Plus: How to thrive as an adoptee; what FOMO really means; and deer-hunting tradition ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏
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Friday 24 April 2026
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COMMUNICATION AND LANGUAGE
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AI can take over many writing tasks. But there is something irreplaceable about a text with an author standing behind it
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by James O’Sullivan
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Being adopted often comes with a complex mix of feelings. Therapists who are adoptees themselves have advice to share
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by Leah Sutterlin
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Emotions that feel bad often serve important purposes. Anger can help us realise when things are unjust, regret can motivate us to make amends. If FOMO has a function like these other emotions, what is its role?
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Bex Rowson, early career philosopher and a Junior Research Fellow at Christ Church college at the University of Oxford, UK
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Read the Idea
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Video by Max Cooper and Masanobu Hiraoka
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Understand
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The inner workings of the mind: emotions, memory, decision making and more.
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The bonds that tie us: family, friendships, love and community.
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Heal
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Dealing with psychological challenges and sustaining body and mind in the face of adversity.
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Finding meaning, wonder and spirituality.
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