ARTICLES OF INTEREST
June 11, 2021
QUOTE(S) OF THE WEEK
“The difficulty lies, not in the new ideas, but in escaping from the old ones, which ramify, for those brought up as most of us have been, into every corner of our minds.” – John Maynard Keynes
“Art is a refining and evocative translation of the materials of the world.” – Gwendolyn Brooks
"Certain people – men, of course – discouraged me, saying [science] was not a good career for women. That pushed me even more to persevere." – Francoise Barre
“The scientist has marched in and taken the place of the poet. But one day somebody will find the solution to the problems of the world and remember, it will be a poet, not a scientist.” – Frank Lloyd Wright
“In an extreme view, the world can be seen as only connections, nothing else. We think of a dictionary as the repository of meaning, but it defines words only in terms of other words. I liked the idea that a piece of information is really defined only by what it's related to, and how it's related. There really is little else to meaning. The structure is everything. There are billions of neurons in our brains, but what are neurons? Just cells. The brain has no knowledge until connections are made between neurons. All that we know, all that we are, comes from the way our neurons are connected.” – Tim Berners- Lee
“Every generation of humans believed it had all the answers it needed, except for a few mysteries they assumed would be solved at any moment. And they all believed their ancestors were simplistic and deluded. What are the odds that you are the first generation of humans who will understand reality?” – Scott Adams
“We are drowning in information, while starving for wisdom. The world henceforth will be run by synthesizers, people able to put together the right information at the right time, think critically about it, and make important choices wisely.” – E. O. Wilson
VIDEO(S) OF THE WEEK
Watch You Are Not Who You Were: Healing from The Long-Term Effects of Childhood Trauma The Science and Entertainment Exchange
Science with Sam: What would happen if there was no moon? New Scientist
Watch You Are Not Who You Were: Healing From The Long-Term Effects Of Childhood Trauma The Science & Entertainment Exchange
Exercise Courage in Everyday Life | Kellylee Evans CreativeMornings | Ottawa
Love Train feat. Jason Mraz, Chad Smith, Yo-Yo Ma | Turnaround Arts Playing For Change
A Clip in Extreme Slow Motion Shows Every Detail of Simone Biles's Amazing Triple-Double Colossal
Woman with only a 2 percent chance to live amazes America's Got Talent with performance Upworthy
'Black Creativity: Art and Activism' exhibit now displayed at Museum of Science and Industry Fox 32 Chicago
FEATURED EVENTS/OPPORTUNITIES
Viewfinder: Women’s Film and Video from the Smithsonian Because of HER Story | Smithsonian Monthly Series | First Thursday of the Month
EmTech Next | Virtual Conference MIT Technology Review Through June 11
Black creatives never stopped creating Chicago Reader Through July 4
AAAS celebrates 25 years connecting science and religion Science | AAAS June 15
Call for Short Papers for the 12th International Conference on Computational Creativity (ICCC'21), Mexico Virtual The Creativity Post Deadline: June 21
Keep Music Alive to Teach 50 Lessons Across 50 States to Celebrate Make Music Day EIN Presswire June 21
Fourth Annual GirlCon Conference Aims to Empower Young Women in STEM PR Newswire June 27 - 30
NEW Have an idea to share? Apply to our TED Idea Search: Latin America 2021 TED Blog Deadline: July 16
Nominations sought for prestigious National Medal of Technology and Innovation United States Patent and Trademark Office Deadline: July 30
2021 Play Make Learn Virtual Conference Professional Learning and Community Education, UW-Madison School of Education August 5 – 6
NEW Milwaukee World Festival, Inc. Announces Return of Summerfest Tech Urban Milwaukee September 8
Call for Applications for the International Jazz Day Global Host City 2022 is now open UNESCO Deadline: October 1
NEW 2021 ENCATC Digital Congress ENCATC October 19 – 22
Sharing Stories: The Case for Art Alliance for the Arts in Research Universities November 3 - 5 | Online
Conference proposals are due by May 21.
