Reading List by Rochelle Dsouza - Year 2025 - 27th October

Hi 

Sharing this week’s list of 20 articles, short stories and videos

1. https://thepointmag.substack.com/p/can-the-humanities-be-saved

2. https://lareviewofbooks.org/article/from-domination-to-derision/

3. https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2025/10/19/gazas-traumatised-children-urgently-need-the-hope-education-offers

4. https://aeon.co/essays/those-declared-monsters-are-ejected-from-the-human-family

5. https://daily.jstor.org/a-whale-of-a-shark/

6. https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/ancient-dna-reveals-new-diseases-behind-napoleons-1812-russian-retreat/

7. https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/animal-minds/202510/spiders-are-smart-not-scary

8. https://www.historytoday.com/archive/feature/was-brutus-honourable-man

9. https://philosophynow.org/issues/170/Forced_Vaccination

10. https://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/is-ai-boom-real-or-just-another-speculative-bubble-by-diane-coyle-2025-10

11. https://www.noemamag.com/the-abundance-movements-blind-spot/

12. https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2025/10/23/why-the-louvre-heist-feels-like-justice-but

13. https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/oct/26/the-guardian-view-on-electronic-implants-a-new-way-of-seeing-not-of-being

14. https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/oct/24/the-guardian-view-on-a-bumper-crop-of-horror-scary-times-call-for-even-scarier-films

15. https://aeon.co/essays/medicine-is-uncertain-embracing-that-makes-doctors-better

16. https://daily.jstor.org/the-lessons-of-due-process-in-julius-caesar/

17. https://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/amazon-peruvian-artists-home-inspiration-palette-world-gallery-180987459/

18. https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/cutting-edge-leadership/202510/the-psychology-of-horror-movies

19. https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2025/11/concord-american-revolution-origin/684313/

20. https://www.americanscientist.org/article/a-biting-buzz

Short stories 

1. https://www.pdfbooksworld.com/Incredible-Adventures-by-Algernon-Blackwood

2. https://www.pdfbooksworld.com/The-Mysterious-Island-by-Jules-Verne

TED Talk Daily 

1. https://www.ted.com/talks/catherine_nakalembe_how_satellites_are_supporting_farmers_across_africa

2. https://www.ted.com/talks/claudia_passos_ferreira_inside_the_mind_of_a_newborn_baby