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A reminder from Stoic philosopher Marcus Aurelius to live in the present: "No one loses any other life than this which he is living, nor lives any other than this which he is losing."
12+ hour, 16+ min ago (630+ words) Aurelius builds the argument to a point. Since the present is all anyone can lose: this instant, and nothing more. By Mal James · Editorial process Published July 20, 2026 I’m not a psychologist or a philosopher, and what follows is reading and…...
Two thousand years on, Stoic philosopher Seneca's line still stings: "It is not that we have a short time to live, but that we waste a lot of it"
3+ day, 4+ hour ago (825+ words) By Mal James · Editorial process Published July 18, 2026 You know the shape of the day. First coffee, a quick check of the phone, and then some soft dissolve happens between morning and dusk where the hours go somewhere you can’t quite…...
Bananas are naturally slightly radioactive because they are rich in potassium, and the dose is so measurable that scientists half-jokingly use the 'banana equivalent dose' to explain how small everyday radiation exposures really are
1+ week, 1+ day ago (895+ words) The banana is radioactive because potassium is radioactive. There is no way around it. Bananas contain potassium, most of it stable potassium-39. But a fixed sliver of natural potassium is potassium-40, an isotope with a half-life of over a billion…...
Most City Mice Now Carry Genes That Help Them Survive Rat Poison
1+ mon, 3+ day ago (470+ words) Pest controllers had been muttering about it for years. In certain neighbourhoods the rodents simply would not go, no matter how faithfully the traps were baited with the usual chemicals. Something was off. The numbers, when they came back, were…...