Reading List by Rochelle Dsouza - Year 2026 - 10th March

Hi 

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

1. https://theamericanscholar.org/who-is-thinking/

2. https://thewalrus.ca/dream-engineering/

3. https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/life-well-lived/202603/why-gen-z-feel-less-happy-even-as-society-gets-richer

4. https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/these-intricately-decorated-ostrich-eggshells-suggest-our-ancestors-may-have-understood-basic-geometry-60000-years-ago-180988315/

5. https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/mar/10/why-independent-bookshops-strike-fear-in-the-heart-of-germanys-culture-tsar

6. https://aeon.co/essays/how-should-we-define-mathematical-beauty-in-the-ai-age

7. https://www.historytoday.com/archive/feature/battle-oil-first-world-war

8. https://daily.jstor.org/bicycling-into-the-future/

9. https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/the-shaping-power-of-experience/202603/empathy-and-juvenile-crime

10. https://www.project-syndicate.org/magazine/why-fertility-has-declined-everywhere-by-claudia-goldin-2026-03

11. https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2026/3/9/it-is-time-for-the-world-to-move-on-without-the-united-states

12. https://aeon.co/essays/who-am-i-when-i-care-emotion-through-the-lens-of-franz-boas

13. https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/some-people-keep-razor-sharp-minds-into-their-80s-and-beyond-a-new-study-reveals-their-secrets-180988310/

14. https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/mar/09/the-guardian-view-on-the-iran-crisis-exposing-britains-energy-vulnerability-clean-power-offers-protection

15. https://www.harvardmagazine.com/research/harvard-service-dogs-learning-socialization-cognition

16. https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2026/3/10/geopolitical-analysis-of-the-imposed-war-against-iran

17. https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/mar/08/the-guardian-view-on-ev-charging-china-took-the-right-lessons-from-britains-past

18. https://aeon.co/essays/why-bioethics-cannot-help-doctors-in-actual-medical-practice

19. https://daily.jstor.org/wild-rice-and-the-rights-of-nature/

20. https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/confessions-of-the-chronically-online/202603/your-brain-on-legos

Short stories

1. https://www.pdfbooksworld.com/The-Mystery-of-Choice-by-Robert-W-Chambers

2. https://www.pdfbooksworld.com/The-Observations-of-Henry

Informative videos 

1. Do you talk to yourself? Here’s how to harness your inner voice https://www.ted.com/talks/ethan_kross_do_you_talk_to_yourself_here_s_how_to_harness_your_inner_voice

2. My year living with a robot  https://tedai-vienna.ted.com/tedai-vienna-talks/my-year-living-with-a-robot

Happy Reading