Your farts might smell but natural gas doesn't
Silent but deadly.
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Sima Qian, the man with(out) balls
Sima Qian was sentenced to death. At the time, this sentence could be commuted by choosing castration, which is what he opted for.
Cover the fires
What's a curfew, anyways?
If you have this surname, don't chuck a Fitz
Are you a bastard?
Ewe've got to be kidding me
Nature is cruel.
Are you as smart as a dolphin?
It turns out that my mate had more in common with Spock the dolphin than I.
The cure for methanol is in the name
Something that popped up in my head because of the news recently about those poor tourists in Laos who died from methanol poisoning.
Jenny was a daughter of mine
This one is pretty short.
The Plague; a review
A narrative that focuses on a fictional epidemic while also serving as an allegory for the various human struggles against oppression during and after World War II.
The man whose gold was gone
The "James Bond of Philanthropy".
Consider the Lobster and Other Essays; a review
A cure for the modern echo chamber.
A detached Russian landmass
Have you ever looked at Google Maps and wondered about that parcel of land which, when zoomed in, never appears with a country’s name? Well, it’s in Kaliningrad Oblast[1], one of the 85 states of Russia. You see the issue here, right? It is non-contiguous with the
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Stories of Your Life and Others; a review
Rather than dazzling with technicolor dystopias, Chiang uses his speculative worlds to craft quiet, cerebral explorations of humanity’s most pressing philosophical concerns.
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Azadi; a review
The anti-Roy sentiment sweeping India, fueled by rising nationalism, mirrors a global trend where governments increasingly label dissent as unpatriotic or even treasonous.
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Neuromancer; a review
A frantic, groundbreaking novel that was the foundation of cyberpunk media.
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Ninth Building; a review
To be able to let go of the burdens of carrying the shared history of millions, this was a tale that demanded to be shared.
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The Three-Body Problem; a review
An existential thriller that is not just haunting, but also depicts the fragility of our collective human ego against the vast backdrop of the universe.
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Crime and Punishment; a review
"Crime and Punishment" exemplifies the fine line that introversive comedy treads alongside debilitating self-doubt.
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Cat's Cradle; a review
Vonnegut's absurd humour is at full flight in "Cat's Cradle".
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Walden; a review
The issues Thoreau identified during the infancy of the nation have now spread like a disease.
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Eve ex Adam
Was Eve really made from a rib of Adam?
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Hiding sins
This hall is closed to the public to this day because of the three frescoes that portray this unsavoury historical event.
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Judas goats
What does the biblical figure who betrayed Jesus have to do with goats in the Galápagos?
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Pounding the hashtag
We all know the hashtag nowadays as the lingua franca of labelling content. Where did it come from though?