RI DAILY

Manhattan's little, quieter island and beyond

Reporting Roosevelt Island since sunrise.

RI DAILY

Manhattan's little, quieter island and beyond

Reporting Roosevelt Island since sunrise.

what brains see

What is the small brain inside your heart?

The small brain inside your heart is a recent discovery. Scientists are still trying to understand its role. This little-known organ is called “the cardiac ganglion.” It’s located in the sinoatrial node, which is the heart’s natural pacemaker. Studies show…

You Have Three Brains: How Does That Work?

By David Stone Assorted Ideas, Large & Small What’s the hardest part of loving your three brains? Knowing you really have three? But you’ve known about them all along, haven’t you? Take a look. “Use Your Head” We’ve all heard…

Dizzying Conflicts: Thoughtful Meditation On What We Really Are

This Internal-External Realities Meditation comes from the final section of A Million Different Things: Meditations of The World’s Happiest Man. It’s concerned with the strange, maybe imaginary, border between our internal and external realities.