Welcome to the eighth volume of WizeWorld, our weekly collection of handpicked stories and sounds to help bolster your sense of wizdom and curiosity.
Read
From Beatrice Kilat of The Cut, read the chronicles of an estranged family member seeking to reconnect with her family and culture in Uganda.
Watch
The most recent video from What I’ve Learned asks the question, does coffee make you more fat and anxious? A fair, worthy, and necessary question given the general public’s love of coffee, a love that borders on dependency from time to time.
Listen
Some of the latest from Vancouver artist Pender Street Steppers is a super funky, eclectic if also moody, mix of music. At times industrial and venturing into sounds from the mid-80s, the mix is a lesson in funk and groove.
Good News
It’s no secret that the human impact on the planet has taken its toll on the earth. Things may be able to take a turn for the better as scientists from the University of Toulouse have created 'super enzymes’ that can eat through plastic waste six times faster than usual, helping the fight for a greener future.
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