You’ll now have to pay around $81 to visit Brazil if you’re from the USA, Canada, or Australia. The country announced that it would implement a reciprocal visa a year and a half ago, but pushed it ...

In The Demon-Haunted World, Carl Sagan makes the case for science and critical thinking as essential tools for human progress and survival. The book is a celebration of scientific inquiry and a ...

For the past year and a half, I’ve been exploring the octave ukulele, a unique instrument that has brought me great joy. An ...

Thesis: The missing element in forecasting the future of AI is to understand that AI needs culture just as humans need culture. One of the most significant scientific insights into understanding our ...

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*We recently hit two big milestones. This is the 150th weekly edition of the newsletter. Also, we won a “Best Travel Newsletter” GOLD award earlier from the North American Travel Journalists ...

I’m a marketing executive who’s worked at Nike, Activision, Twitter and WWE currently consulting helping brands big and small. In my spare time I like to garden, spend time with my daughter, and build ...

When my kiddo really likes a book, she’ll ask to read it again and again and again, and she’ll only tire of it if something new comes along to replace it. The fact that my daughter has asked to read ...

The Alchemist by Brazilian author Paulo Coelho is a mystical story about a young shepherd named Santiago who embarks on a journey to find his “Personal Legend” — his true purpose in life. Through his ...