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Dog day blues

2025-08-22 18:00:00

A dog with a leash standing on a carved wooden bench in front of a field and bare trees under a cloudy sky.

We were a new stepfamily, and only the puppy was missing. With Elsa, we lobbed a grenade into the mix

- by Lily Dunn

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Sleep is important, but not that important

2025-08-21 18:00:00

A person lying in bed under a duvet, arms covering face; bedside table with books, a lamp, a mug and reading glasses.

It’s good that we’re taking sleep more seriously than we used to, but the messaging about its importance has gone too far

- by Alice Gregory

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Asteroid economics: why we’re shopping our way through Armageddon

2025-08-21 18:00:00

Photo of cars covered in protective plastic inside a showroom with reflections of bare trees in the glass facade.

We must escape the psychological trap where grave warnings about existential threats trigger ever more destructive behaviour

- by M I Krueger

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Double portrait

2025-08-20 18:01:00

Oil painting diptych of a man rowing a boat and a woman in blue with a green background.

Told one brush stroke at a time, this love story spans decades, journeys over continents, and navigates life’s highs and lows

- Directed by Ian Bruce

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You don’t need perfect features to be physically beautiful

2025-08-20 18:00:00

Vintage photo of two women in Victorian attire, one in a patterned dress looks at the other who wears a fur-trimmed coat.

New research reveals that physical attractiveness is more about personal compatibility than meeting universal standards

- by Annett Schirmer

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The psychic who healed me

2025-08-19 18:00:00

Illustration of a woman floating in space surrounded by large hands and small stars on a dark background.

It was just like her – my bold, dead mother – to show up in my life again. Or was grief playing tricks on me?

- by Amanda Leigh Lichtenstein

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