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S9Editor's Note: I changed clinics and met two amazing people who brought me back to life - a physio called Kat Sizer and Jamie Gillespie, a prosthetist. They made me believe in myself and they worked out a plan so that I could be active again. S29My dismal years in psychoanalysis with Melanie Klein's disciple | Aeon Essays   is senior lecturer in political theory at Royal Holloway, University of London. He has published two books on pragmatism, and is currently writing a monograph about Ralph Waldo Emerson.January 2022 saw the death of Edna O’Shaughnessy, a leading child psychoanalyst who once called herself ‘Melanie Klein’s handmaiden’. O’Shaughnessy trained at the Tavistock Clinic and practised privately for many decades in north London, in 2015 publishing a collection of essays reflecting on her services to a number of clients. Three of these essays draw upon her analysis of an 11-year-old boy she names Leon.
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S8Editor's Note: While research on compliment response is dominated by so-called "Weird" societies (Western, Educated, Industrialised, Rich and Democratic), and students tend to be overrepresented as research participants, cross-cultural studies show that there's no universally appropriate way to handle a compliment. S13Small businesses like restaurants and caf   Parents in some states are spending an average of $10,000 annually to send their kids to a childcare center or day care, Business Insider previously reported. Other families have had to move across the country for more affordable options. Indeed, one analysis found that the US ranks second-highest among developed nations with soaring childcare costs.For the employee, company-provided childcare increases their earning potential and career growth, a study by the nonprofit Moms First found. That makes a world of difference for families and, in particular, women, who are often forced to exit the workforce when childcare becomes too much of a financial burden.
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Editor's Note: Wiley sends his two young children to Red Rooster Coffee's on-site facility, which charges him an hour per child.
S27Amazon Prime Just Quietly Added The Most Misunderstood Batman Movie   DC fans have been awaited Joel Schumacher’s fabled director’s cut for decades. But would a more serious version of Batman Forever actually be better?For as long as Batman Forever has existed, there have been rumors of a director’s cut floating somewhere in the aether. The 1995 film, directed by the late Joel Schumacher, has been the subject of divisive debate for nearly 30 years. It has its defenders today, but there are those who’d like to see it get a genuine reappraisal within the superhero industrial complex, and Akiva Goldsman — writer, director, and former protege of Schumacher — thinks its original vision holds the key to unlocking that.
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S30Love looks a bit different for a chain-smoking couple in a small apartment | Aeon Videos   What does love look like? In mainstream film and television, it usually means grand gestures, dramatic fallings out and reunions – and all of these highs and lows navigated by people with remarkable facial symmetry, of course. The short documentary Couple in a Room Smoking Cigarettes (2020) invites viewers to bear witness to a less romantic, although, for many around the world, perhaps more relatable form of love. Following Jadwiga and Wiesław Wójcikowie over the course of a day, Katarzyna Gondek, a Polish-born filmmaker based in Belgium, offers a close-up look at the quotidian routines that define their lives together. Taking place wordlessly and entirely within the confines of their apartment, the rhythms of toe-tapping, song-humming, snoring, coffee-drinking and, as the title promises, the lighting of many a cigarette, become mesmerising as the film unfolds. With a soft focus, sharp edits and close attention to the sounds of everyday life, the production finds an unlikely poetry in the unremarkable paces of the couple’s partnership.‘If you’re creative, why can’t you create a solution?’ One artist’s imaginative activism
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S48 S7Editor's Note: Fifty-one percent of respondents across all generations said that they think that parents should contribute about 25 percent of the deposit towards their children's first home.
S50South Africa is to shut down captive lion farms. Experts warn the plan needs a deadline   The South African government has officially confirmed that captive lion farms will be shut down. A new ministerial task team report just released has cemented the government’s intention, first made public in 2021, to put an end to African lions being legally sold and traded live, both internationally and domestically. It also heralds the end of “canned” trophy hunting, where lions are confined to an enclosed space and hunted down, with no chance of escape.
