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Curiosity Saved The Cat

A weekly newsletter for the endlessly curious. For those who love exploring new ideas, embracing lifelong learning, and stepping outside their comfort zone.

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#59: Why Does Every Country Pause Differently?

This week: the banker who invented the long weekend, why a Mexican battle became a global party, and the country that takes 35 days off a year.

Ruxandra Mazilu

#58: Is Your Brain Negotiating With Color Right Now?

Apr 26, 2026

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4 min read

#58: Is Your Brain Negotiating With Color Right Now?

This week: why blue lowers your heart rate, what your wardrobe says before you speak, and the hidden grammar behind every great film.

Ruxandra Mazilu

#57: What Are We Missing When We Skip Small Talk?

Apr 19, 2026

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4 min read

#57: What Are We Missing When We Skip Small Talk?

This week: why we're terrible at predicting how much we'll enjoy a conversation, how Finland built a culture out of silence, and what Gen Z's telephobia says about the rest of us.

Ruxandra Mazilu

#56: What If Not Knowing Is Exactly the Point?

Apr 12, 2026

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8 min read

#56: What If Not Knowing Is Exactly the Point?

This week: why uncertainty feels like a threat, what leaders lose by pretending otherwise, and how to hold a dream and its obstacles at the same time.

Ruxandra Mazilu

Apr 5, 2026

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7 min read

#55: Is the Sun Deciding How You Feel?

This week: why your body follows the sun, how climate change is reshaping how we think, and the town that refused to live without the sun.

Ruxandra Mazilu

#54: Does the Language You Speak Change Who You Are?

Mar 29, 2026

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7 min read

#54: Does the Language You Speak Change Who You Are?

This week: why your personality shifts when you switch languages, what disappears when a language dies, and a time-travel experiment through 1,000 years of English.h.

Ruxandra Mazilu

Mar 22, 2026

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7 min read

#53: Why Does a Poem Give You Chills?

This week: the neuroscience behind poetry's physical grip, a poem that rewrote French law, and the surprisingly dark stories hiding inside nursery rhymes.

Ruxandra Mazilu

Mar 15, 2026

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6 min read

#52: Why Are We So Bad at Sleep?

This week: why sleep became a luxury travel category, the science linking your bedtime to your mental health, and the viral technique that tricks your brain into switching off.

Ruxandra Mazilu

#51: Is Walking the Most Underrated Thing You'll Do Today?

Mar 8, 2026

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7 min read

#51: Is Walking the Most Underrated Thing You'll Do Today?

This week: why 20,000 steps might be the most productive hours of your day, how fast walking beats the gym in 15 minutes, and the forgotten art of going nowhere in particular.

Ruxandra Mazilu

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Archive

#59: Why Does Every Country Pause Differently?

#58: Is Your Brain Negotiating With Color Right Now?

#57: What Are We Missing When We Skip Small Talk?

#56: What If Not Knowing Is Exactly the Point?

#55: Is the Sun Deciding How You Feel?

#54: Does the Language You Speak Change Who You Are?

#53: Why Does a Poem Give You Chills?

#52: Why Are We So Bad at Sleep?

#51: Is Walking the Most Underrated Thing You'll Do Today?

Curiosity Saved The Cat