TED Women 2021 TED December 1 – 3 | Palm Springs
Call for Articles | General Issue European Journal of Cultural Management and Policy | ENCATC Deadline: Ongoing
Idea Jams 2020/2021 Canadian Network for Imagination and Creativity Series
CreativeMornings | a monthly breakfast lecture series CreativeMornings Various
Nesta Talks to... Nesta Various
Interactive Map | Science Festivals Science Festival Alliance Various
ARTICLES OF INTEREST
Why Creativity Is Tanking Michael Easter | Medium
The Role of the Cerebellum in Creativity and Imagination Mind Shift | Psychology Today
Covid vaccine fact-checks have a problem: Few people are clicking Nieman Lab
Political and Urban-Rural Divides Prolong The Digital Divide Opinion | WIRED
What happens in the brain when people make music together? Neuroscientists highlight five brain functions that contribute to social connection through music EurekAlert! | AAAS
Why A.I. Should Be Afraid of Us The New York Times
UNESCO report calls for substantial increases in investment in science in the face of growing crises UNESCO
Companies fire employees for these personality traits, but maybe they should be getting bonuses Fast Company
TitletownTech illustrates growth of Wisconsin’s innovation economy Watertown Daily Times
UW-Parkside undergrad wins Wisconsin Big Idea Tournament University of Wisconsin System News
Five up-and-coming entrepreneurs recognized for breakthrough innovations Newswire.ca
Winner Art of Neuroscience competition announced EurekAlert! | AAAS
Movies, music and pictures can train synthetic brain Cornell Chronicle
An unprecedented push to save historic Black homes is on Crain’s Chicago Business
New Jersey Drafting Guidelines to Bring Diversity to STEM Government Technology
University Innovation Alliance Adds First New Members; Publishes New Data on Existing Institutions' Ambitious Graduation Goals The Blue Mountain Eagle
Dancing for STEM summer camp The Gainesville Sun
Math Books you should read in 2021 Data Science Rush | Medium
The Vaccines We Have Are Good. But They Could Be So Much Better. Guest Essay | The New York Times
Three F.D.A. Advisers Resign Over Agency’s Approval of Alzheimer’s Drug The New York Times
This gorgeous pavilion is made almost entirely of waste Fast Company
Post-pandemic life has thrust us into the 6th stage of grief: the search for meaning Fast Company
“No problem” is a problem Seth’s Blog
Why Musicians Make Powerful Mental Health Advocates Brick by Brick | Psychology Today
Nestruck on Theatre: Science may save us from the pandemic – but creativity could have made it less painful The Globe & Mail
Princeton Dumbs Down Classics - And that might be the right way to save classics from oblivion. The Atlantic
Our Little Life Is Rounded with Possibility Nautilus
Abu Dhabi Will Pump Another $6 Billion Into Its Culture Industry as It Looks to Transition Its Economy From Oil to Tourism artnet news
Oxford University Press to end centuries of tradition by closing its printing arm The Guardian
Hollywood’s New Crown Prince of Musicals The Atlantic
Truth, Reading, Decadence First Things
19 Illustrators Celebrate What They Love About Asian Culture in a Print Sale Raising Funds to Combat Racism Colossal
Apple wants to own the interface between you and your doctor Fast Company
Western monarch butterflies are nearly extinct. California has a plan to save them The Guardian
How Four Women Made Miami More Equitable For Startups Forbes
8 MIT Sloan stories about building an inclusive innovation economy MIT Sloan News
A Recovery for All of Us: New York City Invests $1 Billion in Life Sciences NYC.gov
How a Seasoned Silicon Valley Veteran Keeps Innovation at the Forefront of Business Entrepreneur
Cultivating creativity New Ulm Journal
The Trojan “Angel” of Palo Alto USC Viterbi School of Engineering
The advice 6 experts gave for digital leaders in the technology innovation era Becker's Hospital Review
Senate passes bill to boost US science and tech innovation to compete with China USA TODAY
Also Statement of President Joe Biden on Senate Passage of the US Innovation and Competition Act Whitehouse.gov
Leahy, Sanders split on expansive tech innovation bill passed by US Senate vtdigger.org
What Really Happened When Google Ousted Timnit Gebru WIRED
