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Photo of an elderly person in a wheelchair on a beach facing a large picture of a forest and shrine.

Imagination

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Nourish your imagination and you will be forever free

The imagination is fundamental to the human experience, freeing us from physical confines and anchoring us during unrest

by Tania Zittoun

A woman sitting inside a red double-decker bus at night, with a busy street and shops in the background.

Freedom and choice

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Why not driving is my own form of resistance

As romantic petrochemical-fuelled narratives slip into the past, I’ve found my own kind of freedom in a life without a car

by Vicky Grut

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Travel

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Why virtual travel is no substitute for being in a place

Around the world in 80 virtual-reality simulations? Why armchair travel will never be a substitute for the weary trudge

by Emily Thomas

Photo of a busy night street market with people and colourful tricycles in the Philippines, lit by street lights and signage.

Communication and language

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The tentacles of language are always on the move

An evolutionary biologist explains how human language can shift as slowly or rapidly as organisms adapting to life on Earth

by Klaus M Stiefel