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S5 S6Large trial challenges common practice of prescribing beta blockers after heart attack   The trial, which enrolled about 5,000 patients who specifically had preserved ejection fraction after a heart attack, found that long-term treatment with beta blockers did not significantly reduce the combined risk of death or new heart attack, according to results being presented here Sunday at the American College of Cardiology conference and published in the New England Journal of Medicine.The frequent use of beta blockers after heart attacks is based on research that was conducted decades ago, before advancements in procedures doctors now use to open blocked arteries. The drugs make the heart beat more slowly and are meant to lower stress on the heart, but they can have side effects, such as fatigue, weight gain, and sexual dysfunction.
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S12 S14Editor's Note: We lose roughly 1% of muscle every year from our mid-50s; by 80, Attia says, the average person will have shed 8kg, or about 18lb. Not only does this make it harder to carry the shopping or open stuck jars; it undermines our balance and weakens our bones, making it more likely both that we will injure ourselves and that we will fail to get over it. S15Editor's Note: Another woman said the best part of wearing her fluffy sweater to work is that she can head straight to bed once she gets home. S28Xbox Game Pass Just Quietly Added the Most Unique Shooter of the Decade   The John Wick movies have drawn a lot of inspiration from video games over the years, and for good reason. But on the other side of things, very few games have ever truly managed to capture the feeling of being John Wick, an unstoppable assassin with godlike reflexes. If you’ve been looking for that feeling, Superhot is the game for you. It’s a phenomenally inventive shooter that takes “bullet time” to the next level, and one of the only games you’ll ever find that makes you feel utterly unstoppable. Xbox Game Pass owners will want to jump on Superhot: Mind Control Delete as soon as possible, with its addition to the service. To clarify, Superhot: Mind Control Delete is technically the third game in the series, following the original and Superhot VR. While Mind Control Delete does build on the first game’s lore, knowledge of that game’s story isn’t necessary, especially since the narrative typically takes a backseat to the main event, the core combat loop. To accentuate its style, the Superhot aesthetic is completely minimalist, done in a striking style that paints the environment starkly white while juxtaposing glowing ethereally red characters.
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S32 S45 S33 S47 S10Editor's Note: Many innovations are described as gamechanging, but the Zoom Vaporflys were precisely that: a 4% boost, in the marathon especially, was not a matter of seconds; it meant several minutes. World records duly tumbled by jaw-dropping margins. Moreover, the new shoes radically turned on its head what we expected athletic footwear to look like. Conventional wisdom had always suggested that the optimal shoes for long-distance running were sleek and minimalist, with a small strip of cushioning; they were called "running flats". The Nike Vaporfly 4% looked, in contrast, like a moon boot: a large wedge of foam, adapted from aircraft insulation, sat under the foot. Inside the shoe was a spoon-shaped, carbon-fibre plate, which rocked forwards and made runners feel they were being propelled downhill. S16Editor's Note: The sole professional on staff was Chief Keith Drabick, who on that night was almost three hundred miles away, driving through Pennsylvania on vacation. Informed of the crash at 9 p.m., Drabick turned his car around and drove straight back to East Palestine, but he didn't arrive until five hours later. S1944 Years Later, Star Wars Could Finally Explain the Trippiest Part of 'Empire Strikes Back'   No hero’s story is complete without a training sequence, and Star Wars contains one of the greatest ever. When Luke meets Yoda on Dagobah, he gets in shape by toting the Jedi Master around and working on his connection with the Force. Notably, his mental state is also challenged. In a key scene, Yoda sends Luke into the Cave of Evil, where he’s confronted by a terrifying vision that foreshadows his connection to Darth Vader. But just how does a cave become evil? There have been several explanations, but a non-canon comic could provide a tidy origin story, and let The Acolyte show the intriguing tale over a century before Luke arrives in Dagobah.
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S34Earth, the Sun and a bike wheel: why your high-school textbook was wrong about the shape of Earth's orbit   If you’ve ever been taught about how Earth orbits around the Sun, you might well think our planet travels along an oval-shaped path that brings it much closer to the Sun at some times of the year than at others. You’d have a good reason to think that, too: it’s how most textbooks show things.Indeed, many people assume Earth is closer to the Sun in summer than in winter. As it happens, this is true during summer in the southern hemisphere, but it can’t also be true for summer in the northern hemisphere.
