Reading List by Rochelle Dsouza - Year 2026 - 7th April

Hi 

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

1. https://aeon.co/essays/antibiotic-resistance-in-india-has-consequences-everywhere

2. https://unherd.com/2026/04/the-false-dawn-of-the-post-literate-society/?edition=us

3. https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/apr/06/the-guardian-view-on-cambridges-190m-gift-billionaires-wont-fix-universities-problems

4. https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2026/4/6/a-new-regional-order-for-the-strait-of-hormuz

5. https://daily.jstor.org/race-fertility-and-the-science-of-slavery-in-antebellum-america/

6. https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/video-game-health/202604/social-media-companies-fined-for-harming-user

7. https://philosophynow.org/issues/173/The_Mirror_and_the_Flame

8. https://www.villagevoice.com/the-second-printing-revolution-shows-us-that-information-has-never-been-free/

9. https://hedgehogreview.com/issues/humanism-in-a-posthumanist-age/articles/the-human-condition-or-the-conditional-human

10. https://www.currentaffairs.org/news/why-america-is-obsessed-with-protein-and-war

11. https://publicdomainreview.org/essay/fear-and-fragility-the-glass-delusion-and-its-history/

12. https://www.science.org/content/article/neanderthals-survived-knife-s-edge-350-000-years

13. https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/apr/07/capitalism-endgame-private-equity-captured-nurseries-care-homes

14. https://aeon.co/essays/how-might-humanitarian-journalism-be-done-better

15. https://www.historytoday.com/archive/feature/speed-early-modern-news

16. https://daily.jstor.org/cucumber-the-plant-that-moves-more-than-you-think/

17. https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/life-well-lived/202604/what-a-humanities-education-can-teach-us-about-happiness

18. https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smithsonian-institution/how-the-chocolate-bunny-became-the-mouthwatering-mascot-of-easter-sweets-180988480/

19. https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/nasas-artemis-ii-moon-mission-reaches-greatest-distance-from-earth/

20. https://www.noemamag.com/limiting-not-just-screen-time-but-screen-space/

Short stories

1. https://americanliterature.com/author/hans-christian-andersen/short-story/soup-on-a-sausage-peg

2. https://americanliterature.com/author/jack-london/novella/the-scarlet-plague/summary

Informative videos 

1. Where joy hides and how to find it https://www.ted.com/talks/ingrid_fetell_lee_where_joy_hides_and_how_to_find_it

2. Why the world is still not built for women https://www.ted.com/talks/virginia_santy_why_the_world_is_still_not_built_for_women

Happy Reading