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Quite a bit, in fact. As poetry critic Stephen Burt will tell you: Poetry may not move the sun and stars, but it can certainly move you.

It’s only human to avoid discussing death. But when we do, we run the risk of not knowing how our loved ones want to live — and die. Advocate and journalist Ellen Goodman tells us how to kick off this critical conversation.

There isn’t much that we can do to stop hackers from stealing the data we entrust to companies. However, there are some easy things we can all do to significantly reduce the harm from such breaches. TED Fellow Christopher Soghoian, principal technologist at the ACLU, explains.

生物人类学家海伦·费舍尔从大脑科学角度揭示出轨的10个事实：人类大脑中三套独立的神经系统使出轨在生理上成为可能；出轨在全球各文化中普遍存在；20%至40%的已婚男性和20%至25%的已婚女性会有婚外情；研究甚至发现了一种可能与出轨相关的基因变异。

Margaret Heffernan explains why companies should value — treasure! — whistleblowers, how and why Saturn is turning blue, and other good reads from round the web.

Formula E, the world’s first fully electric racing series, has cars that swish rather than scream — and all the drivers drive the same design of car. Driver Nicolas Prost shares the secrets behind a very modern contest.

Amy Cuddy digs into what our faces and bodies do when we tell a lie.

Yes, you can have a successful divorce, says relationship therapist Esther Perel. The first step? Writing goodbye letters to each other.

过去30年的技术进步让我们首次生活在一个”可读的星球”上。安德鲁·布劳探讨：当几乎任何人都能实时、随意地理解世界上的一切时，这将意味着什么？正如伽利略用望远镜让天空变得可读，今天的传感器、卫星与网络正在以同样的方式重塑人类认知世界的方式。

本文汇集三篇必读故事：设计行业是否辜负了苹果崛起所带来的期望？艺术家克里斯托如何以”非理性的绝对自由”回应外界对其巨型装置艺术的批评？以及两位创业者在硅谷天使投资与A轮融资的险滩中挣扎求生的真实经历。