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The Week's Links: August 7, 2015

ALL THE LINKS POSTED ON SOCIAL NETWORKS THIS WEEK:

  • Good Libations: A Brief Visual History of Booze owl.li/QoAza
  • The Next Librarian of Congress — The Message owl.li/Qlkhj
  • Which paintings were the most creative of their time? An algorithm may hold the answers owl.li/QkTIe
  • Free: Download Neil deGrasse Tyson’s Short Course, The Inexplicable Universe, in Audio or Video... owl.li/QlL4C
  • The Physics of Some Seriously Awesome MythBusters Stunts owl.li/Qj3hV
  • 8 Contemporary Designers Redefining Typography | The Creators Project owl.li/QlIj0
  • Neil Gaiman’s Philosophical Dream, in a Whimsical Animation Narrated by Amanda Palmer owl.li/QlDIK
  • 3 Typography Tips For A More Comfortable Read owl.li/QiFpA
  • A Neuroscientist Argues That Everybody Is Misunderstanding Fear and Anxiety owl.li/QiEOG
  • Dance Network Steps Up 2 Screens This Fall; Initial Programming Announced owl.li/QiEGE
  • On 70th anniversary of Hiroshima, read John Hersey’s 1946, issue-long story at NewYorker.com owl.li/QAuH0
  • You call that a pirouette? Football players learn ballet owl.li/QiCuG
  • Stolen Rodin sculpture recovered through lucky breaks, persistent chipping owl.li/QiDgx
  • Stunning Sim Shows How Far Hit Songs Have Traveled in Space owl.li/QiIbm
  • Explaining graphic design to four-year-olds owl.li/QiC6L
  • I run a university. I’m also an Uber driver. owl.li/QiBek
  • Facebook now used by half of world's online users - BBC News owl.li/QiAOo
  • The Counterintuitive Art of Leading by Letting Go owl.li/QhNqx
  • TV Legend Norman Lear Tells A Story About How He Beat Writer's Block owl.li/Qi5so
  • The 4 Types of Productivity Styles owl.li/QhNbI
  • “Modern” homepage design increases pageviews and reader comprehension, study finds owl.li/QhURH
  • Inside the 13 Books on the Man Booker Longlist owl.li/QhHbF
  • Why we're drawn to fizzy drinks owl.li/QiBMM
  • How brand-new words are spreading across America owl.li/QhPjJ
  • Why we're drawn to fizzy drinks owl.li/Qhrys
  • BBC Micro:bit—a free single-board PC for every Year 7 kid in the UK owl.li/Qhrtt
  • The White House’s Alpha Geeks — Backchannel owl.li/Qf6qX
  • Watch: 5 Classical Music Gems from Massive New YouTube Archive owl.li/Qenlj
  • Infamously Altered Photos, Before and After Their Edits owl.li/QftJo
  • ◉ Recommended: So You've Been Publicly Shamed - smartercreativity.com/recommendation…
  • Welcome to the Quietest Square Inch in the U.S. owl.li/QcCOs
  • The Story Behind New York Magazine's Powerful Cosby Cover owl.li/QfbKU
  • Edison's Files Reveal the Only Known Voice Recording of Someone Born in the 18th Century - The Atlantic owl.li/QhH5T
  • ◉ The Acceptance of Change owl.li/QlH8r
  • An Introvert’s Guide to Eating and Drinking Out — Human Parts owl.li/Qf6uS
  • Amazing Stanley Kubrick Narrates a Promo Reel for Dr. Strangelove: Features Unused Takes owl.li/Qcbmf
  • History of Icons - a visual brief on icon history by FUTURAMO owl.li/Qbxxf
  • ◉ Ink - Written by Hand - smartercreativity.com/blog/2015/8/3/…
  • The Plan to Beam the Web to 3 Billion Unconnected Humans owl.li/Q8HDr
