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  Hi  Sharing this week’s list of 20 articles, short stories and informative videos https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/may/16/the-guardian-view-on-middlemarch-the-greatest-novel-in-the-english-language https://daily.jstor.org/the-violent-history-behind-nutmeg/ https://aeon.co/essays/china-and-the-sea-a-story-of-power-faith-and-appetite https://www.thenation.com/article/society/sven-beckert-capitalism-history-future/ https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2026/apr/28/asian-mothers-bad-feelings-tiger-mom-stereotype https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/may/20/global-power-britain-brexit https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2026/5/16/amid-the-fertiliser-crisis-africa-has-a-chemical-free-option https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/how-to-think-like-a-neandertal/202605/do-numbers-constitute-a-sixth-sense https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/an-english-king-minted-these-coins-to-ward-off-a-viking-invasion-instead-the-seafaring-raiders-turned-the-pennies-...

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Hi  Sharing this week’s list of 20 articles, short stories and informative videos https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/renaissance-art-linked-beauty-with-virtue-and-ugliness-with-vice-see-how-painters-from-leonardo-da-vinci-to-botticelli-viewed-physical-attractiveness-180988584/ https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2026/5/5/states-should-tax-windfall-oil-profits-to-fund-their-way-out-of-the-crisis https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/may/04/the-guardian-view-on-the-green-transition-politicians-should-speed-it-up-and-households-too https://www.americanscientist.org/blog/science-culture/minerals-and-myths https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/ataraxia/202605/the-hedgehog-dilemma https://www.noemamag.com/what-separates-the-great-from-the-petty-in-history/ https://www.harvardmagazine.com/ai/ai-outperforms-doctors-diagnosis-harvard-study https://thepointmag.com/criticism/ideas-of-slavery-john-samuel-harpham/ https://aeon.co/essays/why-creativity-shines-out-on-the-edge-of-...

Hi  Sharing this week’s list of 20 articles, short stories and informative videos https://daily.jstor.org/the-urgency-of-indigenous-values/ https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/speak-easy/202604/the-feedback-strategy-that-changes-everything https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/apr/27/the-guardian-view-on-screens-in-schools-big-tech-is-finally-under-the-microscope https://aeon.co/essays/the-role-of-literature-as-the-key-to-personal-freedom https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/apr/29/avalanche-deaths-surged-alps-this-season-heres-why https://www.harvardmagazine.com/research/harvard-supergiant-star-beetle-juice-betelgeuse-nasa https://electricliterature.com/growing-up-shouldnt-mean-conforming-and-forgetting/ https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2026/04/28/world/cherry-blossoms-planet-indicators/ https://daily.jstor.org/why-does-music-in-science-fiction-sound-like-that/ https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/am-i-dying/202604/new-poll-reveals-growing-concern-...

Hi  Sharing this week’s list of 20 articles, short stories and informative videos https://www.noemamag.com/why-ai-needs-a-sense-of-smell/ https://hedgehogreview.com/web-features/thr/posts/the-man-who-invented-the-future https://aeon.co/essays/you-know-what-consciousness-is-you-live-in-soul-land https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/apr/21/the-guardian-view-on-the-true-cost-of-the-iran-war-bombs-kill-but-so-does-the-economic-fallout https://daily.jstor.org/islands-of-the-imagination/ https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/to-end-human-trafficking/202604/why-people-risk-their-lives-for-animals-in-war https://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/morocco-development-story-improvisation-not-grand-schemes-by-abdelmalek-alaoui-2026-04 https://philosophynow.org/issues/173/Islamic_Law_Reform_and_Philosophy https://www.historytoday.com/archive/feature/panipat-rise-mughals https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/apr/22/masculinity-gender-climate-crisis https://www.smithsonian...