from the author’s photo collection
The element carbon forms only 0.025 percent of the earth’s crust by mass. But its particular valency number of 4 gives it a unique capabilit... | ['Technology', 'Sustainability', 'Health', 'Environment', 'Science'] |
How To Write a Powerful Piece of Content in One Hour
Writing can be a long, arduous process — but it doesn’t have to be
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Typically some combination of planning, research, and editing goes into a professional piece of content, which can take several months to perfect. Howe... | ['Marketing', 'Entrepreneurship', 'Efficiency', 'Productivity', 'Writing'] |
Vocal Habit 1: Monotone
Modulation of the acoustic energy within the frequencies of the human voice that characterize music, similar to vocal prosody, will recruit and modulate the neural regulation of the middle ear muscles [auditory ossicles], functionally calm the behavioral and physiological state by increasing va... | ['Mental Health', 'Health', 'Self Improvement', 'Psychology', 'Science'] |
Food Cravings: Microscopic Puppetmasters Might Be Involved
5 arguments that gut microbes can manipulate food choices.
Image by OpenClipart-Vectors from Pixabay
Resisting food cravings can be a nightmare for some and a struggle for many. While the cause of food cravings itself is multifaceted — encompassing environme... | ['Mental Health', 'Food', 'Health', 'Psychology', 'Science'] |
AI Diagnoses Alzheimer’s With More Than 95% Accuracy
Alzheimer’s is the 6th leading cause of death in the United States.
All the illustrations were edited by the author via Canva
A little 30-second video. By Science for Real.
Subscribe to my newsletter to receive articles about science, healthcare, technology, and ... | ['Machine Learning', 'Health', 'Artificial Intelligence', 'Neuroscience', 'Science'] |
A not entirely serious future history of neuroscience
And it shall come to pass.
Credit: Pixabay
Author’s note: resting for a moment in a dark corner of the Society for Neuroscience conference’s poster hall, on the quiet solitude of the Wednesday afternoon in the History of Neuroscience aisle, a shambling figure, be... | ['Neuroscience', 'Artificial Intelligence', 'Psychology', 'Science', 'Machine Learning'] |
The 3 Best Ways to Respond to Negative Comments on Your Articles
We’re writers, not comedians — dealing with critics is difficult
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That was the infamous response comedian and poet: John Cooper Clarke gave when being insulted by a member of a live studio audience.
Sadly, us writers aren... | ['Writing', 'Productivity', 'Psychology', 'Marketing', 'Freelancing'] |
How to Escape a Writers Slump in The Easiest Way Possible
A guide specially made for creators who are struggling to stay consistent
Photo by Korhan Erdol from Pexels
The right working environment can stimulate creativity and innovation. Colours, lighting, sounds and arrangement all influence how creative people are.... | ['Motivation', 'Inspiration', 'Productivity', 'Writing', 'Creativity'] |
How Antibiotics Could Alter the Child’s Mind and Body Development
The lesser-known health risks of antibiotics in children.
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Although antibiotics use has decreased overall since the early 2000s, it is not the case for respiratory diseases. In the US, it is estimated that antibiotics were prescri... | ['Mental Health', 'Health', 'Life', 'Psychology', 'Science'] |
1. “What’s so special about being human?”
Yes, it’s Jose Mourinho. If I had to explain, it wouldn’t be funny.
What’s so special about the human brain? A question broad and deep, one that has obsessed thinkers since Antiquity. Our once god-like status, apart and above from all animals, now steadily eroded by science, ... | ['Neuroscience', 'Science', 'Psychology', 'Artificial Intelligence'] |
Whenever I have a self-proclaimed epiphany about what topic to write about next, it’s usually short-lived.
More often than not, I will encounter articles that cover similar, if not the exact, same topic or spread the same message. To make matters worse, the pieces are far more eloquently written and contain much bette... | ['Self-awareness', 'Creativity', 'Psychology', 'Writing', 'Self Improvement'] |
How a 77-Year-Old Theory Can Help You Write Wonderful Headlines
Look to Maslow’s hierarchy of needs to understand and uplift your readers during COVID — and beyond
Illustration by Cynthia Marinakos.
He had a dream.
A vision.
