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The Light Between Us

"As long as space and time divide you from anyone you love... love will simply have no choice but to go into battle with space and time and, furthermore, to win."

Baby-Making on Mars

"In the depths of the Cold War, scientists from the U.S. and the U.S.S.R. joined forces to answer a still-urgent question: Can mammals reproduce in space?"

What It’s Like to Touch the Bottom of the World

The history of our species is the history of mistaking the limits of our imagination for the limits of the possible. It is salutary, I think, for us to be reminded regularly that this world is far wilder and more alien than we suppose it to be, that flowers are not what we

Disappeared to a Foreign Prison

"The Trump administration is deporting people to countries they have no ties to, where many are being detained indefinitely or forcibly returned to the places they fled."

Do Not Spare Yourself

The only thing more dangerous than wanting to save another person — a dangerous desire too often mistaken for love — is wanting to save yourself, to spare yourself the disappointment and heartbreak and loss inseparable from being a creature with hopes and longings constantly

A lesson in coexistence

The 17th-century town Cacheu was a hub of West African and European cultures, languages and beliefs (and run by women) - by Toby Green Read on Aeon

Aeon

Insulation > power

When energy is cheap, people build buildings that are poorly insulated. It’s faster and cheaper in the short run. In the long run, though, insulation always wins. You invest in it once and get the rewards forever. And of course, this is true for all things, not just buildings.