Modern Foreign Languages

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

Jan 20, 2026

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8 min read

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 ⏲️

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 🏙️

Modern Foreign Languages

Franco and the Spanish Civil War: Did Spain ensure justice for the 500,000 victims? 👨‍⚖️

Dec 2, 2025

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7 min read

Franco and the Spanish Civil War: Did Spain ensure justice for the 500,000 victims? 👨‍⚖️

PLUS: Inventing 20 Languages, Voices of Nature, and Free Will vs. Determinism 💭

Modern Foreign Languages

Writer, Chemist, and Auschwitz Survivor 🕊️

Nov 4, 2025

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8 min read

Writer, Chemist, and Auschwitz Survivor 🕊️

PLUS: Boycotts, Art by Colour, and Record Breaking Animals 🐼

Modern Foreign Languages

Translation: so easy that Google can do it for us? ✍️

Aug 5, 2025

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7 min read

Translation: so easy that Google can do it for us? ✍️

PLUS: Insect Aesthetics, The Future of Literary Criticism, and Physics of Rollercoasters 🎢

Modern Foreign Languages

Wallace Fountains: Keeping France hydrated since 1872 ⛲

Feb 10, 2025

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7 min read

Wallace Fountains: Keeping France hydrated since 1872 ⛲

PLUS: The Bitcoin Paradox, Biogeography, and The Science of Rainbows 🌈

Modern Foreign Languages

The Boulevard du Crime: Criminal Parisian Theatres 🎭

Oct 21, 2024

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7 min read

The Boulevard du Crime: Criminal Parisian Theatres 🎭

Plus: Venus, Accent Bias, and the Fibonacci Sequence 🕸️

Modern Foreign Languages

What would happen if a dog became human? 🐶

Jul 15, 2024

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9 min read

What would happen if a dog became human? 🐶

PLUS: Extreme Dormancy, Japanese American Immigrants in California, and Smartphones are Bicycles for our Mind 📱

Philosophy

Jun 3, 2024

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11 min read

‘And they were just roommates’ 🏳️‍🌈

Plus: How do we know the sun will RISE tomorrow? 🌞, and more...

Geography

Apr 29, 2024

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10 min read

How and Why do Species Losses Occur? 🐾

Plus: Eugène-René Poubelle: the OG Parisian bin man... 🗑️, and more ...

Linguistics

Apr 1, 2024

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10 min read

Can we find the first language? 🥇

Plus: Marcel Marceau: Mime Extraordinaire 🎩, and more ...

Medicine

Why did Italy get rid of the monarchy? 👑

Mar 25, 2024

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10 min read

Why did Italy get rid of the monarchy? 👑

Plus: Schizophrenia 🧠, and more ...

Law

Mar 11, 2024

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13 min read

Who are your parents 👶

Plus: Degendering a gendered language: French ‘écriture inclusive’ ✍️, and more ...

Medicine

Feb 26, 2024

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13 min read

“How are you?” “I have no idea.” 🤔

Plus: Hiroshima, Mon Amour 🎥, and more ...

Film Studies

Jan 29, 2024

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8 min read

Saltburn and Greek Mythology 🏛️

Plus: Seeing Faces in Things 🗣️, and more...

Politics

Jan 8, 2024

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11 min read

Know your rights! 👨‍⚖️

Plus: Is there any crime or punishment in Crime and Punishment? 👮, and more...

Education

Understanding media portrayals of the conflicts in Israel/Gaza and Ukraine 🌍

Nov 20, 2023

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16 min read

Understanding media portrayals of the conflicts in Israel/Gaza and Ukraine 🌍

Plus: Is there really an advantage to knowing another language? 🗣️, and more...

English

Nov 13, 2023

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11 min read

What is poetry, exactly? 🤷‍♂️

Plus: We've been featured in an article! 🥳, and more...

Biology

Oct 23, 2023

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8 min read

Alessandro Manzoni and the Betrothed 💍

Plus: Ramsey theory: a breakthrough 🧮, and more...

Biology

Sep 25, 2023

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10 min read

Is a Jaffa Cake a cake or a biscuit?

Plus: The Future of Quantum Computing 🖥️, and more...

International Relations

Biology + Physics = an excuse to talk about cute spiders! 🕸️

Sep 18, 2023

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11 min read

Biology + Physics = an excuse to talk about cute spiders! 🕸️

Plus: Should anglicisms be banned? 🚨, and more...

Linguistics

Aug 21, 2023

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13 min read

Do we need EYES to SEE??! 👀

Plus: Do animals speak a language? 🐶

English

Aug 14, 2023

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8 min read

Proust and Barbie 🎀

Plus: The Matrix and Skepticism 👾, and more...

Modern Foreign Languages

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

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

Franco and the Spanish Civil War: Did Spain ensure justice for the 500,000 victims? 👨‍⚖️

Writer, Chemist, and Auschwitz Survivor 🕊️

Translation: so easy that Google can do it for us? ✍️

Wallace Fountains: Keeping France hydrated since 1872 ⛲

The Boulevard du Crime: Criminal Parisian Theatres 🎭

What would happen if a dog became human? 🐶

‘And they were just roommates’ 🏳️‍🌈

How and Why do Species Losses Occur? 🐾

Can we find the first language? 🥇

Why did Italy get rid of the monarchy? 👑

Who are your parents 👶

“How are you?” “I have no idea.” 🤔

Saltburn and Greek Mythology 🏛️

Know your rights! 👨‍⚖️

Understanding media portrayals of the conflicts in Israel/Gaza and Ukraine 🌍

What is poetry, exactly? 🤷‍♂️

Alessandro Manzoni and the Betrothed 💍

Is a Jaffa Cake a cake or a biscuit?

Biology + Physics = an excuse to talk about cute spiders! 🕸️

Do we need EYES to SEE??! 👀

Proust and Barbie 🎀

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