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S44What is a sinkhole? A geotechnical engineer explains   Sinkholes are back in the news after a 13-year-old boy fell down a two metre deep hole in a waterlogged football field in Sydney over the weekend. The boy reportedly sank further into the hole every time he tried to push down with his feet, but was later rescued by a police officer who pulled him out by his wrists.Sinkholes aren’t uncommon. Two opened up in the Sydney suburb of Rockdale in March, one of which reportedly left a commercial building at risk of collapsing. Another large sinkhole opened up in the South Australian city of Mount Gambier last year.
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S21This Common Way Of Measuring Fitness Isn't All It's Cracked Up To Be   Aerobic exercise like jogging, biking, swimming, or hiking is a fundamental way to maintain cardiovascular and overall health. The intensity of aerobic exercise is important to determine how much time you should spend training in order to reap its benefits.As an exercise science researcher, I support the American College of Sports Medicine’s recommendation of a minimum of 150 minutes per week of moderate aerobic exercise or 75 minutes per week of high-intensity exercise. But what does exercise intensity mean?
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S35S1 S2How Utopian Thinking Can Inspire Business Leaders   For 15 years, I have guided business leaders through such “dreaming and visioning” sessions. These deeply experiential sessions are structured as a series of exercises about connecting with the past, dreaming the future, identifying important values and building a vision with concrete, bold actions.With thousands of managers, CEOs and executive boards, I've noticed a recurring theme: Most dream of a life that fulfils core needs. These revolve around love and belonging, a harmonious work-life balance and membership in a community where their personal values resonate with those around them. Beyond themselves, they also desire opportunities to contribute to something larger.
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S3Author Talks: Charles Duhigg on how the best communicators 'click'   I experienced this inability to connect when I was a reporter at the New York Times. I fell into this pattern with my wife, where I would come home after a long day and I would start complaining about my boss or my coworkers, and my wife would offer a practical suggestion. She would say, “Why don’t you take your boss out to lunch so you guys can get to know each other better?” Instead of hearing her advice, I would get more upset and respond defensively: “Why aren’t you supporting me? You’re supposed to be outraged on my behalf.” I talked to a few neurologists and psychologists to help me understand what I was doing wrong and how to change that conversation between my wife and me. Their response was, “In the last decade, we’ve learned that most people think of a conversation as being about one thing. Actually, every discussion is made up of multiple kinds of conversations.” They informed me that I am only going to be heard by and hear the person with whom I am speaking when we both have the same conversation.
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S11Editor's Note: Gagne realised, she says, that regular, smaller acts of deviance would prevent a larger blow-out. She came up with a list of "rules", of which the first was "no hurting anybody". "I think it was important for me to set those boundaries, because they weren't inherent," she says. "I knew what was right and wrong, but I was missing those complex emotional systems that tend to keep people in check. I had to write it down and talk myself through it. What is bad in the big sense? That was easy: violence." Instead, she would stalk strangers on the street (if they were unaware, she reasoned, it wouldn't hurt them), truant from school and let herself into the houses her mother, an estate agent, had access to. Later, she taught herself to pick locks. S17Chesterton's Fence: A Lesson in Second Order Thinking   When we seek to intervene in any system created by someone, it’s not enough to view their decisions and choices simply as the consequences of first-order thinking because we can inadvertently create serious problems. Before changing anything, we should wonder whether they were using second-order thinking. Their reasons for making certain choices might be more complex than they seem at first. It’s best to assume they knew things we don’t or had experience we can’t fathom, so we don’t go for quick fixes and end up making things worse.Second-order thinking is the practice of not just considering the consequences of our decisions but also the consequences of those consequences. Everyone can manage first-order thinking, which is just considering the immediate anticipated result of an action. It’s simple and quick, usually requiring little effort. By comparison, second-order thinking is more complex and time-consuming. The fact that it is difficult and unusual is what makes the ability to do it such a powerful advantage.
