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How To Give A Good Speech

Tim Harford | 21st November 2024 | U

There is no one right way. It is best, though, to have a point and connect every other element, including jokes, to it. Trying to say something will always go down better than saying nothing. "People who talk when they’ve nothing to say are an annoyance, but those who do have something important to say, yet duck their opportunity to say it are less of an annoyance and more a tragedy" (1,000 words)

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The ‘Mad Egghead’ Who Built A Mouse Utopia

Lee Alan Dugatkin | Guardian | 21st November 2024 | U

John Bumpass Calhoun, ecologist turned psychologist, created Universe 25, which he described as "a utopian environment constructed for mice". In an attempt to study human overpopulation, Calhoun became a rodent city planner. There were 16 apartment buildings for the mice, plus all their food and water. For three years, he watched over his mouseopolis as it became "a mouse hell" (2,900 words)

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