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An elderly couple goes on a date to a museum, then explores love new and old. | Wish You Were There

Tom and Ingrid, an elderly man and woman, meet up at an art museum and then wander about. It’s their first date, and their conversation is filled with the sharing of interests and ideas… and those first “butterfly” moments of … Continue reading

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More Photos Have Emerged from the Massive Rock Art Discovery in the Amazon, and They’re Amazing—See Them Here

A Colombian-English team of archaeologists recently came upon a huge cache of rock art in the Amazon that shows humans and mastodons. Archaeologists recently discovered eight miles of painted rock face in the Colombian Amazon, sited along the Guayabero River. … Continue reading

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Intimacy

Honeymoon, 2018 Visual Artist Kristina Borinskaya is the Edge of Humanity Magazine contributor of this photo essay.  From the project ‘Love and Anguish’. Lament, 2019   Love and Anguish is a personal exploration into the issues of love, desire, trauma and … Continue reading

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硬币/The Coin

On Chinese New Year, finding the coin hidden in a dumpling (Jiaozi) brings good luck. A girl loses a jar on her journey to a new country, which contains the lucky coins she has been collecting growing up. Her new … Continue reading

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‘Sistine Chapel of the ancients’ rock art discovered in remote Amazon forest | Guardian

Tens of thousands of ice age paintings across a cliff face shed light on people and animals from 12,500 years ago Dalya Alberge Sun 29 Nov 2020 10.00 GMT One of the world’s largest collections of prehistoric rock art has … Continue reading

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Learning To Fly, a StoryCorps animation with birder Drew Lanham | The Kid Should See This

“I’ve always wanted to fly, explains J. Drew Lanham in this Audubon Magazine interview from 2015. “I spent my earliest years climbing, leaping, running, and flapping my arms in vain attempts to become an airborne being. I made wings out … Continue reading

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Intelligence Without Brains

How much brain do you need to be smart? Bees and ants perform marvels as colonies, though each insect has barely any brain. And plants—with no brain at all—exhibit behaviors that, by any definition, count as intelligent. Brace yourself for … Continue reading

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Leanne Shapton explores Joni Mitchell’s larder | WePresent

Did you know Joni Mitchell’s lyrics are filled with references to food? In the latest in our Literally series, Leanne Shapton illustrates Joni’s larder   Early pandemic, March. Restaurants were closed, takeout was confusing, and the aisles of my corner … Continue reading

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Dosing error turns into lucky punch for AstraZeneca and Oxford | Reuters

A stroke of good fortune from a dosing error will pave the way for AstraZeneca and Oxford University to submit their COVID-19 vaccine for regulatory clearance. The British drugmaker said on Monday that the vaccine could be around 90% effective, … Continue reading

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Sci-Fi Short Film: “Sunshine Room” | DUST

Cutting-edge technology allows a young woman to grow up alongside her beloved Abuela. But on the verge of leaving for college, her financial realities threaten to erase their relationship – for good. Sunshine Room by Nick Lopez

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