Welcome to Friday,
Here are five things I thought worth sharing this week.
A two-week break from smartphones can improve mood and mental health just as effectively as anti-depressants. Yet, our national conversation is still stuck arguing about whether these devices are good for children and teens?
Charles Mann on the vast network of systems which maintain our electricity.
The city of Bath is having a ball, literally, marking the date of Jane Austen’s 250th birthday.
The United States Postal Service is celebrating 250 years, as well, captured in this series of stunning photographs.
Who’s afraid of René Descartes?
Currently reading: The Common Reader by Virginia Woolf
Image: A Still Life of Flowers in a Wan-Li Vase on a Ledge with further Flowers, Shells and a Butterfly, Ambrosius Bosschaert the Elder. ca. 1610.