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Editor's Note: If you're engaging in a bad habit, it's admirable to try to eliminate it - except part of why many attempts to do so fail is that bad habits do not appear out of nowhere. No one wakes up one day and decides they want to start smoking or drinking every night or watching television until the early hours of the morning. Bad habits generally evolve to serve an unfulfilled need: connection, comfort, distraction, take your pick. S18 A Tale of Two Hot Sauces: Spicing Up Diversification   The spring 2024 issue’s special report looks at how to take advantage of market opportunities in the digital space, and provides advice on building culture and friendships at work; maximizing the benefits of LLMs, corporate venture capital initiatives, and innovation contests; and scaling automation and digital health platform.The spring 2024 issue’s special report looks at how to take advantage of market opportunities in the digital space, and provides advice on building culture and friendships at work; maximizing the benefits of LLMs, corporate venture capital initiatives, and innovation contests; and scaling automation and digital health platform.It was the best of times, it was the worst of times. The divergent fates of two rival condiment businesses — the best of times for McIlhenny Company, maker of well-known Tabasco-brand hot sauces, and the worst of times for Huy Fong Foods, originator of the U.S. version of the popular Sriracha pepper sauce — highlight the power and perils of diversification. While McIlhenny took strategic steps to diversify with future performance and risk in mind, Huy Fong failed to capitalize on its wild initial success, making missteps that ultimately rendered the former market leader an also-ran in hot sauce, even in the subcategory Huy Fong itself created.
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S2065 Clever, Cheap Things on Amazon That Make Your Home Way Better With Almost No Effort   Have you ever been in someone else’s home and discovered an item that blew your mind? Maybe they had a cute way to hold the dishwashing sponge, a set of perfect curtains, or a clever storage solution in the bathroom. Where do people find these things, you wonder? And why am I still using that junk someone else gave me? Right here, that’s where they find them! This list of 65 clever, cheap things on Amazon that make your home way better with almost no effort is a compilation album of in-home cleverness. Read it to improve your life.Hang these light, airy semi-sheer curtains to create a summery, elegant look in your home while filtering out light and introducing a touch of color. The linen blend fabric has an open weave and a natural drape that pools beautifully on the floor. Choose from 15 colors and 13 sizes.
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S2214 Years Ago, Apple Changed Computing When Steve Jobs Sat on a Chair   The iPad has always existed between things. In fact, it was originally pitched as existing in between the iPhone and Mac, capable of things both devices can do, but designed to be better at a few key tasks.From one angle, that made the iPad the antithesis of netbooks, pale imitations of notebook laptops Steve Jobs characterized as not being particularly good at any one thing because of their cramped keyboards and lousy performance. From another angle, the iPad was a big version of the iPhone, a home for touchscreen apps and games, but in many ways a better version, especially if you liked watching video, browsing the web, or reading books.
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S2370 Weird Things That Make Your Home So Much Better for Under $30   From quirky decor that'll add personality to your home to smart kitchen gadgets that’ll make your life easier to luxurious products at a steal — everything on this list is designed to make your home so much better without breaking the bank. Sure, some of these products are strange and unusual, but they are sure to improve your life and make your home cooler and more functional. Some can make a frustrating task easier, others will organize a cluttered space, and a few will simply bring you joy. You'll be happy you added them to your cart, especially because they’re so darn cheap.This unique cat-shaped hook is easy to install over your door — it doesn’t require tools or installation. It adds personality to any space while also providing two hooks to hang clothes, towels, accessories and more to help you stay organized, making it great for bathrooms, bedrooms, and entryways. Reviewers noted that the durable and curved metal hooks are sturdy and hold items well.
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S24These 2 Distinct Symptoms Will Reveal Whether You Have a Cold or Allergies   For some people, transitioning from cold and flu season to allergy season can feel like you are jumping out of the frying pan and into the fire. Both conditions can result in perpetual runny noses and irrepressible coughing, and it can seem impossible to tell whether you should go for a decongestant or an antihistamine. However, according to immunologists, there are a few telltale signs that will help reveal what you are actually dealing with — and whether you are infectious.Whether you’re sick from an infection or allergies, the immune system jumps into action, producing different sets of symptoms for both. Two signs are especially telling of whether you’re suffering from allergies or infection.
