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The Minds Of Plants

From the memories of flowers to the sociability of trees, the cognitive capacities of our vegetal cousins are all around us.

Laura Ruggles

Art + Stories

Experiences

The Wallpaper That Killed the Emperor

Green is the color most commonly associated with life. Yet, the color of vibrancy and growth has a darker, more malicious side to it.

Szymon Drobniak

Art + Stories

Experiences

Japanese Crossword

Which photographs deserve to be presented to the outside world and which should be left out? Is a positive always more important than a negative?

Ania Diduch, Wojtek Wieteska

Soul + Body

Wellbeing

A Sensory Siege

If your brain lost the ability to shut out certain stimuli, you would hear every single sound clearly, sense every single smell and taste, and feel the texture of everything that your skin comes into contact with. This is precisely how people on the autism spectrum often feel.

Natalia Fiedorczuk

Art + Stories

Fiction

Ten Bulls

Here is an old tale that is part of the Zen tradition. The man heading out to search for the bull is traditionally interpreted as embarking on a quest to look for one’s true nature. But there is nothing wrong with understanding the symbolism of the bull in a different way.

Kuòān Shīyuăn

Soul + Body

Breathe In

Power Points

Imagine that all it takes is a ten-second gentle touch to set off or cure ailments like headaches. “It’s possible,” says Ayurvedic doctor Nisha Manikantan in conversation with Agnieszka Rostkowska.

Agnieszka Rostkowska

Art + Stories

Fiction

Why the New Year Starts in Mid-Winter

The Julian New Year starts right in the middle of winter. How can the sparrows from Hans Christian Andersen’s “The Story of the Year” help us understand this?

Aldona Kopkiewicz

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