The idea of living like our ancestors has become something of a wellness craze. Take the Paleo diet, barefoot running, and cold plunges — trends that encourage you to shed the comforts of modern living. But anthropologist Michael Gurven, a professor at the University of California, Santa Barbara, says these fads miss the deeper meaning of how our ancestors survived …
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These birds are super loud during sex—and that could teach us something about gender roles
What’s the weirdest thing you learned this week? Well, whatever it is, we promise you’ll have an even weirder answer if you listen to PopSci’s hit podcast. The Weirdest Thing I Learned This Week hits Apple, Spotify, YouTube, and everywhere else you listen to podcasts every-other Wednesday morning. It’s your new favorite source for the strangest science-adjacent facts, figures, and …
Read More »What Burning Man can teach you about yourself and the world, even if you never go
Facebook Tweet Email Link Have you ever wanted to burn a man? In June 1986, the founders of the Burning Man project and nonprofit, Larry Harvey and Jerry James, built a wooden human effigy and set it on fire on San Francisco’s Baker Beach as a symbolic act of letting go of their personal crises. They call it the “First …
Read More »Legendary investor Vinod Khosla advises Gen Z to invest in this one skill because ChatGPT can teach you everything else
In a candid and far-reaching discussion on Nikhil Kamath’s YouTube channel, legendary venture capitalist Vinod Khosla, one of Fortune’s most powerful people in business, delivered some advice for Gen Z. It could be seen as a stark warning or as simple pragmatism: The single most important skill for young workers at this moment is not specialization, but the ability to …
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