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Children’s game: pau de sebo

2025-12-24 19:01:00

Photo of a person climbing a pole reaching for prizes, including a teddy bear and toy guitar, against a cloudy sky.

In a town park in Portugal, prizes dangle just out of reach up a greasy pole. How will the local teens manage to get them?

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Incandescent anger

2025-12-23 19:00:00

Silhouetted figure at a desk with US flag nearby, backlit by sunlight through curtains.

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

- by Paul Katsafanas

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Voices of Russia

2025-12-22 19:01:00

Black-and-white illustration of a group of people in a room with a cassette player, a person holding a guitar, and a person reading a book.

In rare interviews, Russians speak candidly about their lives in the presence of war – animated to protect their identities

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Are doctors replaceable?

2025-12-22 19:00:00

Digital illustration of a human skeleton scan on a futuristic medical interface, showing data and analysis metrics.

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

- by Charlotte Blease

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Philosopher of pride

2025-12-19 19:00:00

London’s Gherkin building lit at night with Canary Wharf skyscrapers glowing in the hazy background.

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

- by Andrea Branchi

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Island of the hornbills

2025-12-18 19:01:00

Photo of hornbill perched on a tree trunk with vibrant beak, surrounded by green leaves under a clear sky.

Why the stunning rhinoceros hornbills are the farmers of the rainforest and a powerful avian symbol of regeneration

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