  • Filmmakers fighting “Happy Birthday” copyright find their “smoking gun” owl.li/Qbxc5
  • ◉ Recommended: The Story of Art - smartercreativity.com/recommendation…
  • Thirteen new spider species discovered in Australia's north owl.li/Q8GTM
  • Haruki Murakami: the moment I knew I would be a novelist owl.li/Q9i8z
  • Study: People read more on sites with modern designs. They also remember more. | Poynter. owl.li/QcbPA
  • Andy Warhol’s Celebrity Polaroids Are Like Retro Instagrams⁰ owl.li/Q8FCM
  • The Full-Throttle Campaign to Keep Ballet Kicking owl.li/Q9gxd
  • Researchers Hack Air-Gapped Computer With Simple Cell Phone owl.li/Q9dxx
  • Ad Age's 2015 Small Agency Awards: See the Winners owl.li/QqjKS
  • ◉ The School of Life: Nigella Lawson on Food and Philosophy owl.li/QlH0Y
  • This Wooden Computer Chip Could Make Recycling Electronics A Lot Easier owl.li/Q7ZuQ
  • Dream Job Of The Week: Culinary Diplomat owl.li/Q7Zfa
  • President Obama will host the first-ever White House Demo Day on August 4th owl.li/Q62TJ
  • The decline of TV viewing in the USA. This Chart Shows Why Comcast Would Be Interested in Vice Media and BuzzFeed owl.li/Q7Tdm
  • Inside the Secret World of Russia’s Cold War Mapmakers owl.li/Q61Cm
  • 25 Lost Cities owl.li/Q6tTy
  • 2-Hour Single-Take Heist Thriller Watch the Trailer for the Single-Take Film that Rocked Darren Aronofsky's World owl.li/Q5NPN
  • Do Fewer Things, More Often owl.li/Q8Cyy
  • Websites, Please Stop Blocking Password Managers. It’s 2015 owl.li/Q6kw8
  • Behind the Lens: Photographing the President in 50 Countries owl.li/Q62XH
  • Tony Fadell: What will Google's $3.2bn guru do next? - BBC News owl.li/Q5fFH
  • My Life as a Magnolia Bakery Cupcake Bouncer owl.li/Q5fAH
  • What Do You Do to Feel More Creative? owl.li/Q5fsP
  • Portuguese scientists discover why pendulum clocks swing together owl.li/Q5fyZ
  • The origin of sci-fi movie sounds owl.li/Q3Sta
  • You Might Not Know Kenny Ortega, But You Probably Know His Choreography owl.li/Q5fyk
  • 28 Important Philosophers List the Books That Influenced Them Most During Their College Days owl.li/Q3Soq
  • The nerd's guide to learning everything online owl.li/Q5fVk
  • What Music Does to Your Brain While You Work owl.li/Q5fwV
  • Being Neurotic Makes It Harder for You to Remember Things smithsonianmag.com/science-nature…
  • Rain is sizzling bacon, cars are lions roaring: the art of sound in movies | Jordan Kisner owl.li/Q0D2Q
  • The Secret Agents Who Protect Obama on the Internet owl.li/Q0ChO
  • How blood pressure works - Wilfred Manzano owl.li/Q02mE
  • Johnnie Walker Introduces High End Whisky Tasting Via Tablet owl.li/Q0Br5
  • How Walking in Nature Changes the Brain owl.li/Q01PP
  • The Art of Video Game Photography owl.li/Q0zsM
  • The world’s most charismatic mathematician | Siobhan Roberts owl.li/Q00rT
  • The origin of sci-fi movie sounds owl.li/Q3MTA
  • ◉ On digital luxury and digital intimacy, Jony Ive and Marc Newson with Suzy Menkes owl.li/Q6bu3
  • Extendable Robot Arms and Exoskeletons Could Benefit from Super-Stretchy Wires | MIT Technology... owl.li/Q0yNb
  • Some of my favorite accounts. NASA’s Social Media Strategy Is Genius—And Kinda Maddening owl.li/Q0eLg