At NPSC we know that one of the best ways to keep your brain healthy is to learn new things. Unfortunately, with all of the information available to us, it can feel almost impossible to find the time to sift through the web to find the gems.

So, we’ve decided to do it for you! Every Friday, you can find five new articles or videos from the week that will stretch your mind, fuel your spirit, and feed your brain.

“THERE’S MORE TO LOOK FORWARD TO AFTER PEAKING PROFESSIONALLY” by Mary Louise Kelly, npr.org

“‘I decided to figure out how, after 50, life can get better and more fulfilling.'”

“LITTLE FREE PANTRIES ARE LIKE LITTLE FREE LIBRARIES—BUT WITH FOOD” by Hannah Natanson, washingtonpost.com

“The movement started when Jessica McClard, a 44-year-old mother of two living in Fayetteville, Arkansas, noticed a Little Free Library pop up in her hometown.”

“JUNETEENTH: OUR OTHER INDEPENDENCE DAY” by Kenneth C. Davis, smithsonianmag.com

“Two and a half years after the Emancipation Proclamation, American slavery came to an end and a celebration of freedom was born.”

“HOW A SIMPLE BEACH RUN SPARKED THIS KID TO START A NONPROFIT FOR THE HOMELESS” by Jenny McCoy, runnersworld.com

“In just two years, it’s raised more than half a million dollars.”

“WAYS TO MAKE SOMEONE FEEL LOVED, BESIDES SAYING IT” by Gina Ryder, cnn.com

“‘I love you’ translates intimacy between ourselves and others, but the expression is so common that it can lack the meaning it’s intended.”

At NPSC we know that one of the best ways to keep your brain healthy is to learn new things. Unfortunately, with all of the information available to us, it can feel almost impossible to find the time to sift through the web to find the gems.

So, we’ve decided to do it for you! Every Friday, you can find five new articles or videos from the week that will stretch your mind, fuel your spirit, and feed your brain.

“TURN-OF-THE-CENTURY THINKERS WEREN’T SURE IF WOMEN COULD VOTE AND BE MOTHERS AT THE SAME TIME” by Ashley Fetters, theatlantic.com

“In the years leading up the passage of the Nineteenth Amendment, Atlantic writers often pitted political participation against domestic duty.”

“WHAT’S WRONG WITH THE INTERNET? WE’D RATHER ‘DISPLAY’ THAN COMMUNICATE” by Jonathan Rauch, bigthink.com

This is an interesting analysis of how we interact within the social structure of the internet.

“CHANGING CHANNELS” by Jenny Rogers, washingtonpost.com

“Millions of women wait years to fulfill their dreams—or to figure out what their dreams are. Here are some of their stories.”

“THE ZEN BEEKEEPER RETURNING HIVES TO THE WILD” by Vittoria Traverso, atlasobscura.com

“By handling bees with his bare hands, Michael Joshin Thiele seeks to better understand them.”

“LIT HUB’S MOST ANTICIPATED BOOKS OF SUMMER” by Literary Hub, lithub.com

“What to read at the beach. (Or in a cafe. Or on the porch. Or sitting in a chair.)”

At NPSC we know that one of the best ways to keep your brain healthy is to learn new things. Unfortunately, with all of the information available to us, it can feel almost impossible to find the time to sift through the web to find the gems.

So, we’ve decided to do it for you! Every Friday, you can find five new articles or videos from the week that will stretch your mind, fuel your spirit, and feed your brain.

“THE INVENTION THAT WON WORLD WAR II” by David Kindy, smithsonianmag.com

“Patented in 1944, the Higgins boat gave the Allies the advantage in amphibious assaults.”

“8 MOTIVATING REASONS TO START YOUR OWN RUN STREAK,” runnersworld.com

“For your kids, for your health, or for charity. No matter what it is, you can find a reason to run consistently.”

“‘THE SUMMIT IS NEVER THE GOAL’: WHY CLIMBERS PURSUE THE 7 SUMMITS” by Abigail Clukey, npr.org

“‘What you have to remember in the decision making process is that the summit is only the halfway point,’ Levine said. ‘The summit is never the goal. Ever. The number one goal is always to come back alive.'”

“ANCIENT DNA REVEALS COMPLEX STORY OF HUMAN MIGRATION BETWEEN SIBERIA AND NORTH AMERICA” by Brian Handwerk, smithsonianmag.com

“Two studies greatly increase the amount of information we have about the peoples who first populated North America—from the Arctic to the Southwest U.S..”

“THIS GREAT-GRANDMOTHER SKIPPED HER PROM. EIGHTY YEARS LATER, SHE WENT—AND WAS CROWNED QUEEN” by Cathy Free, washingtonpost.com

Prom was on her “bucket list.”