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.

“WAKE UP, PEOPLE: YOU’RE FOOLING YOURSELF ABOUT SLEEP, STUDY SAYS” by Sandee LaMotte, cnn.com

“Robbins and her colleagues combed through 8,000 websites to discover what we thought we knew about healthy sleep habits and then presented those beliefs to a hand-picked team of sleep medicine experts. They determined which were myths and then ranked them by degree of falsehood and importance to health.”

“THANK ONE OF AMERICA’S MOST PROLIFIC INVENTORS FOR THE HINGED PLASTIC EASTER EGG” by David Kindy, smithsonianmag.com

“Donald Weder holds some 1,400 U.S. patents for inventions, including the ubiquitous egg and a process for making plastic Easter grass.”

“HOW JOSEPH PULITZER SAVED THE STATUE OF LIBERTY” by Emily Petsko, mentalfloss.com

“It’s hard to imagine what New York City would look like without the Statue of Liberty. Yet there was a time in American history, over a century ago, when Lady Liberty nearly wound up in Philadelphia or San Francisco.”

“YOU’RE GOING WHERE? PITTSBURGH” by Melanie D.G. Kaplan, washingtonpost.com

We love to see our hometown get the love it deserves. As Kaplan writes, “I’ve stopped counting the number of cities I’ve fallen in love with. But I think Pittsburgh might be the first city to have loved me back.”

“THE 12-HOUR RULE: A GUIDE TO HEALTHIER HEADSPACE” by Jillian Michaels, bigthink.com

“When it comes to your own wellbeing, learn to schedule your ‘me time’ with precision.”

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.

“WE DON’T ‘MOVE ON’ FROM GRIEF. WE MOVE FORWARD WITH IT” by Nora McInerny, ted.com

“In a talk that’s heartbreaking and hilarious, writer and podcaster Nora McInerny shares her hard-earned wisdom about life and death.”

“THE HEART OF A SWIMMER VS. THE HEART OF A RUNNER” by Gretchen Reynolds, nytimes.com

“Regular exercise changes the look and workings of the human heart. And researchers are discovering that different sports affect the heart differently.”

“SHE LIVED FOR 99 YEARS WITH ORGANS IN ALL THE WRONG PLACES AND NEVER KNEW IT” by Sandee LaMotte, cnn.com

“‘I think the odds of finding another person like her may be as remote as one in 50 million,’ said assistant professor Cameron Walker, who teaches the Foundations of Clinical Anatomy class at Oregon Health and Science University.”

“AMERICAN SCHOOL LUNCH IS BECOMING MORE DIVERSE, LIKE IT WAS IN THE 1910S” by Reina Gattuso, atlasobscura.com

“The cafeteria program started in immigrant communities.”

“HOW A SIMPLE ACT OF KINDNESS TRANSFORMED A BOY’S BIRTHDAY” by Steve Hartman, cnn.com

“How do kid’s behave when there are no grown-ups around?”

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.

“RITUALS OF HONOR IN HOSPITAL HALLWAYS” by Tim Lahey, M.D., nytimes.com

“Hospitals across the United States are holding honor walks to show respect to patients at the end of life who are donating organs to others.”

“THE PATENTS BEHIND BASKETBALL” by D. Lawrence Tarazano, smithsonianmag.com

“This March Madness consider how the sport has evolved in its 128-year history, through innovations in ball design, hoops and training devices.”

“ACCEPTANCE RATES AT TOP COLLEGES ARE DROPPING, RAISING PRESSURE ON HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS” by Michelle Lou and Brandon Griggs, cnn.com

“Over the past five years, all the Ivies have been accepting smaller and smaller slivers of their total applicant pools. At the same time, more and more students are submitting applications, which is driving down acceptance rates.”

“AN INFANT DID NOT HAVE ANY VISITORS FOR FIVE MONTHS. SO THIS NURSE ADOPTED HER” by Cathy Free, washingtonpost.com

“‘Who’s this beautiful angel?’ Smith asked the nurse who was wheeling the infant down the hall. ‘Her name is Gisele,’ the nurse told her. The infant, a ward of the state, had been at the hospital for five months, but Smith had never seen her before.”

“THIS 73-YEAR-OLD NAVY VETERAN HAS RUN 200 MARATHONS IN MEMORY OF THE FALLEN” by Heather Mayer Irvine, runnersworld.com

“What started out as a gambit to keep his submarine post has turned into a second act of service.”