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2026-09-01 18:00:00

A lively snowball fight with people in winter clothing throwing snow outside amidst a snowy background.

We are most human when we play freely, imaginatively, pointlessly. Gamification risks atrophying that most precious capacity

- by Justin Neuman

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The Singapore strategies

2026-08-31 18:00:00

Lush green gardens with tall tree-like structures and a glass dome in the background under a cloudy sky.

The nation’s water is secure, but its food is another matter: lessons from the city-state in efficiency versus self-sufficiency

- by Peter A Coclanis

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The fog of hunger

2026-08-21 18:00:00

A woman in a red top walking past a large poster of a face, with bold shadows on a sunlit background.

From childhood, women are trained to restrict their appetite. And there’s a huge, hidden, cognitive price to pay for it

- by Sarah Berg

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A vocabulary for the future: touch

2026-08-20 18:01:00

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A mesmerising blend of words and images make touch a doorway into the deepest questions in physics and philosophy

- by Aeon Video

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Dolphins and other lovers

2026-08-20 18:00:00

Illustration of two people embracing while riding through green waters on a pink river dolphin wearing a hat, with houses and trees in the background.

The Andoque of the Amazon know what we have forgotten: the forest’s most beautiful creatures are also its most dangerous

- by Eliran Arazi

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The conscience files

2026-08-19 18:01:00

Photo of a large petrified log with vivid red and brown hues in a desert setting with grass and a blue sky.

The sorrows and redemptions of visitors who mailed their ‘souvenirs’ back to Arizona’s Petrified Forest National Park

- by Aeon Video

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