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A study notes marked lifespan increases in mammals that have been castrated or kept on contraception
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Still Life with Plaster Head, 1947 by Vanessa Bell. Oil on board. 53.5 44.5 cm. Estate of Vanessa Bell. All rights reserved, DACS 2025.
Honestly, I don’t know to whom this letter is directed. God? Harvard? (I’m taking a deep, strengthening breath here) Will Hunting himself? My employer-provided therapist told me to do this, and the university committee says to do whatever she says.
For many years now, I have taken my kids on ski trips several times a year. They still protest, saying skiing is okay, but we don’t need to go every time I have weekend custody. They’ll appreciate it one day when they have kids of their own and relentlessly take them on ski trips.
The part they complain about most is how long it takes to actually reach the resort, because I need to stop at every fast-food drive-thru we pass, where I always order fries. Just fries. No burgers, no drinks, fries. And I always pay close attention to the person serving said fries because I know—I don’t think, I know—that eventually it will be Will Hunting and my prophecy will be fulfilled. I cannot be wrong about that. Because if I am wrong about that, I could be wrong about anything. Or everything. And then, am I even alive? Was I ever?

Despite centuries of trying, the term ‘religion’ has proven impossible to define. Then why does it remain so necessary?
- by Kwame Anthony Appiah

I wasn’t quite sure what this moving, warm-and-fuzzy feeling was, until research put a name to it: ‘kama muta’
- by Hannah Seo

At a time of rising intolerance, the century-old work of C E M Joad reminds us what tolerance really is and why we need it
- by Kiran Kumbhar
The Trump administration is killing civilians in the Caribbean and Pacific and trying to suppress videos of boat strikes and press coverage.
The post “Trump Has Appointed Himself Judge, Jury, and Executioner” appeared first on The Intercept.
The 911 operator couldn’t send an ambulance because it was already responding to another call from ICE’s Stewart Detention Center.
The post ICE Prison’s 911 Calls Overwhelm a Rural Georgia Emergency System appeared first on The Intercept.
The soft rumbles seem to reveal more about a feline than their meows, and it’s probably thanks to humans
The post How We Changed Cat Sounds Forever appeared first on Nautilus.
The deadly pathogen is adept at jumping between neurons, making it an ideal tracer to reveal how connections change after a dose of psilocybin in mice
The post Rabies Virus Helps Map Psilocybin’s Brain Altering Effects appeared first on Nautilus.
New model suggests cosmic rays from a supernova led to the formation of our planet
The post Was the Earth Created by a Supernova Shockwave? appeared first on Nautilus.
Researchers recently discovered an extremely small frog species in Brazil
The post This Tiny Neon Frog Dwells in the Clouds appeared first on Nautilus.
