Wisdom

Wisdom teeth are the third set of molars located at the very back of the mouth. They look just like the first and second molars, but can sometimes be a little smaller.They are commonly called wisdom teeth because they are the last of the 32 permanent teeth to appear, emerging between 17 and 25 years of age, when you are older and wiser.You might know that not everyone grows all four wisdom teeth. You might also know many people get them pulled. So it's fair to wonder – why do humans even have them?We study teeth and can…

X, the platform that was once Twitter, is the ideal playground for verbal humor. Back when it allowed only 140 characters per post, people had to be really precise with their jokes. Every word counted. Now there are double the characters and double the opportunity for funny stories.The Instagram account Really Dumb Tweets finds the best jokes and funny posts on the platform. Even their bio claims that they're "posting the funniest tweets you'll ever read." The page also has a huge following – their current follower…

Science is a lot of things. It’s a person in a lab coat experimenting with different materials as well as an astronaut in bouncing around in zero gravity. It’s a geologist studying rocks and a mathematician perusing books. It’s an archeologist out on an expedition and a biologist monitoring different animal species. That’s the great things about science—it’s vast. It is also useful because of discoveries that allow us to advance in this world. It is exciting because it gives us new prospects to aspire to. It is ongoing,…

I won’t tell you anything you don’t already know. I’m writing this as a self-reflection, as a thinking-out-loud kind of thing. And I hope that some things will resonate.Read All I won’t tell you anything you don’t already know. I’m writing this as a self-reflection, as a thinking-out-loud kind of thing. And I hope that some things will resonate.Read All FOLLOW US ON GOOGLE NEWS Read original article here Denial of responsibility! Techno Blender is an automatic aggregator of the all world’s media. In each…

There was a wonderful, revelatory moment in Adam Nicolson’s last book, Life Between the Tides, where he suddenly telescoped out from the Scottish rock pool he was describing in order to meditate on the work of the pre-Socratic philosopher Heraclitus, demonstrating how much we can still learn about our present-day world by turning to the great minds of the past. This dazzling passage of writing argued that engagement with the environment is always a philosophical act, and that the close looking of the naturalist is more…

Credit: CC0 Public Domain We probably all know wise people, mentors and leaders who possess a certain perspective that radiates out and makes us appreciate their presence in our lives. But it can be hard to pinpoint the source of their wisdom. Sometimes it feels like wisdom is one of life's little secrets, left only for wise people to truly understand. …

* * *TheatreNo one does it quite like Punchdrunk. In this immense, immersive company’s hands, a crowd is entirely malleable. With the audience anonymised by masks, we can be anything they want us to be. Its current production, The Burnt City, allows us to wander around the fall of Troy, bustled together and split apart as the evening goes on. The event is less about the story and more about the scenery and our exhilarating freedom to roam within it, being at once invisible and a central part of the performance. Inviting…

The Middle East and North Africa lose approximately $13 billion annually due to increasing sand and dust storms, which damage crops, infrastructure, and human and animal health. Hossein Hashemi, Associate Professor in Water Resource Engineering, and the Centre for Advanced Middle Eastern Studies at Lund University are researching the causes and trends of these storms, using artificial intelligence and remote sensing to monitor the situation. In addition to exploring correlations between war and land use, the team is…

From the moment the two-day, star-studded “Long Story Short: Willie Nelson 90” birthday bash at the Hollywood Bowl was announced, it promised to be a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for the cross-generational cannabis crowd to convene and pay tribute to a longtime advocate of the herb. Organizers seemed to recognize this too, with plant-friendly performers including Snoop Dogg and Billy Strings on the bill (the latter having just released a weed-centric duet with Nelson called “California Sober”) and not one but two…

Nebraska's Ken Kiewra led interviews with a series of older adults, including Husker volleyball coach John Cook and broadcasting legend Judy Woodruff. Among the lessons gleaned? “All of them recognized that you don't want to just stop doing your life's work and then wonder what's next.”. Credit: Craig Chandler | University of Nebraska–Lincoln The Wonder Years can be great, sure: first loves, long summers, panoramic dreams…