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S25The Real Reason Finland Is The Happiest Country In The World   People in the happiness and harmony groups thought less about power and wealth and more about broader forms of well-being. Finland steadily ranks as the happiest country in the world. In March 2024 the country was, for the seventh year in a row, ranked as the happiness champion. The ranking is based on one simple question, using a ladder metaphor, that is asked to people across nearly every country in the world. However, my team’s new experimental study suggests that the ladder metaphor makes people think about power and wealth.
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S26A Biologist Explains How Aging Changes Your Gut Bacteria   The human immune system changes with age. Immune responses start to become less robust as people get older, which makes them more vulnerable to certain infections and diseases. However, immune system aging looks different from person to person. Research has shown that changes to the composition and diversity of the microorganisms in the gut may explain these differences in immune system aging.The gut microbiome — the population of microorganisms that lives in the gastrointestinal tract — helps the body maintain a stable internal environment when it is faced with external changes. This is known as homeostasis. The gut microbiome supports homeostasis in different ways, such as through helping to keep the immune system alert, and digesting dietary fibre into short-chain fatty acids to strengthen the intestinal wall.
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S31 S37 S38Villains, influencers and a sweet bisexual mechanic: Jodi McAlister's rom-coms borrow and bend reality TV tropes   “That was my time with the Romeo! How dare you interrupt?”“We all want time with him,’ Hero Nurse Dylan said […] ‘You don’t get to keep him all for yourself, Lily.”“It’s Lily Fireball!”Lily shoved Hero Nurse Dylan, hard. She stumbled, careening into Amanda, who careened into me …… Who careened straight into the pool.Anyone who has watched The Bachelor will recognise many familiar motifs in Jodi McAlister’s Marry Me, Juliet trilogy – including a splashy, dramatic villain and titles that borrow from reality TV tropes: Here for the Right Reasons, Can I Steal You for a Second? and Not Here to Make Friends. Fans will feel an instant connection with this rom-com series, recently recommended in the New York Times (whose romance columnist “reveled in” the latest instalment). I predict they’ll fall in love with it, as I did.
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S39'Strong theatre with unwavering precision': Into the Shimmering World asks us what does it mean to be good?   Angus Cerini’s Into the Shimmering World is an unforgiving and, frankly, bleak meditation on what it is to be good; what it is to live a good life. The scene is the kitchen of the farmstead home of cocky Ray (Colin Friels) and his health-care worker wife, Floss (Kerry Armstrong). David Fleischer’s set floats in a great dark void: a formally precise form hovering on cross-braced timber pillars a metre above the floor of the theatre, separated from the audience by a dark moat, towards which descend a flight of wooden stairs.
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S40 S41Could my glasses be making my eyesight worse?   James Armitage is a member of several Optometry Australia and Optometry Victoria/South Australia committees and also a member of several committees for the Australian College of Optometry. He is a locum optometrist and consultant for Carl Zeiss MeditecSo, you got your eyesight tested and found out you need your first pair of glasses. Or you found out you need a stronger pair than the ones you have. You put them on and everything looks crystal clear. But after a few weeks things look blurrier without them than they did before your eye test. What’s going on?
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S42Government gives its special adviser on aid workers' deaths a wide brief   Former Australian Defence Force chief Mark Binskin has been given a very wide brief by the Albanese government in his role as its adviser on Israel’s response to the killing of seven aid workers. Among the victims, from the aid group World Central Kitchen, was Australian Zomi Frankcom. Others were three British citizens, one from Poland, a joint US-Canadian citizen and a Palestinian driver.
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S43 S46A survey of non-traditional family-making suffers from a 'feminism-lite' lack of focus   Over the past few years, a flurry of insightful books have examined the meaning of reproduction and family beyond blood, heteronormativity and the nuclear unit.In 2022, journalist Gina Rushton published The Most Important Job in the World, a reflection on how her experience covering reproductive health and abortion – and a diagnosis of endometriosis – shaped her ambivalence about becoming a mother.
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