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Hi  Sharing this week’s list of 20 articles, short stories and videos https://harpers.org/archive/2025/07/the-geological-sublime-lewis-hyde-deep-time/ https://www.noemamag.com/why-science-hasnt-solved-consciousness-yet/ https://aeon.co/essays/what-can-slime-mould-teach-us-about-biological-memory https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/jul/14/the-fascinating-science-of-pain-and-why-everyone-feels-it-differently https://www.historytoday.com/archive/feature/recycling-win-battle-britain https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/common-sense-science/202502/why-do-we-resist-anything-different https://daily.jstor.org/what-is-serendipity/ https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/giant-sloths-and-many-other-massive-creatures-were-once-common-on-our-planet-with-environmental-changes-such-giants-could-thrive-again-180986941/ https://www.vox.com/culture/419070/childhood-literacy-college-students-reading-crisis-ai https://asteriskmag.com/issues/10/the-origin-of-the-research-universit...

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