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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Dostoyevsky, Just After His Death Sentence Was Repealed, on the Meaning of Life – the Marginalian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 Happens When We Die – the Marginalian
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The Man Who Thought with His Heart: George Forster and the Birth of Sensitive Science – the Marginalian
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What Happens When We Die – the Marginalian Inspiration
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What Happens When We Die – the Marginalian

When an atheist grandmother cradled her dying husband's head and whispered "Where did you go, my darling?" into the...

The Man Who Thought with His Heart: George Forster and the Birth of Sensitive Science – the Marginalian Arts
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The Man Who Thought with His Heart: George Forster and the Birth of Sensitive Science – the Marginalian

George Forster - naturalist, voyager, and one of history's most quietly radical thinkers - spent his short life...

Delhi’s Matka Man: How 77-Year-Old Natarajan Serves Hundreds of People Every Day Everyday Heroes
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Delhi’s Matka Man: How 77-Year-Old Natarajan Serves Hundreds of People Every Day

Every morning at 4 am, 77-year-old Natarajan is already moving through Delhi's streets, replenishing earthen pots so...

Oliver Sacks on Despair and the Meaning of Life – the Marginalian Inspiration
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Oliver Sacks on Despair and the Meaning of Life – the Marginalian

In a private letter written at fifty-seven, the neurologist Oliver Sacks confessed something that feels almost...

How India’s ‘Snakeman’ Turned Fear Into Conservation Inspiration
The Better India 1 day ago

How India’s ‘Snakeman’ Turned Fear Into Conservation

For most people, a snake in the house is a reason to run. For Romulus Whitaker, it was a reason to look closer....

Meet Amin Sheikh, the Mumbai Cafe Owner Who Grew up on the Streets to Now Support the Underprivileged | Times... Everyday Heroes
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Meet Amin Sheikh, the Mumbai Cafe Owner Who Grew up on the Streets to Now Support the Underprivileged | Times...

At five years old, Amin Sheikh was surviving on Mumbai's streets, scavenging through rubbish bins and throwing stones...