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Sarah Everts | Walrus | 14th November 2025 If you thought sauna-ing was more about relaxation than competition, think again. At the world sauna theatre championships, competitors stage performances in saunas, complete with music, costumes, acrobatics and fancy towel-twirling. Some write their own stories, others adapt from other media (one entrant this year did Peaky Blinders). Judges award marks for both artistry and technical difficulty (2,300 words) Nomido is the Browser's daily word game. Play today's before it's gone! Brian Potter | Construction Physics | 13th November 2025 Anything that isn't taken straight from nature and used in that form has some sort of production process. This useful essay maps this onto a simplified model comprised of five universal factors, from the transformation method used to turn materials into a product to the costs associated with doing so. To improve efficiency, one or more of these factors must become cheaper and/or faster (4,200 words) Want more? The full Browser recommends five outstanding articles, a video and a podcast daily, for less than $1 a week. Caroline Crampton, Editor-In-Chief; Robert Cottrell, Founding Editor; Kaamya Sharma, Editor; Sylvia Bishop, Assistant Publisher; Jodi Ettenberg, Associate Editor; Uri Bram, CEO & Publisher; Al Breach, Founding Director Editorial comments and letters to the editor: editor@thebrowser.com | Technical issues and support requests: support@thebrowser.com | Or write at any time to the publisher: uri@thebrowser.com Proudly published with Ghost, the fiercely independent website and newsletter platform
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