AvatarPeter WangAvatarAvatarMay 9, 2015Fast Company | Business News, Innovation, Technology, Work Life and Designverified_publisherFast Company• FC Grill at SXSW • Innovation Festival • Innovation Festival 360 fastco works AMAZON BUSINESS • BOSTON SCIENTIFIC • CAPITAL ONE • COMCAST BUSINESS • Deloitte • DEPT • EPSILON • FIS • GUARDANT HEALTH • IBM • IEDC • PFIZER • SAP • STARBUCKS • SIEMENS • VERIZON • WELLS FARGO • FastCo WorksAn award-winning team of journalists, designers, and videographers who …
AvatarPeter WangStoryboard11 Things We Hope We Live Long Enough To WitnessAvatarCurated byCents + PurposeWe can only guess what the coming years hold, but some events are believed to be inevitable, and online futurists hope to witness them in this lifetime. Here are 11 things we hope we live long enough to witness...
AvatarPeter WangFlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logo3 days agoMastering Ikigai: The Japanese Art of Long, Happy Livingthetaoist.online - Dr. Jason L. BenskinImagine having a distinct purpose in life that brings your passions, talents, and values into one simple concept. This is not a new-age…Continue …
AvatarPeter WangFlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logo1 day ago115,000-Year-Old Bones Found In Poland Reveal Neanderthal Child Was Eaten By Gigantic Prehistoric Birdallthatsinteresting.com - Caroline RedmondResearchers realized the bones were so porous because they'd passed through the digestive system of an enormous bird.The post 115,000-Year-Old Bones …
AvatarPeter WangAvatarAvatar1 day agoAncient teeth rarely have a cavity-causing bacteria commonly seen today. A new study reveals whyverified_publisherCNNCNN — Two teeth from a man who lived approximately 4,000 years ago have been discovered to have an abundance of bacteria that primarily cause tooth decay and gum disease. The rare find could help scientists further understand how changes in the human diet have led to the prevalence of cavities today. …
AvatarPeter WangFlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logo2 days agoAncient people carved mysterious symbols near dinosaur footprintsnewscientist.com - Soumya SagarMysterious rock carvings found next to dinosaur tracks in Brazil suggest ancient people discovered the footprints thousands of years ago and …
AvatarPeter WangAvatarAvatar2 days agoThe End of Foreign-Language Educationverified_publisherThe Atlantic - By Louise MatsakisThanks to AI, people may no longer feel the need to learn a second language. A few days ago, I watched a video of myself talking in perfect Chinese. I’ve been studying the language on and off for only a few years, and I’m far from fluent. But there I was, pronouncing each character flawlessly in the …
AvatarPeter WangFlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logo3 days agoSecrets Your Plumber Won’t Tell Youhomedit.com - Terry SchutzPlumbers don’t consciously keep secrets from you. They have a vast store of knowledge and don’t know what you don’t know. Usually, a plumber is in …
AvatarPeter WangFlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logo5 days agoArchaeologists are too scared to open up the tomb of China’s first emperorverified_publisherindy100.com - Becca MonaghanArchaeologists are terrified to open the tomb of Qin Shi Huang, China's first emperor who has been buried for 2,200 years. The tomb of Qin Shu Huang, …
AvatarPeter WangFlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logo4 days agoListen to this organ in Croatia that uses the sea to make hauntingly beautiful musicverified_publisherupworthy.com - Upworthy StaffIt's a 230-foot-long organ that turns the rhythm of the waves into actual music. In 2005, a Croatian architect designed a 230-foot-long organ that …
AvatarPeter WangAvatarAvatar4 days agoThe rise of the work drugverified_publisherBusiness Insider - Emily StewartElon Musk can be cagey about his purported drug use. After bombshell reports about internal concerns over the Tesla-SpaceX-Twitter-Neuralink executive using LSD, cocaine, ecstasy, and ketamine, Musk's line has typically been that it's not happening. More recently, he's shifted: OK, fine, it is …
AvatarPeter WangFlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logo3 days agoFungal and bacterial species richness in biodeteriorated seventeenth century Venetian manuscriptsnature.com - Maria Stratigaki , Andrea Armirotti, Giuliana Ottonello, Sabrina Manente, Arianna TravigliaHistorical paper documents are susceptible to complex degradation processes, including biodeterioration, which can progressively compromise their …