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PHILOSOPHY

Are We Running Out of Sand?

Aperture | January 26, 2026

To get started for free, visit https://brilliant.org/aperture. The first 200 of you will get 20% off Brilliant’s annual premium subscription. Read the story: https://aperture.gg/blogs/the-universe/are-we-running-out-of-sand Merch: https://aperture.gg/merch It can be easy to take something for granted that every time you see it, it seems to go on forever. It’s like an […]

NEWS & CULTURE

Why Iraq’s great rivers are dying

Vox | May 5, 2025

And the timing couldn’t be worse. Become a Video Lab member! http://bit.ly/video-lab Iraq gets almost all of its water from two rivers: The Tigris and the Euphrates. Both begin in Turkey and make their way down the entire length of the country, before emptying into the Persian Gulf. The problem […]