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The Legend of What Actually Lived in the “No Man’s Land” Between World War I’s Trenches
Born of the horrors of trench warfare, a ghoulish tale of scavengers and scofflaws took hold 100 years ago. By James Deutsch. (Sept. 8, 2014)
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You Only Live Twice
Nancy Sinatra
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Children Don’t Always Live
I lost a child, and yet I chose to become a father again. Is that bravery or stupidity? By Jayson Greene.
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Does Your ‘Self’ Have a Soul?
Most religions claim that there is more to the self than the brain. The traditional understanding is that human sentience and selfhood are conveyed via some kind of nonphysical substance, often called a ‘soul.’ By Robert Lawrence Kuhn.
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Astronomy Photographer of the Year 2016 shortlist - in pictures
Gorgeous galaxies and stunning stars make up this selection of pictures from the shortlisted entries for this year’s Insight Astronomy Photographer of the Year award. By Eric Hilaire.
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One of Japan’s most popular mascots is an egg with crippling depression
Gudetama is a cartoon egg yolk that feels existence is almost unbearable. How did it win so many Japanese hearts? By Patrick Winn.
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The Stranger Guest: The Literature of Pregnancy and New Motherhood
Lily Gurton-Wachter surveys the literature of pregnancy and new motherhood, from Charlotte Perkins Gilman to Rivka Galchen.
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The Dread and Bewilderment of Walking in Circles
At one point we grew so frustrated in our circling that we struck off, bushwhacking in the direction we guessed the water must be. By Robert Moor.
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Should a human-pig chimera be treated as a person?
There is a well-documented organ shortage throughout the world. For example, 3,000 kidney transplants were made last year in the United Kingdom, but that still left 5,000 people on the waiting list at the end of the period. A lucrative trade in organs has grown up, and transplant tourism has become relatively common… By Julian Savulescu.
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‘Hope is an embrace of the unknown’
We may be living through times of unprecedented change, but in uncertainty lies the power to influence the future. Now is not the time to despair, but to act. Rebecca Solnit on living in dark times.
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A Nihilist’s Guide to Meaning
I’ve never been plagued by the big existential questions. You know, like What’s my purpose? or What does it all mean? By Kevin Simler.
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Silence the most fitting memorial at Somme commemorations
On centenary of first world war battle, poignant services were attended by political leaders and victims’ descendants. By Esther Addley and Helen Pidd.
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Better Living Through Meaninglessness
I’ve come to realize that my anxiety is more comfortable when I am involved in a contained drama, like a bad haircut. (July ’15)
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France’s Legendary Haunted Lighthouse Has First Resident Since 1910
For French sailors, hell can be found off the coast of Brittany. Between the French mainland and the Île de Sein is a stretch of water known as the Raz de Sein, infamous for its violent currents. The lighthouses dotting the uninhabited islands along the waterway are difficult to reach and can house at most two lighthouse keepers living in austere conditions... By Jessie Guy-Ryan.
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The Break-off Effect
The Virgin Galactic crash made the mechanical risks of space tourism clearer, but the psychological effects of space travel largely remain unknown. By Sydney Brownstone. (Nov. 5, ’14)
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Existential Riddles
Q: Which is heavier, a ton of feathers or a ton of gold? A: Everything is equal in a cruelly indifferent universe. By Ethan Kuperberg.
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Why Asia Craves America’s Pig DNA
“You don’t just buy animals. You buy genetic progress.” By Andrew Martin.
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Sky readers
For most of human history, the stars told us where we were in space and time. Have we forgotten how to look up? By Gene Tracy.
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Reality Itself Is Malevolent in Thomas Ligotti’s Work
Ligotti’s stories seem almost violently unpalatable. They afford neither easy resolutions nor the seemingly ambiguous but ultimately fulfilling pleasures of so many mystery stories. By Austin Price.
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Jenny Diski’s End Notes
The English writer is facing death the only way she knows how: line by line.
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