An old image

A baker and his wife proudly show off their freshly baked goods. An old inscription on the back of the painting gives the couple's name. The boy is also mentioned; he is the painter's son. Jan Steen combined several genres in a single painting. It is…

Figuratively quiet

> I'm not as grumpy as Vonnegut about being online but there are days where I'm getting there https://t.co/M2J5V8kZgO pic.twitter.com/kjiPFK6XZ6 [https://t.co/kjiPFK6XZ6] — Austin Kleon (@austinkleon) April 29, 2017 [https://twitter.com/austinkleon/status/858119472321835009] Makes me extra glad…

Science takes a Cinematic Spin

> "No one is dumb, who is curious". Check out our #marchforscience [https://twitter.com/hashtag/marchforscience?src=hash] spotlight. https://t.co/L0lm3TU9pF — Rachel Bouton (@RMBouton) April 24, 2017 [https://twitter.com/RMBouton/status/856511852456574977] A nice spin on Clarence's line from It's…

Untranslatable Words

> Guest blogger Caroline James explores the idea of untranslatable words on the blog: https://t.co/ZIZbUefdG5 — Oxford Dictionaries (@OxfordWords) April 13, 2017 [https://twitter.com/OxfordWords/status/852512749909286912]…

Yet another robotic food delivery

> Call the robots! @Eat24 [https://twitter.com/Eat24] is teaming up with Marble for automated food delivery in San Francisco https://t.co/kSO1SuaJNW pic.twitter.com/wjAXWCZpsO [https://t.co/wjAXWCZpsO] — Fast Company (@FastCompany) April 12, 2017 [https://twitter.com/FastCompany/status/852174691917844482] And news of additional services…

Video Games for Stroke Recovery

> Johns Hopkins researchers are using video games to stimulate brain #recovery [https://twitter.com/hashtag/recovery?src=hash] and improve patients' quality of life: https://t.co/9LDy6f0Z38 pic.twitter.com/8jO0se6XTC [https://t.co/8jO0se6XTC] — Bioness (@BionessLiveOn) April 10, 2017 [https://twitter.com/BionessLiveOn/status/851450991723634688] I…

Worth remembering

> "Words could be approachable in small, isolated units. But a full sentence? That was beyond imagining." https://t.co/k8xiecAglS — Nautilus (@NautilusMag) April 8, 2017 [https://twitter.com/NautilusMag/status/850740023053869056] Well, it wasn't quite like that for me, but loss of my language skills…

Ending Hospital Noise

> How Redesigning The Abrasive Alarms Of Hospital Soundscapes Can Save Lives https://t.co/KZNTRnhr2H cc @chris_bonafide [https://twitter.com/chris_bonafide] #design [https://twitter.com/hashtag/design?src=hash] pic.twitter.com/dg6HaG9NeW [https://t.co/dg6HaG9NeW] — Doctor as Designer (@joyclee) April 7, 2017 [https://twitter.com/…