Essay · Mind
Boredom is a door, not a wall
The empty hour we dread may be exactly the one the mind most needs.
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Mind · Science
Priya Nair
Rivers, slime moulds, dreams — the world thinking without us.
Priya trained as a hydrologist and writes like one: patiently, over long durations, with an eye for what a system remembers. She is the reason this magazine has a standing rule against the word 'simply'.
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Why we dream in stories
The sleeping brain is a restless, compulsive narrator. We are only its audience.
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Essay · Science
What rivers remember
A river is not a thing but a verb. Hydrologists are learning to read its long sentences.
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Essay · Science
The intelligence of slime
Decision-making without a brain, and what a yellow mould can teach the rest of us.
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A river is not a thing. It is a verb with a very long sentence.