Folium: How to Live Longer, from Two People Over 100 via LifeHacker

… Connect LifeHacker: How People Live To Be Over 100 In Costa Rica … The wellness craze sweeping the nation has many of us wondering, “How do I live longer?” or “How do we live healthier lives?” What is it about American culture that has us feeling so concerned, and why is it that we […]

Folium: How Latino Players Are Helping Major League Baseball Learn Spanish via NPR

… Connect NPR: How Latino Players Are Helping Major League Baseball Learn Spanish … Baseball has been known as an American pastime. However, over the years baseball has gained more recognition and has spread to countries all over the world. This has ultimately led to foreign players coming to America to play baseball in the […]

Folium: How Cross-Cultural Dialogue Builds Critical Thinking and Empathy via KQED

… Connect KQED: How Cross-Cultural Dialogue Builds Critical Thinking and Empathy … Cross-cultural implies comparison of two or more cultural groups including international, interfaith, interethnic, or interracial. Cross-cultural dialogue is the study of how members of different cultural groups perceive and/or engage in dialogue. Something that concerns author Katrina Schwartz is that students and teachers need […]

Folium: How The Language You Speak Changes Your View Of The World via The Independent

… Connect The Independent: How The Language You Speak Changes Your View Of The World … I began my journey of learning a new language when I was in middle school. My middle school Spanish teacher often expressed her passion for the language and how learning a foreign language changes you. She would say “language […]

Folium: How to Understand the Deep Structures of Language via Scientific American

… Connect Scientific American: How to Understand the Deep Structures of Language … If you have ever seen a silent film then you have probably picked up on some examples of the unspoken language all humans speak to one another. Although we do not hear what is being said, the non-verbal communication a lot of […]

Folium: How to Approach Every Day Like an Explorer via National Geographic

… Connect NatGeo/Gizmodo: How to Approach Every Day Like an Explorer … While reading this article by Matt Marquez, I got the sinking feeling that I’m living my life very wrong. A handful of people I know say that they have an on-going list of activities they want to do or places they want to […]

Folium: What If Everyone On Earth Spoke the Same Language via HSW

… Connect HowStuffWorks: What if everyone on Earth spoke the same language? … Did you know at one point in time everyone spoke the same language? According to old biblical stories, post-flood, you know… Noah’s Ark era, was when everyone spoke the same language. But how would that transfer over to today’s world? Could this […]

Folium: How Learning Languages and Music Are Linked via The Conversation

… Connect How Are Learning Languages and Music Linked via The Conversation … For some people, music is what makes them tick. They cannot live without music. And truthfully, no one can really live without music. There are patterns within music that our brain attaches onto in order to communicate. There are sounds and repetitions […]

Folium: How I Learned To Love Traveling Solo via Lifehacker

… Connect How I Learned To Love Traveling Solo via Lifehacker … Solo travel can be stressful, but it’s worth it. Managing and reducing the things that you find stressful, and embracing it. Most of the travel I have done personally has always been with at least one other person. But the times I have […]

Folium: How We Quit Our Jobs to Travel via BBCTravel

… Connect How We Quit Our Jobs to Travel via BBCTravel … Living in the United States of America those who work may not realize the countless days of work, countless cups of coffee, and even more countless number of days they spend their daily lives not realizing the rat race they are living in. […]