Also Behind the Paper That Led to a Google Researcher’s Firing WIRED
Timnit Gebru’s Exit From Google Exposes a Crisis in AI WIRED
Comprehensive Anatomy of All ‘Design Thinking’ Workshops UX Collective
Ready, Set ... Think! Hackathon Aims To Kill Off Fake Health Rumors NPR News, Wisconsin Public Radio
The return of innovation Prince Albert Daily Herald
Neuroscience Startup: This $60 Patch Boosts Memory 20% Forbes
People Without a "Mind's Eye" May Have Weaker Brain Connections Technology Networks
Common mechanism found for diverse brain disorders: Study EurekAlert! |AAAS
Neuroscientists Have Discovered a Phenomenon That They Can't Explain The Atlantic
These innovative designs are tackling taboo health issues for women CNN Style
Women in Tech: Vonda Page Silicon Prairie News
AMC Shares Are on a Wild Reddit Investor Fueled Ride, Will It Last? Variety
A robot is killing weeds by zapping them with electricity Business Evolved | CNN Business
Where Did the Rainbow Flag Come From, Anyway? Smithsonian Voices | National Museum of American History
Riz Ahmed, Pillars Fund & Ford Foundation Unveil the Blueprint for Muslim Inclusion (EXCLUSIVE) Variety
New York Times Publishes Then Deletes Article Claiming Watermelons Were Found on Mars Futurism
The most detailed 3D map of the Universe ever made Nature
11 Salubrious Activities the Cleverest Entrepreneur Should Schedule to Avoid Burnout PRNewswire
How One Fastly Customer Broke the Internet Gizmodo
Scientists Find Unusual Form of Iron and Copper in Brains of Alzheimer's Patients Gizmodo
‘Bob Ross Virtual Art Gallery’ Lets You Take A Happy Little Break To See His Art DesignTAXI.com
Are Mockup Designers the Most Influential Designers of Our Era? AIGA Eye on Design
Health Care Workers Deserve Fashion, Too The New York Times
The biggest rebrands of the decade have this visionary designer in common Fast Company
This whiter-than-white paint cools buildings down dramatically. Why isn’t it everywhere? Co.Design | Fast Company
It’s time to reimagine the future of work. Here are 5 ways to do it Fast Company
Yes, algorithms can be biased. But they have an even bigger danger Fast Company
Introducing a New “Freakonomics of Medicine” Podcast (Ep. 465) Freakonomics
Graeme Ferguson, Filmmaker Who Helped Create Imax, Dies at 91 The New York Times
How NYC's $25 Million City Artist Corps Grants Program Will Work Gothamist
Andrew Lloyd Webber 'prepared to be arrested' over theatre reopening BBC News
June 5 - 94.1 FM changing ownership, genre Greater Fort Wayne Business Weekly
When Monuments Go Bad Bloomberg CityLab
The Creative Cliff Illusion: What It Is and What to Do About It Our Innovating Minds | Psychology Today
At Ease — If They Please The Creativity Post
Shirley Temple: From Child Star to a Life of Service Arts & Culture | Google
How an ex-Googler turned artist hacked her work to the top of search results Fast Company
We still need conference rooms. Here’s what they should look like post-pandemic Fast Company
First Glimpse of Brains Retrieving Mistaken Memories Observed University of Texas at Austin News
National Endowment for the Arts Announces 61 NEA Big Read Grants for 2021- 2022 National Endowment for the Arts
Stopping Math Education Early Is Bad for the Brain Proteomics & Metabolomics | Technology Networks
$10 Million Gift to Name the Stiles-Nicholson Brain Institute Florida Atlantic University News Desk
Games Can Have a Powerful Impact on Learning Edutopia
The Importance of Teaching Dred Scott The New Yorker
Perseverance is the theme at PPPL’s annual Young Women’s Conference in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics US Department of Energy
Study: Not All STEM Students Discouraged by Online Classes Inside Higher Ed
General Mills, L’oreal, Target Among Brands Committing At Least 2% Of Ad Dollars To Black-Owned Media Companies Media | AdAge.com
The 4 biggest UI trends shaping Apple’s future Fast Company
This compostable plastic is actually compostable Fast Company
Yes, You Can! News + Politics | OZY
Why Artificial Intelligence Doesn’t Work for Nonprofits (and How to Fix This) NonProfit Pro
UNESCO launches first Ocean Decade Actions to drive ocean knowledge revolution UNESCO
Data Communication American Scientist
