"30 dying people explain what really matters. facing death, these people found a clarity about how to live..."

"most people compromise on what they want. they’re not doing what they once dreamed of doing because they made a compromise somewhere along the way. and as nassim nicholas taleb says..."

"the system is failing women, with often devastating impacts on our families, mental or reproductive health. but those who have been inside can change it for the better – if we are allowed..."

"how israeli, palestinian and us political actors understand hamas is not merely a theoretical question – it will determine what kind of agreement can be reached to end the current war, and what the future of gaza will look like..."

"moonlight seeps through the palm-thatch roof of the maloca, a circular communal house in the village of la pedrera in southern colombia. sitting in the centre of the space, a shaman from the murui ethnic group chants and hums, deep in concentration..."

"angst about mortality is part of being human, but if it’s interfering with your life, there are proven ways to dial it down..."

"in a biological preserve in mexico’s campeche state, a team of archaeologists has documented pyramids, palaces, a ball court and other remains of an ancient city they call ocomtún..."

"he fled iran’s revolutionary guard. he exposed australia’s offshore detention camps — from the inside. he survived, stateless, for seven years. what’s next?..."

"common sense tells us that only living things have an inner life. rabbits and tigers and mice have feelings, sensations and experiences; tables and rocks and molecules do not. panpsychists deny this datum of common sense. according to panpsychism, the smallest bits of matter – things such as electrons and quarks – have very basic kinds of experience; an electron has an inner life..."