Reading List by Rochelle Dsouza - Year 2026 - 19th January

Hi 

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

1. https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/jan/18/the-guardian-view-on-microplastics-research-questioning-results-is-good-for-science-but-has-political-consequences

2. https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2026/1/13/why-iran-is-not-repeating-1979

3. https://www.noemamag.com/the-politics-of-planetary-color/

4. https://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/knowledge-and-technologies-to-end-hunger-already-exist-by-yurdi-yasmi-2026-01

5. https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/contents-of-a-wolf-pups-stomach-from-14400-years-ago-are-teaching-researchers-about-the-lives-of-the-last-woolly-rhinos-180988020/

6. https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/jan/18/iran-democracy-independent-media-civil-society-rule-of-law

7. https://www.historytoday.com/archive/feature/moral-victorian-childrens-story

8. https://time.com/7346613/how-to-leave-group-chat-text-polite/

9. https://www.forbes.com/sites/billconerly/2025/08/27/adding-highway-lanes-will-reduce-congestion-despite-the-skeptics/

10. https://www.americanscientist.org/article/the-study-of-climate-on-alien-worlds

11. https://aeon.co/essays/when-we-turned-time-into-a-line-we-reimagined-past-and-future

12. https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/lies-and-deception/202601/how-bayesian-thinking-helps-win-lotteries-and-life

13. https://philosophynow.org/issues/152/Calling_Time

14. https://daily.jstor.org/disavowing-politics-while-doing-politics/

15. https://aeon.co/essays/dying-to-be-green-are-new-eco-funerals-a-false-promise

16. https://aeon.co/essays/why-hume-is-better-at-explaining-modern-capitalism-than-marx

17. https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/the-shaping-power-of-experience/202601/the-adolescent-brain-and-delinquency

18. https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smithsonian-institution/who-was-the-inspiration-behind-the-gibson-girl-illustrations-the-artist-said-she-was-every-woman-180988014

19. https://daily.jstor.org/in-pursuit-of-peace-ancient-athens-created-a-goddess/

20. https://aeon.co/essays/why-the-best-way-to-understand-the-self-is-to-build-a-robot-one

Short stories 

1. https://fullreads.com/literature/the-river-dickens/

2. https://fullreads.com/literature/the-thorn-in-the-flesh/

TED Talk Daily 

1. The art (and science) of stop-motion animation https://www.ted.com/talks/brian_mclean_the_art_and_science_of_stop_motion_animation

2. What gets lost when we treat conversations like transactions https://www.ted.com/talks/khaya_dlanga_what_gets_lost_when_we_treat_conversations_like_transactions

Happy Reading