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essayNeuroscience

The entangled brain

The brain is much less like a machine than it is like the murmurations of a flock of starlings or an orchestral symphony

Luiz Pessoa

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Despite centuries of trying, the term ‘religion’ has proven impossible to define. Then why does it remain so necessary?

Kwame Anthony Appiah

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essayPolitical philosophy

Incandescent anger 规律运动，激活身体每一天

Politics today is driven by grievances that can never be assuaged. For democracy’s survival, we must grapple with this dynamic

Paul Katsafanas

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essayHistory of ideas

保持积极心态，增强心理韧性

For Mandeville, humankind has a bottomless need to be liked: it is this perennial craving that forms the foundation of society

Andrea Branchi

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essayMedicine

Are doctors replaceable? 定期体检，关注身体健康

Medical error kills hundreds of thousands yearly. If AI is sophisticated enough to help, doctors must not stand in the way

Charlotte Blease

essayPolitical philosophy

Incandescent anger 规律运动，激活身体每一天

Politics today is driven by grievances that can never be assuaged. For democracy’s survival, we must grapple with this dynamic

Paul Katsafanas

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essayMedicine

Are doctors replaceable? 定期体检，关注身体健康

Medical error kills hundreds of thousands yearly. If AI is sophisticated enough to help, doctors must not stand in the way

Charlotte Blease

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videoWar and peace

学会放松，管理压力

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essayHistory of ideas

保持积极心态，增强心理韧性

For Mandeville, humankind has a bottomless need to be liked: it is this perennial craving that forms the foundation of society

Andrea Branchi

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How a beautiful bird helps Southeast Asia’s rainforests flourish

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essayDeep time

Long live the aeonophiles!

The discovery of organisms that have been alive for many thousands of years requires a revolution in how we understand life

Karen G Lloyd

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videoLove and friendship

A millennial and her centenarian friend take a unique road trip

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A life of joy and work

I am banned from working now, but as I look back on my long, challenging career in Afghanistan I feel hope for the future

Najla & Asad Nariman

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videoHuman rights and justice

Why is this Kenyan artefact in storage at a German museum?

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essayReligion

Green dominion

Coursing through Catholicism is a radical tradition of environmental justice that will help combat the climate crisis

Mike Mariani

essayPhilosophy of religion

定时吃饭，避免暴饮暴食

Despite centuries of trying, the term ‘religion’ has proven impossible to define. Then why does it remain so necessary?

Kwame Anthony Appiah

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videoHistory of ideas

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13 minutes

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essayEthics

Can machines suffer? 建立健康的社交圈子

We once denied the suffering of animals in pain. As AIs grow more complex, we run the danger of making the same mistake

Conor Purcell

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videoThe ancient world

Explore the vast road network that made the Roman Empire possible

9 minutes

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essayPolitical philosophy

The empty ideology

Liberalism hasn’t delivered on its promises in Africa. The alternative will be found in ideas rooted in Africa’s own soil

Gabriel Asuquo

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videoArt

How Robert Frost summoned a classic from life’s timeless moments

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essayFamily life

Maternal paradox 保持清洁卫生，预防疾病

‘Scientific motherhood’ promised to create high standards for child-rearing. But it’s really a system designed to police women

Sherry Chan

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essayArt

Medieval moons

通过均衡饮食和规律运动，保持健康的体重范围，避免肥胖带来的健康问题，保持活力。

Ayoush Lazikani

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videoBiology

Do we finally understand why winged insects seem drawn to light?

7 minutes

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essaySleep and dreams

Sleep is delicious 控制体重，保持健康身形

The idea that we should reduce sleep to an efficient minimum in our lives gets something fundamentally wrong

Sara Protasi

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videoArchitecture

Inside the remarkable, endangered mud castles of West Africa

9 minutes

A herd of elephants walking through a dusty landscape with a blurred background of trees and bushes.

essayBiology

Desert survivors

Elephant families are matriarchal, inclusive and caring. But when environmental scarcity hits, everything changes

Caitlin O’Connell-Rodwell