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The Seamstress Who Solved the Ancient Mystery of the Argonaut, Pioneered the Aquarium, and Laid the Groundwork for the Study... Inspiration
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The Seamstress Who Solved the Ancient Mystery of the Argonaut, Pioneered the Aquarium, and Laid the Groundwork for the Study...

Jeanne Villepreux-Power walked more than 300 kilometers to Paris at seventeen after being assaulted and robbed of her papers en route - and kept walking anyway, a seamstress who would eventually become the scientist who solved a mystery that had baffled naturalists since...

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Dostoyevsky, Just After His Death Sentence Was Repealed, on the Meaning of Life – the Marginalian
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What We Misunderstand About Absent Fathers
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How Colorado Hospitals Are Caring for Pregnant Patients with Substance Use Disorders by Overcoming Stigma
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Hope Is the Thing with Feathers, and with Fangs: the Alchemy of Unrequited Love and the Story Behind Emily Dickinson’s...
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A Spell Against Stagnation: John O’Donohue on Beginnings – the Marginalian
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Dostoyevsky, Just After His Death Sentence Was Repealed, on the Meaning of Life – the Marginalian Inspiration
themarginalian.org 7 hours ago

Dostoyevsky, Just After His Death Sentence Was Repealed, on the Meaning of Life – the Marginalian

Standing in a public square in Saint Petersburg in 1849, twenty-seven-year-old Fyodor Dostoyevsky believed he had...

Ireland Is Now Paying Artists a Basic income. Will the Idea Catch on? Arts
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Ireland Is Now Paying Artists a Basic income. Will the Idea Catch on?

When Cork multimedia artist Elinor O'Donovan was working part-time as a receptionist just to pay rent, an entire film...

Why Poland Named a Square After India's 'Good Maharaja' Who Saved Polish Children in Wwii Inspiration
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Why Poland Named a Square After India's 'Good Maharaja' Who Saved Polish Children in Wwii

In 1941, when a ship carrying hundreds of displaced Polish children arrived in Mumbai with nowhere to go, it was an...

Smashing Yesterday's Croissants for a Better Tomorrow Environment
Reasons To Be Cheerful 1 day ago

Smashing Yesterday's Croissants for a Better Tomorrow

At a Paris bakery called Demain - the French word for "tomorrow" - yesterday's unsold croissants and sourdough loaves...

How Reflective Roof Paint Is Cooling Homes Across Africa | the Optimist Daily Environment
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How Reflective Roof Paint Is Cooling Homes Across Africa | the Optimist Daily

When researchers set out to evaluate existing heat adaptation programs across Africa, they found none - so they built...

40-year-old Cape Verde Goalkeeper Keeps Favorite Spain to 0 Goals at World Cup Sports
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40-year-old Cape Verde Goalkeeper Keeps Favorite Spain to 0 Goals at World Cup

At 40 years old, Cape Verde goalkeeper Vozinha made his World Cup debut and held Spain - 27 shots, Lamine Yamal and...