eSagan 🇮🇳 @crackurbones@qoto.org

What Is Intelligence? Where Does it Begin?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ck4RGeoHFko

The philosophy of the Cyrenaics around the time of Hegesias of Cyrene evolved in a way that had similarities with Pyrrhonism, Epicureanism, and also Buddhism.[5]

The rulers of Cyrene around the time Hegesias flourished were Ophellas and then Magas, as governors of the Ptolemaic king of Egypt Ptolemy II Philadelphus, and from 276 BC Magas as independent king. Both Ptolemy and Magas are claimed to have been recipients of Buddhist missionaries from the Indian king Ashoka according to the latter's Edicts.[5][6][7]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hegesias_of_Cyrene

There will be more Einsteins & Feynmans. But it’s hard to have another Rainer Weiss (2017 Nobel Physics).

If ever in life you need motivation:

“People say, ‘I failed out of college! My life is over!’ Well, its not over. It depends on what you do with it”
https://t.co/BM1GGQkEVc

https://twitter.com/AstroKPJ/status/1282177272368300033?s=09

8 Possible Causes of Depression
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=57caPbYnDR8

The big Himalayan earthquake is coming
https://www.livemint.com/mint-lounge/features/the-big-himalayan-earthquake-is-coming-11594365372475.html

Being good is hard. How an ancient Indian emperor, horrified by the cruelty of war, created an infrastructure of goodness
https://aeon.co/essays/ashokas-ethical-infrastructure-is-carved-into-indias-rocks

How to deal with troubling thoughts
https://psyche.co/guides/how-to-manage-intrusive-thoughts-with-the-help-of-cbt

#anxiety

GUIDE
How to engage with life when you feel down
https://psyche.co/guides/how-to-engage-with-life-when-you-feel-down

#depression

Dark feelings will haunt us until they are expressed in words
https://psyche.co/ideas/dark-feelings-will-haunt-us-until-they-are-expressed-in-words
Clinicians have since observed #alexithymia among people diagnosed with a wide range of mental health problems, including post-traumatic states, drug dependence, eating disorders and panic disorders.

Rural life can intensify the stigma and loneliness of mental illness
https://psyche.co/ideas/rural-life-can-intensify-the-stigma-and-loneliness-of-mental-illness

Magnetic memory states go exponential
https://phys.org/news/2020-07-magnetic-memory-states-exponential.html

Shining Light on Poly(ethylene glycol): From Polymer Modification to 3D Laser Printing of Water Erasable Microstructures - Houck - - Advanced Materials - Wiley Online Library
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/adma.202003060

Big Dipper - Wikipedia
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Dipper
The constellation of Ursa Major (Latin: Greater Bear) has been seen as a bear, a wagon, or a ladle. The "bear" tradition is Indo-European (appearing in Greek, as well as in Vedic India),[7] but apparently the name "bear" has parallels in Siberian or North American traditions.[8][9][10]

Catch a comet sighting in India as NEOWISE remains visible through July into August
https://theprint.in/science/catch-a-comet-sighting-in-india-as-neowise-remains-visible-through-july-into-august/457493/

Quartz crystal with chlorite inclusions from Nepal

Credit: Himalayan Gems, Nepal

#minerals #crystals https://t.co/SejHvIGqk7
https://twitter.com/GeologyTime/status/1281265806609911808?s=09

विज्ञान दीपेन संसार भयं निवर्तते ॥
http://sanskritslokas.com/sanskrit-slogan1.html

MIT engineers use 'artificial atoms' to make the world's largest quantum chip of its kind | The Independent
https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/news/artificial-atoms-mit-engineers-worlds-largest-quantum-chip-a9608331.html

Two-dimensional materials for next-generation computing technologies | Nature Nanotechnology
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41565-020-0724-3

Graphene: It is all about the toppings
https://phys.org/news/2020-07-graphene-toppings.html