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The Week's Links: January 15, 2016

ALL THE LINKS POSTED ON SOCIAL NETWORKS THIS WEEK:

  • Fascinating 1920s and 1930s Book Jackets From the NY Public Library owl.li/WRZbH
  • The White House Is Joining With Genius to Annotate History | WIRED owl.li/WV1ZP
  • 3 ways the brain creates meaning owl.li/WUmAg
  • We asked 15 typographers to describe their favorite letterforms. Here's what they told us. owl.li/WM2CU
  • The Tech Behind Netflix's Worldwide Expansion Is a Big Deal for the Whole Internet owl.li/WM2yS
  • ◉ The story of the legendary CalArts in a video produced by Walt Disney Productions owl.li/WRD5I
  • The Dark Web Now Hosts a Major News Site owl.li/WLRU2
  • When Should a Robot Say No to Its Human Owner? owl.li/WM0Fn
  • Canadians Are Cutting $20 Bills In Half To Create A New, Locals-Only Currency owl.li/WLH5h
  • 28 Authors on the Books That Changed Their Lives owl.li/WLUZR
  • ◉ David Bowie On Feeling Safe On What You Are Working On - smartercreativity.com/blog/2016/1/13…
  • These Photos Show New York's Disappearing Mom-And-Pop Stores owl.li/WLGQg
  • Researchers see potential role for dance in treating neurodegenerative disorders owl.li/WLU6A
  • Six Photographers Each Have A Photo Session With The Same Man - The Results Will Definitely Surprise You! - Most... owl.li/WOt9z
  • George Orwell Explains in a Revealing 1944 Letter Why He’d Write 1984 owl.li/WLTMX
  • Why mathematicians find math thrilling owl.li/WLcML
  • Meet the “Telharmonium,” the First Synthesizer (and Predecessor to Muzak), Invented in 1897 owl.li/WLcDS
  • ◉ Discovering the Virtues of a Wandering Mind owl.li/WRCXW
  • 18th-Century Souvenirs From Epic Festivals Held on the Frozen River Thames owl.li/WL9o6
  • Eight countries. 2,055 nuclear tests. 71 years – mapped owl.li/WLbf4
  • 3 Timeless Rules for Making Tough Decisions owl.li/WL8Pt
  • Top 10 in Arts Education 2015 | ARTS Blog owl.li/WLasI
  • How to Teach Multiplication by Teaching Art - Education Week owl.li/WL8BD
  • ◉ “What do I want?” Here’s a better question -  smartercreativity.com/blog/2016/1/5/…
  • The Wisdom of Alan Watts in Four Thought-Provoking Animations owl.li/WLanz
  • Two Saturnian moons, lined up owl.li/WLgoi
  • Revolutionary Neuroscience Technique Slated for Human Clinical Trials owl.li/WL9HM
  • Lego a 'better investment than shares and gold' owl.li/WL8nS
  • Students Turn Leonardo da Vinci's Design Into the World's Longest Ice Bridge owl.li/WL7V6
  • ◉ The Small Details (A TED Remix) owl.li/WRCKs
  • The business case against overtime owl.li/WHLVE
  • Tech Wizardry Solves Mysteries of Egypt’s Royal Mummies owl.li/WIOw8
  • Some very useful tips and tricks for Mac OS X users : Part 1 owl.li/WFbPK
  • In the age of big data, arts are a refuge for idiosyncrasy - The Buffalo News owl.li/WIOkA
  • The only technique to learn something new owl.li/WF6b6
  • ◉ Study Finds That Smart People Live Longer Than Not-Smart People - smartercreativity.com/blog/2016/1/5/…
  • A Radical Reinterpretation of Einstein’s Theory — NOVA Next | PBS owl.li/WIriv
  • 10 Most Exciting SciTech Advances of 2015 - Singularity HUB owl.li/WL8tC
  • What We Expect to See in Robotics and Artificial Intelligence in 2016 | MIT Technology Review owl.li/WIlDA
  • An Arcane Patent Law May Decide Crispr’s Big Legal Fight owl.li/WEZm5
