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Weekend Reads 10/10/15

7 Hobbies Science Says Will Make You Smarter

The general idea is that the brain can develop further and you can do it on purpose. Different activities stimulate different areas of your brain, so you can work on becoming unbeatable at your strengths as well as improving your weaknesses.

What happened to wildlife when Chernobyl drove humans out? It thrived

“This doesn’t mean radiation is good for wildlife, just that the effects of human habitation, including hunting, farming, and forestry, are a lot worse,” said Professor Smith.

“This is an extremely sad indictment on how bad people are for wildlife”, agreed Professor Coulson. “Once [people] have left an area the wildlife appear to thrive — even if the habitat is laced with radiation.”

It’s Getting Harder To Move Beyond A Minimum-Wage Job

The face of the minimum wage has changed significantly in recent decades. As a group, today’s minimum-wage workers are far more educated than in the 1980s or 1990s. They are also more likely to be men and more likely to have children. More than half of low-wage workers — significantly more than in past decades — are trying to support themselves, not living with their parents or supplementing a spouse’s income.

How a Global Christian Hackathon Is Reprogramming the Church

The term “Christian hackathon” is perhaps doubly off-putting. Hacker communities and evangelical churches in the U.S. tend to be suspicious of one another, and a significant proportion of Americans are wary of both.

But enthusiasts of this niche pairing have been challenging churches of all stripes to think expansively about engaging with the digital world.

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