ScienceThe good news
Curiosity photographs a Martian morning and an unanswered question
The panorama released by NASA on 6 October shows wind-carved ridges; its photographs were taken on 11 August 2026.
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Music for today ·Edition of 7 October 2026
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Perspectives.
Moving forward.
WorldThe bright side
In Kyiv, designing spaces starts with people
The UNDP school brings thirty professionals from three fields together to explore more accessible homes and workplaces.
EnvironmentThe good news
In New Zealand, plant observations become alerts about invasive weeds
DOC introduces SWAT, a free service connecting plant records with the people looking after a place.
WorldThe bright side
Great Green Wall: a US$78 million programme moves into implementation
Nine African countries are coordinating a new restoration programme; its announced targets still need to be achieved and measured.
ScienceThe good news
Webb looks inside a cloud where new stars are growing
The image of NGC 7129 released on 6 October reveals young stars, jets and gas about 3,300 light-years from Earth.
A little more to discover.
Design · Philosophy · Plants · Curiosities · Words · Food · Cultures & peoples. Ideas worth a closer look.
01Design
Poul Henningsen: designing the journey of light
Overlapping shades do more than create a recognisable silhouette: they organise light, shadows and the position of our eyes.
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Marcus Aurelius: the bee does not live outside the swarm
A sentence from the Meditations places personal advantage inside a community: an ethical question, rather than a law of biology.
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Nepenthes rajah: that pitcher is a leaf
In mountainous Borneo, a plant turns part of its leaf into a container, while its flowers grow somewhere quite different.
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A turtle cannot move out of its shell
What looks like a portable home belongs to the body: ribs, vertebrae and covering reveal something very different from a backpack.
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Taccuino: an Italian word with a travelling past
The little notebook carries a history linking Arabic and medieval Latin: its documented origin does not describe just one kind of note.
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Caramel: colour tells a story of change
Dissolving sugar and turning it into caramel are different changes: understanding the colour also means considering which substances are present.
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Ebru: before the paper, the pattern floats
In Turkish marbling, pigments are arranged on liquid before being transferred to paper: the heritage also includes learning that skilled gesture.
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