Author: Brent Lambert

Writer, editor, and founder of FEELguide. I have written over 5,000 articles covering many topics including: travel, design, movies, music, politics, psychology, neuroscience, business, religion and spirituality, philosophy, pop culture, the universe, and so much more. I also work as an illustrator and set designer in the movie industry, and you can see all of my drawings at http://www.unifiedfeel.com.

The most crucial factor of surviving the wild is the steps that come before your feet ever hit the forest floor. If you’re taking on the great outdoors, then be sure to pack up all the necessary gear and sack of tricks you’ll need to earn your place at the top of the food chain. Listed here are the essential points to consider before venturing out.

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It takes hundreds — sometimes thousands — of people to create a film or TV series, so it makes sense that over time these technicians will incorporate some hidden messages into their work. Case in point is the mysterious code “A113” which appears in so much of our entertainment — especially animation. The team at Vulture wanted to learn why, and they found the answer in the video below. Another code which appears in our daily lives is “YKK” on our zippers. So why exactly do these 3 letters show up on 99% of our pants and shorts? Click play…

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I have only watched one episode of Game of Thrones. It was on a flight to Europe, and because I grew so sick and tired of not knowing what everyone on Earth was talking about, I pressed play. I haven’t watched another episode since. I cringe whenever I hear the name of the series because when millions of people are all unanimously obsessed with something at the same time I assume it’s either one of two things: 1) a cult, or 2) a mass media manipulation. It’s for this reason I still a haven’t seen Breaking Bad, or The Good…

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Claire Hentschker is a Pittsburgh-based artist specializing in virtual and augmented reality. Her work has been exhibited and presented at the Carnegie Museum of Art, the VIA Festival, the Miller Gallery at Carnegie Mellon, and many others. In one of her most recent works, entitled Shining360, Hentschker extracted and extruded 3D elements from Stanley Kubrick’s The Shining using photogrammetric technology. The fragments were then stitched together and assembled in the same trajectory as the original camera path. Use your mouse cursor to move 360º around the 30-minute experiment, and prepare to be blow away. For more info on Claire visit her site at ClaireSophie.com.

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Philosopher Alain de Botton is a major favorite of mine here at FEELguide. Many of my favorite Alain de Botton insights come from his London-based organization known as The School of Life which is devoted to “developing emotional intelligence through the help of culture.” The School of Life adds, “We address such issues as how to find fulfilling work, how to master the art of relationships, how to understand one’s past, how to achieve calm and how better to understand, and where necessary change, the world.” In their latest video, de Botton narrates the three fundamental sources of self esteem. Designed and…

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Scientists at the Leiden Institute of Physics have confirmed a discovery that will rewrite the books on DNA. Ever since Watson and Crick identified the structure of DNA molecules in 1953, scientists have assumed that the only information contained within each strand is the various combos of G, A, T and C inside the iconic double helix structure. But today’s announcement confirms what scientists have suspected since the 1980s — there is a secret “hidden” code found inside the specific way each DNA molecule is wrapped up and folded.

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In a new research study, Microsoft data scientists announce they have successfully been able to identify people who are in the early stages of pancreatic cancer based on analysis of search engine queries. By analyzing the queries of anonymous Bing users who appear to have been recently diagnosed with pancreatic cancer, Microsoft data scientists worked backwards and analyzed these users’ earlier symptom-related search engine queries. By doing so, they were able to detect specific patterns in these early-stage queries which allows them to predict with a high degree of accuracy which Bing users have pancreatic cancer and do not know…

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