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Confessions of a jumbotron addict

2025-07-03 18:01:00

Illustration of a scoreboard at Barclays Center showing a man with raised arms, surrounded by an arena.

Ecstatic moves, magic moments – this animated short documentary details one basketball fan’s love of the arena’s big screen

- Directed by Mickey Duzyj

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Dangerous things

2025-07-03 18:00:00

Photo of a red-eyed tree frog with vivid green, blue and orange colouring, perched on a branch in a lush forest setting.

Like the red-eyed tree frog tadpoles, my son and I fell into a new beginning

- by Heather Swan

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When talking brings you relief, brain syncing may be at work

2025-07-02 18:00:00

Two people at a cafe table, one holding a cigarette. Blurred foreground and background create a candid atmosphere.

Something curious happens in two people’s brains during supportive interactions. It could help explain their emotional power

- by Yarden Avnor & Simone Shamay-Tsoory

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As if

2025-07-02 18:00:00

Pencil sketches of six faces and profiles on paper including bearded men and a woman with hair tied back.

Why we should embrace beliefs or stories that may not be, strictly speaking, true but are to some extent useful or good

- by Sam Dresser

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A sister who wasn’t ours

2025-07-01 18:00:00

Photo of a person carrying a child with blue star shorts on their back, walking on a path lined with green plants.

We were her foster family for two and a half years. We had no claim to her, but she became part of us

- by Kelsey Day

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Alison Gopnik: cognition, care and spirituality

2025-06-30 18:01:00

Illustration of an elderly person in a chair holding a baby touching the child’s finger.

Far more than an evolutionary imperative, caregiving is a gateway to our deepest humanity, and may explain our intelligence

- Video by Aeon

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