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You can do it. Image: Bob Al-Greene/Mashable By Keith Wagstaff2020-03-29 15:00:00 UTC March Mindfulness is Mashable's series that examines the intersection of meditation practice and technology. Because even in the time of coronavirus, March doesn't have to be madness.  My mind is too active to meditate. Too busy. There's too…

Yayoi Kusama's Infinity Mirrored Room--The Souls of Millions of Light Years Away is now available to view online through The Broad Museum's Instagram feed. Take an opportunity to delve into the spiritual aspects of Kusama's exploration of eternity—paired with aural selections curated by The Broad, including drone, electronic, ambient, and…

To do far less than my part in helping families in quarantine/home isolation, I'm offering a FREE download of the first book in my book series for kids, The EMU Club Adventures: Alien Invasion in My Backyard, for anyone who wants it. Free. No charge. Info for downloading the pdf…

Forbes senior contributor, TJ McCue, has been keeping an updated list of various corporate and maker/makerspace initiatives to 3D print filter masks and face shields for healthcare workers. As I said in my earlier posts, there is a rallying cry, a peaceful, but intense call to arms, if you will.…

Enjoy the microscopy in this video ab0ut adorable tardigrades (aka water bears or moss piglets). One cool fact about these hardy 500 micron critters: each of their eyes is a single photoreceptive cell. Image: YouTube It's fun to watch tardigrades squirm around on Twitch, adorably Watch Quick test! from atinyworld…

Those of us in certain fandoms are used to being told to read another book, and apparently, it took the end of the world for that to happen. In the United Kingdom, at least, sales across all genres have seen single- to triple-digit increases in the last few weeks. (And…

Having trouble sleeping? Hit Snooze is Mashable's deep dive into how we cope with our collective insomnia and the many ways we can achieve a more peaceful slumber. There are two types of sleepers in this world.  On one side, there are the people who repeatedly hit snooze in a…

The pandemic has shown how just-in-time systems are also fragile. Helen Lewis March 26, 2020 Amy Sussman / GettyAs pictures of empty shelves dominated our social-media feeds here in Britain, armchair critics denounced their fellow citizens as selfish and greedy. Stop hoarding! End the panic-buying! Hang on, though. Were hordes…

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Right now, just about everything feels awful. A pandemic is ongoing. People are self-isolating at home to prevent the novel coronavirus from spreading further. Businesses are closed, leaving countless workers without employment. And to top it all off, the climate crisis continues to threaten humanity’s existence. Well, let’s put all…