Two ways to challenge the status quo Seth’s Blog
Flying high with AI: Alaska Airlines uses artificial intelligence to save time, fuel and money TechRepublic
3 big ways that the U.S. will change over the next decade GOOD
These graduate students make me hopeful about the future of education Gates Notes
Where Gender-Neutral Pronouns Come From The Atlantic
NFTs shouldn’t be tickets and here’s why Matthew Zarracina | Medium
Can Technology Undermine Character? 3 Quarks Daily
Between Golem And God: The Future Of AI 3 Quarks Daily
Alliance webinar: #ShiftThePower: what power and how far has it shifted? Alliance Magazine
New Grant Alert: New York Life Foundation awards $1.5 million to out-of-school time programs advancing racial justice efforts Grantmakers in the Arts
Asparagus, Cucumbers, and Cabbage Leaves Take a Fresh Twist on the Iconic Hermès Birkin Bag Colossal
How Processing COVID-19 as an Artist Transformed My Arts in Health Practice ARTS Blog | Americans for the Arts
Twitch Turns 10, and the Creator Economy Is in Its Debt WIRED
The secret to Lego’s enduring appeal Co.Design | Fast Company
Space Foundation Announces Winners of the 11th Annual International Student Art Contest SpaceRef
Black Innovation Capital, supported by BDC Capital, launches fund to support Black entrepreneurs Newswire.ca
Studying maths beyond GCSEs helps brain development, say scientists The Guardian
A Computational Look at How Genes Change the Human Brain EurekAlert! | AAAS
10 Reasons You Need A Stem Strategy STEMconnector
A Baltimore Youth Program Mixes A Passion For Dirt Bikes With Science NPR
The 15 Best Small Towns to Visit In 2021 Travel | Smithsonian
A Star Trek Fan’s Dream Job Air & Space | Smithsonian
Op-ed: Set a date to review Hannah-Jones for tenure The Daily Tar Heel
An innovation pipeline should not be an innovation pipe Idea to Value
These clocks may change our understanding of spacetime The Infinite Universe | Medium
Debunking the biggest myths about our ocean plastic problem Fast Company
Wisconsin homeowners asked to take down Pride flag, find creative way to show support WeAreGreenBay.com
Engineering students learn by solving real-world problems UW-Madison News
Many People Have a Vivid ‘Mind’s Eye,’ While Others Have None at All The New York Times
In Her New Memoir, Ursula M. Burns Recounts Blazing a Trail to the Top of Xerox The New York Times
F.D.A. Approves Alzheimer’s Drug Despite Fierce Debate Over Whether It Works The New York Times
Global Media Outlets, Including New York Times and Guardian, Hit by Apparent Server Outage Variety
How to make sure that AI isn’t invasive and creepy Fast Company
False, AI-generated cybersecurity and medical news was able to fool experts Fast Company
4 pandemic terms we’ll still be using years from now Fast Company
Inside the Illuminarium, the $30 million spectacle that’s like walking into a film Fast Company
Lessons learned the hard way Seth’s Blog
There’s a new ocean now—can you name all 5? National Geographic
Humans Can Develop A Sixth Sense In Just 10 Weeks, According To Scientists DesignTAXI.com
The Problem With Dropping Standards in the Name of Racial Equity The Atlantic
New York City Plans a Central Park Mega-Concert to Celebrate Reopening The New York Times
Rolling Stones, Tom Jones and more join campaign for law change on streaming The Guardian
Everything but the Stench - Meet Marie-Marguerite Biheron, expert anatomist. Lapham’s Quarterly
In Compton, a School That Paved the Way for Generations of Black Artists The New York Times Magazine
The Disease Detective The New York Times
Why the ransomware crisis suddenly feels so relentless MIT Technology News
The coolest science-themed destinations in all 50 states Popular Science
An Italian Artist Auctioned Off an ‘Invisible Sculpture’ for $18,300. It’s Made Literally of Nothing artnet news
Jeff Bezos and his brother will be the first passengers on Blue Origin’s inaugural human spaceflight Fast Company
Google & Harvard Create 3D Map Of Human Brain Made From 225 Million Images DesignTAXI.com
Penn reappoints Vijay Kumar as Engineering Dean through June 2027 The Daily Pennsylvanian tatzu nishi on the power of art to expand the imagination designboom
