How we learned to love failure
A week of celebration in a Melbourne school helped mistake-wary students understand the power of getting things wrong. “While playing soccer, I scored a goal for the opposition team!” “When working at a vineyard, I accidentally cut off an entire vine, while the vineyard owner looked on in horror!” “I was kicked out of ballet school!” This was how Failure Week was launched at Ivanhoe Girls’ Grammar School in Melbourne.
Why remote work makes business sense
How to find your flow and boost your psychological health
Strengths-based leadership: Create a thriving workplace culture
Health
What you can learn from elite athletes
Elite athletes use a lot more than natural born talent to achieve personal bests. The best part is many of the strategies they rely on for success are just as useful for amateur athletes.
Why contemplating death can help you live a happier life
How to make the green belt productive – but still green
Running a mile a day can make children healthier – here’s how schools can make it more fun
Couch Potato No More: How the Benefits of Exercise Transfer to the Brain
Lifestyle
Playing football can improve mental health – new research
Why apartment dwellers need indoor plants
How to live with bears
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Relationships
The art of mindful parenting
What economics has to say about same-sex marriage
This Is How Your Brain Responds to Social Influence
Beyond the digital divide
Culture
The uncertain origins of the modern marathon
The story behind the marathon is more complicated than it seems. The modern marathon distance comes from the 1908 London Olympics.
Leonardo da Vinci designed an ideal city that was centuries ahead of its time
When cities were Nature’s haven: a tale from Bangalore
New York DNA between Art, Architecture and Urban Green
Science
Can the world’s megacities survive the digital age?
Cities with populations of 10 million or more account for one-third to one-half of their country’s gross domestic product.
The long quest for the right pollen: how to really help bees
In space, this is the age of reusability
