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Join a Romanian family as they prepare for winter in the mountains and reflect on the richness of a slower way of life ...

The whooping crane (Grus americana), the tallest bird in North America, has existed near the brink of extinction for decades, ...

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Rebecca Roache. is a senior lecturer in philosophy at Royal Holloway, University of London. She is the author of For F*ck’s Sake: Why Swearing is Shocking, Rude, and Fun (2023) and is currently ...

is a freelance writer and philosopher. He is a former SIAS Fellow at Yale Law School. He has taught and published on a wide range of topics including the philosophy of love, the nature of value, media ...

is professor of history and bioethics at Pennsylvania State University, US. His most recent book is After the Flying Saucers Came: A Global History of the UFO Phenomenon (2024). In 1992, Sheila (a ...

is a British writer and podcaster. He is the author of It’s Only a Joke, Comrade! Humour, Trust and Everyday Life under Stalin (2018) and the founder of the Voices in the Dark podcast. Stalinism. The ...