  • How one scientist is growing miniature brains in her lab owl.li/WEZ9M
  • ◉ How "Eureka!" Affects the Brain owl.li/WRCCu
  • Richard Sapper, Designer Of IBM's ThinkPad, Has Died owl.li/WEUTT
  • Gallery: How to speak jellyfish owl.li/WEZ4K
  • Next-Gen Wi-Fi Will Actually Connect the Internet of Things owl.li/WEUmF
  • This Image of the Universe Captures Its Immensity owl.li/WEWQi
  • ◉ Recommended: The Familiar, Volume 1: One Rainy Day in May - smartercreativity.com/recommendation…
  • ◉ The Hollywood Reporter's Director Oscar Roundtable - smartercreativity.com/blog/2016/1/5/…
  • This perfect photo of a kingfisher was 720,00 pictures in the making owl.li/WETaR
  • Five New Habits That Will Make You More Organized In 2016 owl.li/WEV4z
  • See Police Sketches Of Literary Characters Made Using Book Descriptions owl.li/WF2Ik
  • The Next Phase Of UX: Designing Chatbot Personalities owl.li/WEUX1
  • When Do You Become an Adult? - The Atlantic owl.li/WESL8
  • Behind a Shopping Center in New Jersey, Signs of a Mass Extinction - The New York Times owl.li/WEGVV
  • Wow, There Were Just So Many Hacks in 2015 owl.li/WyYH2
  • Meet The Inventor of Auto-Tune owl.li/WCE7X
  • Disney’s Awesome New Robot Can Climb Walls owl.li/WyYsW
  • 4 new elements complete periodic table’s seventh row | PBS NewsHour owl.li/WCDGr
  • These Are the Oldest Trees on the Planet owl.li/Wylzz
  • Here's How Your Brain Prevents You From Following Your Intentions owl.li/WCs7t
  • Queen: We Are the Champions, isolated vocals owl.li/WESSU
  • Can upstarts like Vice and Buzzfeed keep their cool? owl.li/WCrJr
  • British Library digitizes George III's massive map collection owl.li/Wy2b1
  • The Untold Story Of The Invention Of The Game Cartridge owl.li/Wwh7m
  • 10 Unsung Graphic Design Visionaries You Should Know owl.li/WuH0O
  • RSC takes Shakespeare to China owl.li/Wwgfx
  • A New Doc Reveals How Cartoonists Get Their Work In "The New Yorker" owl.li/WuGOJ
  • The Year in Game-Changing Journalism: The Best Articles from 2015 owl.li/WwgeE
  • China Box Office Grows Astonishing 49 Percent in 2015, Hits $6.78 Billion - Hollywood Reporter owl.li/WuGpG
  • Mark Zuckerberg and Priscilla Chan's LLC Could Be the New Face of Philanthropy | Big Think owl.li/Wylxo
  • Bruno Munari Will Make You Fall In Love With Books All Over Again owl.li/WuH4C
  • Michael Bierut On How Graphic Design Can Accomplish Close To Anything owl.li/WuH2k
  • Read This Google Email About Time Management Strategy owl.li/WtLrU
  • Here Are the Best Things That Happened During Every Day of 2015 owl.li/WtKWp
  • ◉ Statistics (A TED Remix) owl.li/WCC8G
  • Extremely Detailed Woodcut Print Completed After 3 Years of Meticulous Hand-Carving owl.li/WtJlI
  • George Saunders Demystifies the Art of Storytelling in a Short Animated Documentary owl.li/WtKsw
  • Caffeine Junkies, Rejoice! Coffee Just Got Cheaper owl.li/WtJk2
  • 28 Tips for Writing Stories from Edgar Allan Poe, William Faulkner, Ernest Hemingway & F. Scott Fitzgerald owl.li/WtKnt
  • Researchers Discover Glow-In-The-Dark Shark owl.li/WtJii
  • I read 164 books in 2015 and tracked them all in a spreadsheet. Here's what I learned. owl.li/WtJrR
  • Peak TV: Surge From Streaming Services, Cable Pushes 2015 Scripted Series Tally to 409 owl.li/WtLv9
  • 5 brainiac brain facts (illustrated by TED-Ed GIFs) owl.li/WtJnV
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