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Aloha ʻāina

2026-05-21 18:01:00

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It’s marketed as a holiday destination, but the true meaning of Hawai’i lies in the connections between land and people

- by Aeon Video

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Make immigration boring

2026-05-21 18:00:00

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The fiercest political battle of our age needs less moral drama and more hard thinking about numbers and fair tradeoffs

- by Alan Manning

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Looking for a donkey

2026-05-20 18:01:00

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After two arrests and a national uproar, why is it so tricky to find the donkey once likened to Venezuela’s president?

- by Aeon Video

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Maritime China

2026-05-19 18:00:00

Painting of a naval battle with numerous ancient ships, surrounded by mountains and turbulent waters.

Far from turning its back on the sea, the fate of Qing China was tied as much to tides and storms as to cavalry and walls

- by Ron Po

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How death came to Earth

2026-05-18 18:01:00

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Why must humans die? According to an ancient Indian folktale, death first came to Earth through an ill-fated love affair

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Mathematics is out there

2026-05-18 18:00:00

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Sergiu Klainerman spent years proving that black holes won’t fly apart; and arguing that maths is not a human invention

- by Steve Nadis

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