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PORTUGAL'S SCHINDLER
Like Oskar Schindler, Portuguese diplomat Aristides de Sousa Mendes helped save, at great personal risk, thousands from the Nazi regime
Wacky Birthday Traditions
Around the world, it's not always about cakes and candles
FLOATING LIFE
A unique Dutch neighbourhood is showing how cities can prepare for rising sea levels
Bedtime Stories at the HUNTING CAMP
Even grown men in the wilderness love to be read to when the lights go out
THE BEAT GOES ON
Meet the music custodians working to save recordings from destruction-or oblivion
FOR SALE My Catalog of Dad Jokes
Once your kid stops laughing at \"Why didn't Han Solo enjoy his steak dinner? It was Chewie!\" it's time to move on
The Deadly Swamp
Losing his arm to an alligator was just the start of a hiker's three-day ordeal
Around the World in 1,000 Mammals
Having met nearly one-fifth of all the warmblooded species on earth, a wildlife conservationist looks back on six of his most memorable encounters
Reunited
How DNA testing is bringing families together
All About Extreme Weather
13 THINGS
Simply Souvlaki
Over millennia, this sizzling skewer has conquered the world
CRAVING CAFFEINE? TRY DECAF
NEWS FROM THE WORLD OF MEDICINE
Just In Case
Does your first-aid kit have all the essentials?
A Tale of Our Times
With an unflinching eye and a nose for the truth, Anjum Hasan's History's Angel explores the many layers of India's turbulent present and the shadows of its storied past
Books
Sakina's Kiss| The Perfume Project| Silk: A History in Three Metamorphoses|Roman Stories| The Less You Preach, the More You Learn: Aphorisms for Our Age
IT'S WORTH WAITING FOR
To enjoy life more, embrace anticipation
GOOD NEWS
FROM AROUND THE WORLD
Bitten by the Dance Bug
MY EXERCISE REGIMEN now includes 40 minutes of vigorous dance in the kitchen just before bedtime.
The Sea Protector
An innovative ecotourism venture is helping combat shark fishing
Pain Forecast?
The truth about rainy days and our health
Do You Have This Liver Condition?
Up To One In Three People Have Something Called Nafld. But Many Of Them Have No Idea
The Power Conundrum
In Oppenheimer, director Christopher Nolan digs into the moral dilemmas of those with the power to change the world.
Refugees Performing Exercises, Kurukshetra, India, 1947
by Henri Cartier-Bresson, Gelatin silver print
VISION QUEST
This family is travelling the world-before the kids lose their vision to a rare genetic condition
A Soldier's Ghost Story
The World War II veteran had a mysterious visitor who showed up at his bedside with a clear, comforting message
ADRIFT
When his boat struck a reef and sank into the Caribbean, Don Cavers jumped on to a life raft and watched as the ocean carried him away
Saving India's Mighty Tuskers
A measure of the conservation and welfare efforts underway to save this endangered animal
IT'S A WIN-WIN
Celebrating the personal victories of other people can bring on more of our own
BAKING IN A WAR ZONE
GOOD NEWS FROM AROUND THE WORLD
WHAT'S THE POINT OF NEW CLOTHES?
Sartorially Speaking, my philosophy is the opposite of fast fashion. I’m an adherent of wear-it-until-it-falls-offyour-body. Sometimes this brings marital discord. “You are not going out in that,” says my wife, Jocasta, as she inserts a wriggling finger into various holes in my t-shirt.