Words of Wisdom — February 4, 2014

Rosa Parks on Perseverance

“I had no idea that history was being made. I was just tired of giving up.”- Rosa Parks (born on this date in 1913)

“I had no idea that history was being made. I was just tired of giving up.”
– Rosa Parks (born on this date in 1913)

Who — or what — really controls your mind?

More than a century ago, Halifax suffered an accidental blast one-fifth the size of the atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima.

Dive into the twisted truths and concealed realities told by literature’s most unreliable narrators.

If you don’t feel better after the weekend, the “burnout paradox” could explain why.

▸

7 min

—

with

If you can identify a foreground star, the spike patterns are a dead giveaway as to whether it’s a JWST image or any other observatory.

Up Next

Bill Nye argues that we need a generation of scientifically literate students in order to be successful in the 21st century.