A trick to trigger an 'aha' moment of creativity Creativity Collective | BBC
Not all ideas are good ideas Idea to Value
Are we so hung up on new and novel that we ignore the tried and true? Journal of Commerce
Virginia Tech to advance brain, cancer research with focused ultrasound EurekAlert! | AAAS
Researchers identify a molecule critical to functional brain rejuvenation EurekAlert! | AAAS
How Old Is Your Brain? The "Cognitive Clock" Provides a New Measure Technology Networks
What Gets Lost as Little Leagues Get Smaller Cultural Comment | The New Yorker
The Myth of Diversity and Inclusion in Science Union of Concerned Scientists
Virtual Lab Simulations Don’t Teach Science eLearning Inside
Harvard researchers design EV battery that charges within 10 to 20 minutes Technicity | Medium
A.I. Is Solving the Wrong Problem OneZero | Medium
Technique to Create Extraordinary Images Imagineer7’s Weblog
Movie Museum Rethinks Exhibitions in Response to a Changing World The New York Times
We’re Finally Starting to Revolt Against the Cult of Ambition Guest Essay | The New York Times
Design tools have improved dramatically. But they’re still failing users in one key way Co.Design | Fast Company
31 stunning vintage images found in the Nat Geo archives National Geographic
Making AI Sing: An Interview With Verphoria On The Use Of Artificial Intelligence Within The Music Industry Forbes
Dambisa Moyo Says Foreign Aid Can’t Solve Problems, but Maybe Corporations Can (People I (Mostly) Admire Ep. 30) Freakonomics
Hear Bach's Music Like You've Never Heard It Before: Upside Down Morning Edition, NPR
Warner Bros. Discovery gets a new logo, but challenges loom Los Angeles Times
What Novels Can Borrow from the Sweeping Mythology of the Marvel Cinematic Universe Literary Hub
Why L.A. monument status for ‘Pop Art nun’ Corita Kent’s studio matters for women in art Los Angeles Times
The Existential Crisis Facing Newspapers Has Silenced Some of America’s Most Distressed Areas Literary Hub
How Lin-Manuel Miranda and Friends Made an Old Bookstore New The New York Times
'America is not what we were told it was': Director Jon M. Chu on hope amid despair NBC News
Paper Is Creased and Twisted into an Elegant Three-Dimensional Typographic Series by Reina Takahashi Colossal
How to Make Sense of Contradictory Science Papers Nautilus
The Tyranny Of Time Noema Magazine
How Congress wrecked its own science bill, explained in 600 words Vox
Tech Innovation Driving Growth On Both Sides Of Michigan’s Border MITechNews.com
Alberta launches tour to pitch province to investors in the rest of Canada and beyond CBC News
Reformers ignore powerful example of elevating math for low-income students Perspective | Washington Post
Opinion: Math is really hard, so of course everyone has an opinion on it Los Angeles Times
The US must broaden onramps to the STEM workforce Opinion | The Hill
FY22 Budget Request: National Science Foundation FYI: Science Policy News | American Institute of Physics
Science Friday | Genetics of Depression, Engineering Humans for Space, Tech Ethics. June 4, 2021, Part 2 WNYC Studios
How Marvin Minsky Inspired Artificial Neural Networks Mind Matters | Walter Bradley Center for Natural and Artificial Intelligence
3 Ways Creative Entrepreneurs Can Innovate in a Post-Pandemic World Rolling Stone
The benefit of the doubt Seth’s Blog
Production Values Seth’s Blog
NASA hasn’t been to Venus since the ’90s. Now it’s planning two trips to our smoking hot neighbor. Popular Science
Are we there yet? What happens if the U.S. can't reach herd immunity. National Geographic
The Terrible Cost of Mark Zuckerberg’s Naïveté Guest Essay | The New York Times
Tom Hanks: You Should Learn the Truth About the Tulsa Race Massacre Guest Essay | The New York Times
It’s time for cities to ban left turns Co.Design | Fast Company
7 must-see art installations to visit this summer Co.Design | Fast Company
The Conscience of Color, from Chemistry to Culture Brain Pickings
Disney Creates a ‘Launchpad’ for Underrepresented Filmmakers The New York Times
The Hunt for Clarity About van Gogh’s Last Days Leads to Maine The New York Times
Steppenwolf honors Annette Bening and Sherry Lansing Reel Chicago
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