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Neil Gaiman: Why our future depends on libraries, reading and daydreaming
A lecture explaining why using our imaginations, and providing for others to use theirs, is an obligation for all citizens. [The Guardian]
- Death takes a holiday: NYC had a murder-free week
- Young children’s habit of talking to imaginary friends can spur the development of an inner dialogue that they can use to talk themselves through challenging tasks now and later as adults, a study in the November issue of the Journal of Experimental Child Psychology suggests. [WSJ]
- Rare footage of a marsupial wolf specimen, Thylacine, while in zoo captivity. The largest known carnivorous marsupial of modern times would be officially declared extinct in 1936.
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a tortoise wearing a stegosaurus sweater |