La grotte de Chauvet reconstituée - C’était il y a 36 000 ans!

Pour protéger la grotte de Chauvet-Pont d’Arc, ce trésor de l’humanité, il fallait en faire la réplique. Vingt ans plus tard, le voici enfin accessible. Ce qui frappe d’abord, c’est le silence. Un silence venu du fond des âges. Jamais dans un tel calme, on ne s’attendrait à découvrir un tel scintillement. Car ici tout brille. Comme si des paillettes avaient été répandues sur les murs. Comme si les ocres, les jaunes, lesnacres et les noirs encore humides venaient d’être tracés par la main de l’artiste. Un artiste qui imagina ces formes il y a 36 000 ans.


-Le Devoir

Bad Habits -Extinction Burst

The Misconception: If you stop engaging in a bad habit, the habit will gradually diminish until it disappears from your life.
The Truth: Any time you quit something cold turkey, your brain will make a last-ditch effort to return you to your old ways.

-You Are Not So Smart

Comment le chêne tourne en barrique

Tanin. Entre artisanat et haute technologie, le bois utilisé pour l’élevage du vin subit une transformation minutieuse. C’est l’histoire d’une relation complexe et sensuelle : celle du vin et du tonneau. A y regarder de plus près, on pourrait même parler d’union incestueuse entre le contenu et le contenant tant l’un et l’autre plongent dans les mêmes racines, partagent les mêmes destinées.

-Libération

'My Job Is to Match People Up for Threesomes'

Internet dating can be a fucking minefield. Are you female? Prepare to receive roughly one dick pic per day. Are you male? Keep on keeping on, man; now you've sent more than 70 messages I'm sure someone will reply. Looking to set up a date for three people? Everything gets even trickier.


-Vice

How to nap like a pro

We’ve all heard of the merits of power naps, says Tiffanie Wen, but are there good and bad ways to sleep during the day? Growing up, sleep was considered paramount in my family home. My siblings and I didn’t have many house rules – bedtimes were flexible, we had free reign over microwaved TV dinners (this was the 1980s), and video games. But one thing was always crystal clear: we couldn’t disturb an adult, or another kid, who was taking a nap.


-BBC

The Last Surviving Chained Libraries

Before the printing press made books cheap and easily available, books in the Middle Ages were incredibly scarce and precious. Without a method to mass produce, each book had to carefully copied by hand that took thousands of hours of skilled work. During the later middle ages, when publicly accessible libraries came into being, books were often chained to the shelves allowing the public to read, while at the same time safe-guarding the library’s valuable collection from potential thieves. 

-Amusing Planet

Pictures of New York’s Greenwich Village in the 1910s-1920s

Greenwich Village became widely identified as America's bohemia by the mid-1910s. The radicals who lived in Greenwich Village in the early 20th century rejected traditional structured socialization, preferring instead bohemian informality. Yet they often met in Village hangouts to discuss their ideas about revolution and art. These places, and the individuals that frequented them, earned the Village its reputation as America's Left Bank and attracted tourists and those who wanted to live the bohemian lifestyle.

-Vintage Everyday

The seven ways to have a near-death experience

Seeing a light and a tunnel may be the popular perception of death, but as Rachel Nuwer discovers, reports are emerging of many other strange experiences.

-BBC

20 Banjo Tracks

20 banjo tracks.


-CMIC

Fight Club’s Tyler Durden Is a Minimalist

Fight Club is not a film about fighting. It’s a narrative about life and getting rid of the corporate and cultural influences (or perhaps the confluence of the two) that control our lives. These are some of our favorite minimalist quotes from the film :


-The Minimalists

Personne n'avait vécu dans cette maison depuis 1956

Selon le propriétaire de la maison, elle a été construite en 1956 - mais personne n'a jamais vécu dedans avant qu'il ne s'y installe en 2010 ! Quand il y a emménagé, tous les appareils étaient neufs, jamais utilisés, même les notices étaient encore présentes. Mais pourquoi cet endroit n'a-t-il pas été habité pendant autant de temps ? Ceci est un véritable mystère !

-Demotivateur