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Five good things that happened in march 2026 that nobody told you about
There is good news March 2026. There is actually a lot of it. The problem is where you have been looking. It is not a rhythm designed to make you feel good about the world. It is a rhythm designed to keep you watching. Alarm. Outrage. Dread. Refresh. Repeat. What gets lost in that rhythm…
Tagore’s The Postmaster: a story about being left behind
The Postmaster by Rabindranath Tagore is twelve pages long. Twelve pages. Written in 1891. And yet here you are, years after Class 9, still thinking about Ratan standing in a doorway. Still thinking about a lamp being lit in the dark. Still thinking about a girl who refused the money. That is not an accident.…
Dire Wolf: the resurrection that is not quite what it seems
Dire wolf is no longer extinct. That sentence is both true and, depending on who you ask, deeply misleading. On April 7, 2025, Colossal Biosciences announced that three wolf pups named Romulus, Remus and Khaleesi were alive and growing in a secret 2,000-acre preserve somewhere in the United States. The company called them the world’s…
Why the 90s Feel More Real Than Yesterday
What were you like in the 90s? The question is everywhere right now. On social media. In comment sections. In the particular glow that comes over someone’s face when a certain song starts playing. But here is what nobody asking the question has told you. The reason the 90s feel the way they feel has…
Pretend play apes: the study that changed what it means to be human
Pretend play apes. That sentence would have been scientifically controversial five years ago. It is now the conclusion of a peer-reviewed study published in the journal Science in February 2026. Researchers at Johns Hopkins University and the University of St Andrews set up a tea party with empty cups, an empty pitcher, and a bonobo…
Are fireflies disappearing? what the science actually says
Are fireflies disappearing? The short answer is yes, in many places, measurably and quietly, for reasons that have everything to do with how humans have reorganised the night. The longer answer is more interesting than the viral version of this story, which has been circulating in various forms since 2024 and tends to announce that…
Why costa rica has no army and what 77 years without one actually looks like
The question of why Costa Rica has no army is worth asking this week more than most. The world is currently spending $2.4 trillion a year on defence. That is the highest figure ever recorded in human history, according to the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute. Governments across Europe and Asia are revising their military…
Rainbow sea slug: the most beautiful warning sign in british waters
Rainbow sea slug is one of the most visually extraordinary creatures living in British waters, and almost nobody knows it exists. It is 3 centimetres long. Its body is translucent white, covered in vivid orange and yellow spots, fringed with feathery plumes that catch light like something made of stained glass. Its scientific name is…
Proto-Writing stone age: the 40,000-year-old marks that rewrote history
Proto-writing Stone Age artifacts are forcing a rewrite of one of humanity’s oldest assumptions. A study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences on February 24, 2026 analysed more than 3,000 geometric signs carved into 260 objects from cave sites in the Swabian Jura, a mountain range in southwestern Germany. The objects…
Attention economy news cycle: when apple’s big week met the world’s worst one
Attention economy news cycle reached a kind of peak absurdity this week. On Monday morning, Tim Cook posted a short video to his social media accounts. Colourful Apple logo. The hashtag #AppleLaunch. A teaser for what he called a big week ahead, with at least five new products rolling out across three days, culminating in…