A vision of a peace table where people would sit around discussing the important things in... | ['Headline Hacks', 'Writing', 'Psychology', 'Creativity', 'Productivity'] |
An actionable post to get going with your mobile app idea
In this post, I give you actionable advice on what to think about and consider before you start building your mobile app business idea. As a web- and mobile developer with over 16 years of experience on his belt, I’ve learned what needs consideration before you... | ['Mobile App Development', 'Product Development', 'Entrepreneurship', 'Startup', 'Development'] |
A few months ago, I wrote a review of award-winning editor Jack Hart’s book Storycraft: The Complete Guide to Writing Narrative Nonfiction.
(That’s my Amazon affiliate link above — I’ll make a small comission if you buy a copy at no extra cost to you. Thanks!)
Storycraft is one of my favorite books on the craft of wr... | ['Productivity', 'Creativity', 'Writing', 'Fiction', 'Books'] |
How Much Sleep Do You Need?
There are links between excessive sleep and cardiovascular disease, obesity and diabetes.
All the illustrations were edited by the author via Canva
Subscribe to my newsletter to receive articles about science, healthcare, technology, and happiness! | ['Health', 'Neuroscience', 'Mental Health', 'Sleep', 'Science'] |
After many years of work, I finally got my first copies of Mind Management, Not Time Management! The Kindle edition is now available for pre-order.
You’ve done everything you can to save time. Every productivity tip, every “life hack,” every time management technique.
But the more time you save, the less time you hav... | ['Books', 'Productivity', 'Writing', 'Creativity', 'Time Management'] |
Proteins are found essentially in all organisms, and they are basically a sequence of amino acids that are arranged in a particular structure. For many decades, scientists have been able to accurately compute the sequence of amino acids, but however, accurately predicting the structure of the protein has always been a ... | ['AI', 'Artificial Intelligence', 'Health', 'Protein', 'Science'] |
Last week I had a great time at NEXT in San Francisco where Google audaciously, in front of 25,000 people outlined where it is heading with Google Cloud. Below is my synthesis on the vast amount of material that was conveyed.
Only 5–10% of payloads that will end up on public cloud, have been migrated
It was highlight... | ['Big Data', 'Cloud Computing', 'Kubernetes', 'Google', 'Google Cloud Platform'] |
Do Headlines Really Make a Difference?
First impressions count
Illustration by Cynthia Marinakos
It gets a little confusing.
What really gets writers noticed?
Quality writing. Formatting. Getting curated. Submitting to publications. Headlines.
Writing a lot. Writing less with quality. Getting claps. Shares. Reads... | ['Marketing', 'Headline Hacks', 'Productivity', 'Creativity', 'Writing'] |
Business Potential of AI in promoting circular Economy
1. Environmental impact analysis and monitoring
From CSR to ESG, most businesses today have good intentions to stand up to their environmental and social responsibilities. Nevertheless, in order for them to reduce its environmental impact, they need to first esti... | ['Economics', 'Big Data', 'Sustainability', 'AI', 'Artificial Intelligence'] |
How to Write Something People Will Actually Read
“Just write every day” is not the answer
Photo by Retha Ferguson from Pexels
The writer’s job is not to write. It is to think and to make others think.
This is a hard job today. It isn’t because people are getting dumber (although it seems that way at times). It’s be... | ['Work', 'Entrepreneurship', 'Writing', 'Creativity', 'Productivity'] |
What It’s Like to Have an ADHD Brain
And how I found refuge from the nonstop chaos inside my own head
I’ve always sought comfort in familiar things. I rewatch the same TV shows. I reread the same books. I listen to the same songs for months on end. My routine isn’t about scheduling — it’s about having a shortlist of ... | ['Mental Health', 'Brain', 'Psychology', 'Great Escape', 'Science'] |
You complain.
You are complaining that other writers have it easier than you.
Yes. Some writers will just take off. Like my previous example of writer Allie Brosh. Good for them. Be happy for them, even if the only reason you are happy for them is that complaining will not be good for your writing career.
There is a... | ['Entrepreneurship', 'Self-awareness', 'Productivity', 'Money', 'Writing'] |
“If you live for the love of other’s, you will die from their rejection.” Lecrae
Followers, claps, likes, and views all have one thing in common — they’re distractions. These stats distract from the reason you started writing to begin with and that’s to create quality content that people everyone can enjoy reading.
