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"Overall, we're pretty fantastic"—Lauren Sandler on only children.

The Big Question: How many children should we have?

#only child #big question

An artist's impression of 51 Pegasi b, the first exoplanet ever detected, and its sun

The Search for Earth 2.0

#51 Pegasi b #exoplanets #space exploration #earth 2.0 #stars

"Nature", said Philip Treacy in a recent interview, "is the only perfection in the world."

The Line of Beauty

#philip treacy #fashion #nature #leaf #hats

The modern cowboy has a lot on his plate, including climate change.

The 21st Century Cowboy

#cowboy #climate change #ranching #colorado #water rights

Gillian Anderson's range has skyrocketed since she toed the line as Dana Scully in "The X-Files". Now, she takes to the London stage as crumpled Southern belle Blanche Dubois.

Good girl gone great

#gillian anderson #the truth is out there #x files #dana scully #kindness of strangers #streetcar named desire #blanche dubois #young vic

Poland's first Michelin-starred restaurant offers a nice glass of Merlot with your hay.

The Wine-List Inspector

#warsaw #poland #michelin star #atelier amaro #wine

"Every bed, every chair, is different. It looks like they've got 150 years of furniture all scattered around." Tim Smit of the Eden Project rummages around an eccentric hotel in Alsace.

Seven Wonders

#alsace #tim smit #deux clefs #eden project #rummage

What remains of a German trench from WW1 in the Argonne forest. "I was very unsettled in the Argonne forest," says Brian Harris, the photographer. "It was almost as if it was still happening. I wanted to get out."

War and Peace: a photo essay

#ww1 #trench warfare #memorial #argonne #ghosts #brian harris #forest

NASA's Kepler telescope simultaneously measured the variations in brightness of more than 165,000 stars every 30 minutes for three and a half years.

The search for Earth 2.0

#space #aliens #nasa #kepler #kepler telescope #stars #extraterrestrial #space exploration #kepler-186f #exoplanets

Es Devlin's set for "Les Troyens" at Covent Garden in 2012.

Es Devlin's Magic Circles

"Boyhood" is a chronicle of American life, set over a period of 12 years. The twist is that it was shot over a period of 12 years, too.

The Boy who Grew Up in Public

#Boyhood #film #cinema #american life #america #12 years #richard linklater #comedy drama

Leaves have been helping women out of a sartorial crisis ever since Eve felt the need to slip into something a little less comfortable.

The Line of Beauty

#leaves #eve #sartorial crisis #dolce and gabbana

It used to denote a skilled worker. Now it is applied to bread, and even lettuce. Anthony Gardner traces the rise of a vogue word, "artisan".

Artisan this, artisan that

#bread #artisan #artisan bread #word #anthony gardner

Tom Shone on star scores.

At the Cinema

#star wars #darth vader #dark side #john williams #cinema #film scores #orchestra #may the force be with you #tom shone

Julian Wild, a sculptor who "doodles in 3D", gets a two-piece worth modelling.

Man in a Suit

#julian wild #sculpture #welding #doodle #lime #suit #man in a suit #men in suits #blowtorch #studio

L'Arche has communities all over the world, and Mother Teresa (centre) helped bring it to India. Maggie Ferguson tells its story and talks to its founder, Jean Vanier (right).

Jean of Ark

#L'Arche #Mother Teresa #Jean Vanier #community

This Cornish gallery has the pleasing randomness of a bric-a-brac shop, its exhibits ranging from Stone Age tools, Paul Klee-inspired Troika pottery, a loggerhead turtle and railway posters like this one.

The Paintings of Penzance

#painting #penzance #cornwall #art #weather #jim crace

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