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An Advocacy Campaign Spotlights the Ordinary Lives of People with Disabilities in a Lighthearted Short Film

To kick off their joint WeThe15 campaign, the International Paralympic Committee and International Disability Alliance commissioned a short film that takes a humorous and playful approach to showcasing the ordinary lives of people with disabilities. Produced by Sam Pilling of … Continue reading

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Corn Tastes Better on the Honor System | Emergence Magazine

by Robin Wall Kimmerer Robin Wall Kimmerer’s groundbreaking work has long emphasized the sentience and wisdom of plants. In this multimedia essay, she takes us on the nine-thousand-year journey of maize, reflecting on what has been severed in our once … Continue reading

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Timely Editorial Illustrations by Eiko Ojala Elegantly Explore the World’s Most Pressing Topics

AUGUST 18, 2021 CHRISTOPHER JOBSON Climate change, the pandemic, politics, and social unrest: these are just a few of the topics artist Eiko Ojala (previously) has been asked to depict for some of the world’s largest and most respected publications. … Continue reading

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Dave Grohl Invites Teen Fan on Stage To Play Guitar and She Wows Everyone | My Modern Met

Being on stage with your favorite band is something many music lovers can only dream of, but one teenager named Lauren recently got to make that dream a reality. On August 5, 2021, during a Foo Fighters show at the … Continue reading

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Why Does Rubbing Tired Eyes Feel Good?

It can be a wonderful feeling to give your tired eyes a good rub. And rubbing your eyes can help keep them moist, but it turns out it also can affect your heart rate. Hosted by: Michael Aranda

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While You Were Sleeping

Director: Anderson Wright Producer: Vesta Tuckute Director of Photography: Patrick Golan Editor: Matt Schaff Gaffer: Benjamin Carroll Key Grip: Elias Jessop First AC: Derek Wride Production Assistant: John Patrick McKenna Color Correction: The Mill Josh Bohoskey Sound Design: Ballad Gregers … Continue reading

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‘Meditation without meditating’ might be possible. Can it also be made ethical? | Aeon Videos

Why a device that generates ‘meditation without meditating’ and could democratise enlightenment scares its inventors Over the past several decades, studies examining the potential for meditation to curb mental anguish and increase wellbeing have yielded promising, if complicated, results. For … Continue reading

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Meet the Most Feared Women in History | Messy Nessy 

From daughters to soldiers, from wives to weaponized, they remain the only documented frontline female troops in modern warfare history. A sub-saharan band of female terminators who left their European colonisers shaking in their boots, foreign observers named them the … Continue reading

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Nsibidi scripts | Ikom in the present day Cross River State, Nigeria

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Bamum script | Cameroon

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