Kairos meaning: the Greek word for the right moment. See how the Bible really uses it, and why the first words of Jesus in Mark say the moment has come.
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Serendipity Meaning: The Half of the Word We Forgot
Serendipity meaning: a happy find you weren’t looking for. But the man who coined the word in 1754 said it takes two things, and most of us forgot the second.
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One CRISPR Dose Cut Bad Cholesterol in Half for a Year
A single CRISPR cholesterol treatment kept bad cholesterol about 50% lower a full year later. What the 15-person trial found, and what it cannot tell us yet.
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Sisu Meaning: The Finnish Strength for When You’re Empty
Sisu meaning: the Finnish word for the strength that shows up after you think you’re done, where it came from, and the warning its own researcher gives.
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Sehnsucht Meaning: The Longing C.S. Lewis Couldn’t Shake
Sehnsucht meaning: the German word for a deep longing you can’t name. Why it comes from “sick,” not “search,” and how it led C.S. Lewis out of atheism.
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Weltschmerz Meaning: Why You Ache Over the State of the World
Weltschmerz meaning: the German word for the ache of knowing the world isn’t what it should be. Who coined it, the grief behind it, and what it tells you.
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Eudaimonia Meaning: Aristotle’s Flourishing Life, and Who He Left Out
Eudaimonia meaning: Aristotle’s word for a flourishing life. What it asked of you, who it quietly left out, and the grief he said no good life could survive.
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Greek Word for Humility: What Does “Tapeinophrosyne” Really Mean?
The Greek word for humility is tapeinophrosyne (G5012), literally “low-mindedness” – a word most Greeks used as an insult until the New Testament made it the mind of Christ and told believers to tie it on like a servant’s apron (1 Peter 5:5).
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The Cosmic Dark Ages: A Suitcase-Sized Satellite Will Listen Behind the Moon for the Universe Before the First Star
The cosmic dark ages came before the first star. A suitcase-sized satellite called CosmoCube plans to listen for them from behind the Moon. Here is why.
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Ubuntu Meaning: ‘I Am Because We Are’ Came From Somewhere Else
Ubuntu meaning: the southern African idea that a person is a person through other people. Who first said “I am because we are,” and what Tutu added to it.