"Self-belief matters. Recently, a decade long study from Denmark showed that if you give extra feedback to school kids on their ability in maths – in short, just tell the girls they really are good at the subject – it not only has a huge impact on their confidence, but it more than halves the gender gap once those students get to degree level." Hannah Fry is great. #
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Wordpress is not just blogging software. With "Openverse" they also provide an extensive collection of pictures and audio-files that are either under a CC license or in the public domain. And the search is really smooth. #
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Archive.org digitised the Vinyl LP collection of the Boston Library. I had a listen to "Heroes, Gods and Monsters of The Greek", which is amazing - the crackling of the vinyl is especially charming. #
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I don't think I remember the Tibetan Freedom Concert, but this is a fascinating history of the event that featured Björk, RATM, Fugees and Sonic Youth. #
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Listening to Carl Sagan is always a pleasure. In this case I'm of two minds, because watching this, realising it was almost 40 years ago and that to this day, the warning he's given us has not been heeded, is somewhat depressing. #
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