Reading List by Rochelle Dsouza - Year 2026 - 3rd February

Hi 

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

1. https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/jan/28/britain-teenagers-social-media-law-children-wellbeing

2. https://daily.jstor.org/the-medicinal-wood-that-turned-water-blue/

3. https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/best-practices-in-health/202602/the-new-science-of-craving

4. https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/meditation-for-modern-life/202602/the-chess-game-of-life-why-every-move-matters

5. https://www.househousemagazine.com/everybody-wants-to-be-thomas-bernhard

6. https://aeon.co/essays/inside-the-criminal-world-of-southeast-asias-scam-compounds

7. https://daily.jstor.org/the-congo-crisis-and-the-rise-of-a-pan-african-musical-politics/

8. https://time.com/7346146/artemis-ii-launch-nasa-astronauts-moon-mission/

9. https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/feb/02/the-guardian-view-on-londons-nightlife-how-to-share-city-space-is-best-resolved-locally

10. https://www.historytoday.com/archive/head-head/how-has-gandhi-influenced-indian-history-his-death

11. https://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/kennedy-anti-vaccine-policies-causing-preventable-disease-and-death-by-peter-singer-2026-02

12. https://www.noemamag.com/what-counts-as-a-mind/

13. https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2026/1/29/if-cuba-falls-the-global-south-is-to-blame-too

14. https://aeon.co/essays/are-online-communities-for-chronic-illness-doing-more-harm-than-good

15. https://daily.jstor.org/a-history-of-existential-anxiety/

16. https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/small-stubby-armed-dinosaurs-have-confounded-paleontologists-are-answers-finally-within-reach-180988115/

17. https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/nasa-prepares-artemis-take-next-giant-leap-toward-stepping-moon-again-180987849/

18. https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/getting-comfortable-with-conflict/202602/conflict-is-an-opportunity

19. https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/feb/01/the-guardian-view-on-the-eus-answer-to-trump-trade-without-threats

20. https://www.foreignaffairs.com/united-states/paradox-wartime-commerce

Short stories

1. https://americanliterature.com/author/theodore-dreiser/short-story/peter

2. https://americanliterature.com/author/jules-verne/short-story/in-the-year-2889

 

Informative videos 

1. In defense of hip-hop https://www.ted.com/talks/roland_fryer_in_defense_of_hip_hop

2. The language you're fluent in — but forgot how to hear https://www.ted.com/talks/louis_vi_the_language_you_re_fluent_in_but_forgot_how_to_hear

Happy Reading