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How an Intelligent Person Thinks About Death

A sharp, intimate Etgar-Keret–style retelling of Neil deGrasse Tyson’s conversation with Larry King about death, consciousness,…
The Morning When Compassion Refused To Surrender

A newborn found in a battlefield changes the fate of three soldiers, proving that even in…
How to Explain Things Properly

Love is blind
Favourite wearables

What are your two favorite things to wear? Sweatshirts and jeans in winter T shirts and…
The Train Fatwa

When the first train came to India, people said it was haram. Not because it killed…
“When Humanity Fell, His Hospital Still Stood”

The crowd turned ugly fast. They threw whatever they could grab—sticks, stones, even curses heavy enough…
Technology that makes war equipment

What technology would you be better off without, why? Simple answer is guns, bombs, jets &…
From Pencils to DNA

First there were cassettes. You flipped them over with a pencil when the tape got stuck,…
The Brick Whisperer

The door of his Corolla had a dent the size of a fist. People kept asking…
Hope

In an American prison cell, cold enough to make breath visible, Helen waits. Her face is…