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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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How 20 Transgender Women in Vizianagaram Built a Temple That Feeds 200 People Every Day
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What We Misunderstand About Absent Fathers
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Smashing Yesterday's Croissants for a Better Tomorrow Environment
Reasons To Be Cheerful 10 hours 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...

What We Get Wrong About Fathers Who Don’t Live With… Community
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What We Get Wrong About Fathers Who Don’t Live With…

Research on nonresident fathers - the nearly 7.3 million men living apart from their minor children - challenges a...

What We Misunderstand About Absent Fathers Community
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What We Misunderstand About Absent Fathers

A researcher who grew up barely knowing his father spent years studying what "absence" really means - and found that...

A Spell Against Stagnation: John O’Donohue on Beginnings – the Marginalian Inspiration
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A Spell Against Stagnation: John O’Donohue on Beginnings – the Marginalian

Maria Popova's exploration of Irish poet and philosopher John O'Donohue's final book finds in the act of beginning...