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rena's avatar

"I guarantee that most of these will be new to you, as you will likely not have seen these stories in your regular news feed."

And you are correct. This collection of stories is so exciting. Paper airplanes in space, yes. We have littered Planet Earth, let's do better with space. Qimmeq and Greenland will not be bought. Liberty's Silent Protest. Immersive Vincent van Gogh. Reading again ☕

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Danièle Dugois's avatar

The Planet Mars has fascinated people for so long... And now, the eventful history of Mars is progressively revealed thanks to an increasingly precise observation!

I find that so passionating…

Like the study of this oldest dog breed that made it possible to understand how humans conquered the Arctic !

Well done 👏 Alex, for all these stories that you have carefully selected for their interest, but also to show that many intersect: « These seemingly independent stories exist within networks of connections that span disciplines, borders and centuries »

All this is inspiring and makes sense! 🙋‍♀️👌👏

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Evelyne Luethy's avatar

The van Gogh immersive experience I went to in Zurich in February 2020 was life-changing. I would love to see the one in Paris. Maybe I'll get a chance.

Lovely collection of stories, about to go down a rabbit hole of rock art (I loved the one in Alta, Norway). Paperplanes and bees - what a combination. DNA and evolution - fascinating.

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anne's avatar

Daybreak today is so informative! It’s the reason I’ve stopped reading

my morning newspaper and turn

to DNB😁 It’s hopeful with positive stories and scientific discoveries that teach me something! (Thank you so much for the FAB story of Paul McCartney🎶.)

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Lizzie's avatar

As always, thank you 🙏

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Wendy's avatar

What a great piece of writing and so much to absorb! : pythons,bees,Van Gogh,dogs…….all so informative and much jabbing my memory awake. I love ‘…Cuckoo’s Nest’ but I remember Sometimes a Great Notion as my favorite book by Kesey. Never have seen the movie. But reading it I was soaked to the skin with the rain from beginning to end. And ‘…never give an inch…’ (sic) has stuck with me to this day. It seems an appropriate anthem for those in the white house now. Thanks for the journal today …….spectacular.❤️

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Wendy's avatar

Spell check wants an inch……..but the line is appropriately and forcefully ‘a

inch.”

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Aida Brunell's avatar

I liked to read about the phenomenal buzz created by Judith de Leeuw's concerned mural "the silent protest" in Roubaix, France, and figuring the 🇺🇸 Statue of Liberty.

I also liked the reminder of Milos Forman's pioneering and groundbreaking movie : the cuckoo's nest. Big social changes were happening in Europe specially for psychiatry with the anti psychiatry theories and movements also within the psychiatric institutions.

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