Is there a ‘Seventh Generation’ of Chinese film-makers?
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The World’s Stockyard
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Democratic Disenchantment
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Monday Poem: Bahadur Shah Zafar
On Seeing Bahadur Shah ZafarThe Last Mughal Emperor1775 – 1862 The king is a subject—A…
This AI Learns Continuously From New Experiences—Without Forgetting Its Past
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‘Daal Bhat Tarkari Achar’ in Nepal
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Sunday Poem: Airborne Hope
by Vivian Huang (age 15): a contrapuntal poem dedicated to my family. —from 2024 Rattle Young…
The Riot in Toronto: An Excerpt From The Revelations
by Erik Hoel at The Intrinsic Perspective: IN THE SUMMER after they graduated from college,…
How a Group of Chocolate-Making Spanish Nuns, a Mixologist, and a Former Vatican Ambassador are Trying to Make Catholicism Great Again
By Marta Represa at Air Mail: The Poor Clare nuns of the Belorado Monastery in…
What Science Can and Can’t Tell us About Cheating Ageing
Jan H. J. Hoeijmakers in Nature: We are born; we grow up; we become an…