LLR Newsletter 18011
Welcome to the first LLR newsletter of 2018. Here’s hoping it will be a great year. This round-up includes a few interesting stories from the week, both on Medium and off.
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Book Review
The Book of Dust, Vol. I: La Belle Sauvage
The first book in a new trilogy, acting as a prequel to His Dark Materials. It’s named after a canoe, which indicates the main aspects of Pullman’s earlier writing on which it draws.
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My Lunch with Miles Davis
When Miles Davis walked into the Carlyle Hotel in New York City in 1985 I deliberately let him pass me by while he was looking around to figure out who he was meeting for his luncheon interview. He was probably looking for some scruffy dude in jeans like one of those misfits who write for Rolling Stone. I was dressed in a blue jacket and red tie.
Nature
A different dimension of loss’: inside the great insect die-off — podcast
Scientists have identified 2 million species of living things. No one knows how many more are out there, and tens of thousands may be vanishing before we have even had a chance to encounter them
Creativity Research
Driven to Draw: Creativity Erupts from Brain Insult
Creativity, from a neuroscientific perspective, is defined as the ability to produce a work that is both original and valuable. This article questions the role of the prefrontal cortex (PFC) in creativity and art .The obsessive, almost manic production of art could be due to a change in personality.
World News
The #IranProtests in Facts & Figures
The nationwide uprising in Iran began on December 28, 2017. The protests were triggered initially by rising costs and economic corruption by the authorities. They quickly turned political with fervent chants of “Death to the Dictator” and calls for regime change.
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