Secrets of the Voynich Manuscript

 

South East Asia's extraordinary freedivers

Scattered through Indonesia, Malaysia and the Philippines, the Bajau are a semi-nomadic tribe of fishers with extraordinary freediving skills. Research has shown that their anatomy has evolved to help them remain underwater for a longer time. The Bajau’s traditional respect for their environment sets them as an example for ocean conservation.

- BBC

 

Plays Well with Others: The Surprising Science Behind Why Everything You Know About Relationships Is (Mostly) Wrong

Eric Barker is a writer and blogger whose work has appeared in the New York Times, The Atlantic, and The Financial Times. His first book, Barking Up the Wrong Tree, was a Wall Street Journal bestseller. His latest, Plays Well with Others, was praised by our curator Daniel Pink as “humorous and profound.”

Below, Eric shares 5 key insights from his new book, Plays Well with Others: The Surprising Science Behind Why Everything You Know About Relationships Is (Mostly) Wrong.

- Next Big Idea Club

 

The Kids in the Hall Have Gotten Old. Their Comedy Hasn’t.

A new documentary explains the undersung Canadian troupe’s brilliance, and a new season of its sketch show confirms it.

The Kids in the Hall were very nearly not the Kids in the Hall. As Mark McKinney recalls in the two-part documentary “The Kids in the Hall: Comedy Punks,” he pushed for the Audience, the name of the group that he had performed in previously with Bruce McCulloch. “Thank God I didn’t win that fight,” he says.

- NY Times

 

Someone made A Putin Mosaic Out Of Penises

This image of the President of Russia is actually a bunch of dicks.

- boingboing