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How Do We Know the Sun Will RISE Tomorrow? 🌞

Mar 10, 2026

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How Do We Know the Sun Will RISE Tomorrow? 🌞

PLUS: Maths and Fantasy Football, Economics of Haribo, and Periodic Table of Comic Books 🦸

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Psychology

Consciousness = a THEATRE?! 🧠

Mar 3, 2026

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Consciousness = a THEATRE?! 🧠

Medicine

Patchwork People: Transplantation and the Problem of Rejection ❌

Feb 24, 2026

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Patchwork People: Transplantation and the Problem of Rejection ❌

Law

If I See Someone Drowning and Do Not Help, Am I Liable for Their Injuries? 🤔

Feb 17, 2026

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If I See Someone Drowning and Do Not Help, Am I Liable for Their Injuries? 🤔

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Music

Does it matter that Beethoven was Deaf? 🎵

Feb 10, 2026

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8 min read

Does it matter that Beethoven was Deaf? 🎵

PLUS: Monkey Names, NYC and Water, and Inherited Wealth 💰

Medicine

Don’t take too much Calpol: drugs and the body 💊

Feb 3, 2026

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7 min read

Don’t take too much Calpol: drugs and the body 💊

PLUS: Kessler Syndrome, Geradus Mercator, and Artifacts That “Shouldn’t” Exist 🗿

English

A False Dream: The Failure of the American Canon 🇺🇸

Jan 27, 2026

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6 min read

A False Dream: The Failure of the American Canon 🇺🇸

PLUS: OJ and Toothpaste, The Key to Ancient Egypt, and 4 billion years of tectonics 🌍️

Modern Foreign Languages

Where do our voices come from? Marguerite Duras’ India Song 🗣️

Jan 20, 2026

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Where do our voices come from? Marguerite Duras’ India Song 🗣️

PLUS: Racism and Swimming Pools, Death-Defying Rats, and Why AI Can’t Tell the Time ⏲️

Biology

Choose a functional character! 🐙

Jan 13, 2026

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8 min read

Choose a functional character! 🐙

PLUS: Nuclear Armageddon (almost), Microtonal Music, and AI Doctors? 🩺

Modern Foreign Languages

Is there any crime or punishment in Crime and Punishment? 👮

Dec 16, 2025

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8 min read

Is there any crime or punishment in Crime and Punishment? 👮

PLUS: The Evolution of Earth’s Continents, Ancient Engineering Wonders, and The Psychology of Urban Spaces 🏙️