W... | ['Entrepreneurship', 'Writing', 'Self Improvement', 'Creativity', 'Productivity'] |
There’s been quite a bit of talk on the internet both for and against waking up at 5 AM in the morning. As someone who has religiously woken up early and also outright avoided it, I have arguments on both sides. What I’ve come to the conclusion, though, is that while it certainly can be beneficial — it certainly isn’t ... | ['Mental Health', 'Health', 'Productivity', 'Psychology', 'Self Improvement'] |
Introduction to ILLUMINATION Writers
Discover ILLUMINATION Writers
BIOs of writers from their pen
Photo by Hannah Olinger on Unsplash
The purpose of this article is to introduce our writers and editors from their pen on ILLUMINATION. We have a diverse set of writers and editors reflecting insights from various doma... | ['Health', 'Entrepreneurship', 'Startup', 'Leadership', 'Writing'] |
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Land degradation is a worldwide issue affecting more than 3.2 billion. When the land is degraded through soil erosion, salinization or pollution, it loses its wildlife and its ecosystem services.
In the future, it will be important to rehabilitate degraded landscapes and seascape... | ['Climate Change', 'Environment', 'Science', 'Sustainability', 'Future'] |
Music Star Alex Boye Is Doing an Anti-Suicide Concert. The Former Member of the Mormon Tabernacle Choir Performed in an Anti-Gay Marriage Event. Does He Have Regrets? Rhett Wilkinson Follow Aug 21, 2019 · 3 min read
Just six years ago, Alex Boye entrenched himself in the predominant culture in Utah when he performed i... | ['Utah', 'Music', 'Art', 'Musicians', 'Mormon'] |
More insight into our code:
Lets now discuss each section of our FTPIngestion class in some detail.
init method
This is the init method also called as the constructor of our class. When we create an object of our FTPIngestion class all the attributes get set at object creation time. Values for each attribute are bei... | ['Python', 'AWS', 'Data Lake', 'Big Data', 'Ftp'] |
I am always fascinated by all the wonderful things people can create. Vaccines are one of those things. We have the ability to find ways to become immune to viruses without getting sick.
But sometimes, people can really disappoint me.
A survey conducted by the AP-NORC Center in May 2020 showed that 49% of Americans p... | ['Health', 'Covid 19', 'Society', 'Coronavirus', 'Science'] |
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It is very easy these days to find ourselves overcommitted and overwhelmed as we try to “fit it all in.”
There are many demands for our time and attention, pulling us in a thousand different directions, and countless distractions to derail us from what really matters.
It is all too comm... | ['Technology', 'Health', 'Productivity', 'Creativity', 'Entrepreneurship'] |
In 2019, former CIA agent Yael Eisenstat was specifically hired by Facebook to help reform how the company works with political disinformation and politic ads that contain lies. She quickly bounced out, outraged at Facebook’s inability to take a sober look in the mirror. In short order, she became a vocal critic.
Yael... | ['Facebook', 'Conflict', 'Business', 'Trust', 'Startup'] |
Reading, writing and displaying images
Before we can do anything with computer vision, we need to be able to read and understand how images are processed by computers. The only information computers can process is binary information (0 and 1), this includes text, images, and video.
How do computers work with images
... | ['Artificial Intelligence', 'Python', 'Computer Vision', 'AI', 'Data Science'] |
I say yes. Do it all.
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There are so many styles of writers who write on various subjects and in various themes.
There is:
The deep thinking essayist.
The lighthearted one-minute-wit writer.
The haiku poet.
The short story fiction writer.
The limerick poet.
The horror writer.
The serious poet.
T... | ['Inspiration', 'Writing', 'Motivation', 'Creativity', 'Books'] |
I wrote at least a thousand words a day every day from the age of twelve on. — Ray Bradbury, Zen and the Art of Writing
When I interviewed Julien Smith for the first time in 2012, he had one of the most popular blogs on the internet. Of all the things he shared with me in our conversation, one thing he said stood out ... | ['Writing', 'Motivation', 'Life', 'Creativity', 'Productivity'] |
Infection | Brain
Anorexia Has A Bacterial Origin, Researchers Say
It’s too naive to think anorexia arises from psychosocial factors alone, researchers argue.
