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The Day the Sky Rolled In, I Missed One of Portugal’s Rarest Cloud Events
While I sweated through a heatwave, my mom watched a giant roll cloud sweep across Portugal’s northern coast
Jul 2
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Rui Alves
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June 2025
A Day of Summer Bliss Ruined by Car Part Theft and Way Too Many Bills
It was the perfect beach day, right up until I turned the ignition key on my 27-year-old Volkswagen Golf Mk4 to head back home
Jun 23
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Rui Alves
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Why You Can't Tickle Yourself
The surprising way your brain prevents gargalesis
Jun 20
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Rui Alves
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Whenever I Walk Into the Classroom, I Think About Going Back to the Army
A teacher-turned-soldier faces the past he left behind and the school he returned to
Jun 11
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Rui Alves
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The Next Pandemic Is Coming—Can AI Stop It First?
Will an algorithm predict the next pandemic or help bring it about?
Jun 3
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Rui Alves
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May 2025
Why Watching Someone Fidget Feels Unbearable?
One in three people worldwide may struggle with a little-known sensitivity to repetitive movements
May 13
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Rui Alves
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The Oldest Ant Ever Found Was a Cretaceous Predator with Scythe-Like Jaws
A newly discovered 113-million-year-old fossil of a Brazilian ‘hell ant’ from the Lower Cretaceous rewrites the evolutionary history of ants
May 10
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Rui Alves
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The Day I Defied the Urge to Hoard
Choosing selflessness in a moment of sudden crisis
May 7
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Rui Alves
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April 2025
How a 'Monstrous' Hood Shocked Writers From Both Sides of the Atlantic
Mirrored literary visions of the Azorean 'capote' in Mark Twain and Raul Brandão Travelogues
Apr 29
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Rui Alves
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What I Saw in Pope Francis’s Last Appearance Will Stay With Me Forever
His final public message was one of hope and it moved me deeply
Apr 21
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Rui Alves
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You’re Not a Sex Toy—Stop Marketing Like One
Why authenticity beats shock value every time
Apr 2
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Rui Alves
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March 2025
My Life on the Line: Trapped in the Brussels Bombings Chaos
A firsthand account of the Brussels terrorist attacks on 22 March 2016
Mar 22
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Rui Alves
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