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A soak. A wash. A bath. A dip. A steam. Whatever you call it, the pleasures of spending time in and around water are manifold yet common across cultures and eras. In Soak, the US director Nicholas Berger offers a brief, soothing meditation on the sensual gratification of a day spent in the waters of Californian hot springs – floating and soaking among friends, family, or alone.
Director: Nicholas Berger
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Wellbeing
Born in China, Zee seeks a gender-affirming life in the American Midwest
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Chemistry
Why do the building blocks of life possess a mysterious symmetry?
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Rituals and celebrations
A whale hunt is an act of prayer for an Inuit community north of the Arctic Circle
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Cosmology
Tiny, entangled universes that form or fizzle out – a theory of the quantum multiverse
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Music
The peculiar beauty of a song caught between composition and improvisation
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Rituals and celebrations
A beginner’s guide to a joyful Persian tradition of spring renewal and rebirth
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Astronomy
The history of astronomy is a history of conjuring intelligent life where it isn’t
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Politics and government
How it looked to Afghan women to see the Taliban return to power
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Love and friendship
Love looks a bit different for a chain-smoking couple in a small apartment
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