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Sitting at the 3rd most common disease affecting adolescent females, anorexia is characterized by severe calorie restricti... | ['Innovation', 'Mental Health', 'Health', 'Psychology', 'Science'] |
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Imagine that you are a storyteller and/or a screenwriter. It is the year 2120. A starship is leaving the Earth. 12 crew members are on it. You will create a science fiction story using this prompt.
Please follow the steps below and try to quickly respond to each question. You might use quick b... | ['Creativity', 'Personal Development', 'Future', 'Storytelling', 'Writing'] |
Tell Your Mood to F*ck Off, Push Your Mind Harder, and Create
I found that if I have to wait to “be in the mood” to produce, I would never get anything done
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I know a few of you will disagree with me. “But Jason. You can’t force the creative process!” or, “If you have to force it, you shouldn’... | ['Writing', 'Blogging', 'Mental Health', 'Productivity', 'Creativity'] |
Some sports fans will remember Doug Flutie’s epic Hail Mary throw in the final seconds of the Orange Bowl in 1984. The throw was an act of desperation as there were only 6 seconds left at the beginning of the play, and a field goal was not an option as Boston College was down by 4 points. Flutie called the “55 Flood Ti... | ['Environment', 'Future', 'Design', 'Sustainability', 'Climate Change'] |
Having a high control of themselves is the job of a skilled leader. Needless to say, there is no person in this world who could suppress panics and strong emotions without eventually becoming physically or psychologically ill.
The interviewed founders shared learnings that helped them to become stronger winners at the... | ['Coaching', 'Mental Health', 'Psychology', 'Startup', 'Entrepreneurship'] |
The morning after the night before always hurts and I’m not sanguine about my chances of making it to the bathroom without vomiting on myself. Then again, I last had a meal two days ago. This is likely empty nausea, the kind you get after your brain took a beating because depression intensified. I’m teetotal but I stil... | ['Self', 'Mental Health', 'Society', 'Creativity', 'Psychology'] |
Querying Data from DynamoDB in Amazon Athena
Amazon Athena now enables users to run SQL queries across data stored in relational, non-relational, object, and custom data sources. With federated querying, customers can submit a single SQL query that scans data from multiple sources running on-premises or hosted in the ... | ['Software Development', 'AWS', 'Amazon Athena', 'Data Lake', 'Cloud Computing'] |
Solitude has a stigma. Our society harshly judges a solo life in any capacity — from the simple decisions of attending a movie alone to the major life choices of not getting married. When we see people alone, we may think they are antisocial, defective, or even criminal in nature. This toxic judgement prevents us from ... | ['Music', 'Mental Health', 'Psychology', 'Analysis', 'Art'] |
When you think of working at Google, what likely comes to mind are the legendary perks, the game rooms, free haircuts, and napping pods. But while the Silicon Valley titan has earned a reputation as a leader in corporate sustainability, less evident is its use of certain perks to encourage employees to reduce their own... | ['Climate Change', 'Renewable Energy', 'Google', 'Sustainability', 'Vegan'] |
J.K. Rowling’s Advice For Writers With Big Dreams
A simple and highly effective way to up your game
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J.K. Rowling is the richest writer in the world.
Making a fortune on children’s book seems impossible. But it happened for her, and it happened again and again.
As legend has it, Harry ... | ['Success', 'Creativity', 'Entrepreneurship', 'Productivity', 'Writing'] |
September 22 marked the beginning of autumn, and it reminded me of this wonderful quote from The Great Gatsby,
“Life starts all over again when it gets crisp in the fall.”
As the quote repeated itself in my brain, I wondered what part of the book it came from. There are so many quotes like this one that people lift f... | ['Creativity', 'Books', 'Fiction', 'Productivity', 'Writing'] |
Mesensei is a company that designs and creates mobile solutions for organisations and companies. The company turned to Kodan when they wanted to renew some of their software development processes and make them more effective, productive and cost-effective. After some brainstorming, we decided to focus on transforming p... | ['AWS', 'Cloud Computing', 'Mobile App Development', 'Microservices'] |
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