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The little-known painter who found beauty in bugs, transforming pests into wondrous creatures and works of art ...

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The systems that make people unfree are deeply intertwined. This prison abolitionist dares to envision real alternatives ...

When notes are grouped together, the result can sound resolved and pleasant, tense and harsh, or anywhere between. But what exactly makes tones played in unison consonant or dissonant, or sound ...

How do you say goodbye to a beloved dog who will never understand what that means? A meditation on the limits of language ...

Life is complicated. In Cameroon, initiated diviners read the messages of spiders to untangle possible futures ...