Monday June 23 2025
Travel 

Trump bombs Iran: Wtf happens now?

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Good Reads

An excellent list of deep dives, features, and profiles from around the web.

A list of good reads
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The Quiz

Say hello to splainer’s weekly quiz. Nope, it isn’t boring!

A list of puzzling questions
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Smart and Curious

Giant hands rising from a Venetian canal, in-door sky-diving, and the Thai New Year.

A list of curious facts
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Indian chemo drugs are killing people

June 27 2025

Aaj ki khabar includes toxic Indian chemo drugs and a new twist in movie censorship.

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Bezos baraat arrives in Venice!

June 26 2025

Aaj ki khabar includes Jeff Bezos’ Amazonian wedding and how a ‘retrained’ Grok aims to please Elon.

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Haw, the US bunker busters were a bust!

June 25 2025

Aaj ki khabar includes tragi-comic epic fail US strikes on Iran and Zohran Mamdani’s win.

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Israel + US vs Iran: As messy as ever

June 24 2025

Aaj ki khabar includes a ceasefire in the Middle East (maybe) and IndiGo’s severe caste problem.

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Assisted evolution: When humans play God

The Big Story

Scientists are trying to alter the evolutionary course of animals—so they can survive it.

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Smart & Curious

Smart and Curious

The rare and elusive white moose, binding books with human skin & a fake social media app.

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Deconstructing the ‘epidemic of loneliness’

The Big Story

How do we measure and define loneliness? The answers aren’t very straightforward.

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Smart & Curious

Smart and Curious

A space garbage truck, Ayatollah Khomeini’s Indian origins & Chinese company’s ‘unhappy leave’.

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Saturday June 21 2025

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A good guide to Almaty aka the “other Switzerland” 

A good guide to Almaty aka the “other Switzerland”

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Culture

A Chola ambassador sails to China, bearing riches and ideas.

When the Cholas went to China…
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Read

A great list of little books, across genres to conquer in a single sitting or two.

Binge reads: Books with 150 pages or less
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Watch

Here’s the splainer team’s recommended list of new releases to binge-watch.

We recommend: The best new movies and TV series
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Listen

Forgotten gems from 80s and 90s Hollywood movie soundtracks.

Killer Hollywood soundtracks: ‘80s and up
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An illustrated history of manuscript paintings

Culture

Part one of MAP Academy’s series on the exquisite art of manuscript painting.

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Thaals, thaalis and theories

Eat

Food sequencing—a traditional science or modern myth? Explore the logic of the humble thaali.

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Hidden gems: Underrated Coke Studio performances

Listen

First.wav curates awesome, lesser-known Coke Studio performances for you to discover.

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Wanted: Good grooming for guys

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An essential list of self-care for men.

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Big edition: Bombs Away!

June 16 2025

Netanyahu targets Iran next—claims Tehran was close to nine nukes.

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Big edition: ICE(d) Out in LA

June 9 2025

ICE raids in LA spark protests, as Trump sends in the National Guard to clamp down.

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Big edition: Architecture of the World

June 2 2025

Venice’s top architecture event opens with a rare, hopeful focus on climate resilience.

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Big edition: Code Red

May 26 2025

Born of first-world problems, Indian IT made money—now AI does the grunt work. What’s next?

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