Reading List by Rochelle Dsouza - Year 2026 - 17th June 2026

 Hi 

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

1. https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/when-team-meteorologists-combat-pilots-set-out-understand-thunderstorms-made-flying-safer-everyone-180988841/

2. https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2026/6/11/the-university-must-not-become-a-supply-chain-for-ai

3. https://drb.ie/article/reinventing-the-renaissance/

4. https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/jun/17/is-it-bad-that-elon-musk-has-a-trillion-dollars-yes-and-heres-why

5. https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2026/6/15/the-slow-death-of-goldsmiths-is-a-warning-to-british-universities

6. https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smithsonian-institution/ants-can-get-distracted-by-cookies-chips-and-other-junk-food-heres-why-that-could-be-a-problem-for-the-environment-180988962/

7. https://aeon.co/essays/what-ancient-philosophy-really-thought-about-domestic-life

8. https://www.americanscientist.org/blog/science-culture/in-the-beginning-there-was-light

9. https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/pop-culture-mental-health/202606/we-built-the-casino-then-blamed-the-gambler

10. https://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/consumer-corporate-government-spending-levels-cannot-continue-indefinitely-by-mohamed-a-el-erian-2026-06

11. https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/jun/16/the-guardian-view-on-the-global-baby-bust-people-are-having-fewer-children-even-where-they-say-they-want-more

12. https://www.historytoday.com/archive/history-matters/cypriot-graffiti-ancient-egypt

13. https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/jun/16/anthropic-fable-ai

14. https://aeon.co/essays/the-strange-rocks-that-wouldnt-exist-without-us

15. https://daily.jstor.org/how-sicilian-sulfur-fueled-the-industrial-revolution/

16. https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/scientists-uncover-new-clues-about-the-volcanic-origins-of-the-giants-causeway-an-iconic-geologic-structure-in-northern-ireland-180988967/

17. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2026/06/17/entertainment-news/osamu-tezuka-anime-manga-documentary/

18. https://aeon.co/essays/what-would-a-therapy-camp-for-billionaires-look-like

19. https://daily.jstor.org/the-evolution-of-britains-invasion-fiction/

20. https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/parenting-from-a-neuroscience-perspective/202606/why-adults-still-like-stickers

Short stories

1. https://americanliterature.com/author/o-henry/short-story/a-cosmopolite-in-a-cafe

2. https://americanliterature.com/author/f-scott-fitzgerald/short-story/winter-dreams

Informative videos 

1. The human cell is wildly complex. Can AI decode it?  https://www.ted.com/talks/silvana_konermann_the_human_cell_is_wildly_complex_can_ai_decode_it

2. How Community Notes reduce viral misinformation https://www.ted.com/talks/keith_coleman_jay_baxter_how_community_notes_reduce_viral_misinformation

Happy Reading