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Teaching Climate Change With <em>The Lorax</em> and <em>The Jungle</em>

Teaching Climate Change With The Lorax and The Jungle

Mark Gozonsky on Getting High-School Kids to Read and Care About the Climate in Unconventional Ways

By Mark Gozonsky | October 21, 2019

How Do We Preserve the Vanishing Foods of the Earth?

How Do We Preserve the Vanishing Foods of the Earth?

Apples, Blue Honeysuckles, and the Soviet Seed Collector Who Protected the Earth's Biodiversity

By Lenore Newman | October 15, 2019

No One Really Knows Why Humans Can Walk

No One Really Knows Why Humans Can Walk

Bill Bryson on the History of Bipedalism

By Bill Bryson | October 15, 2019

How Does One Actually Prove a Human is Smarter Than a Housefly?

How Does One Actually Prove a Human is Smarter Than a Housefly?

On the Quality of Genius, Across Species

By Nicholas P. Money | October 10, 2019

Why Office Workers Can't Sleep (and Why That's Bad)

Why Office Workers Can't Sleep (and Why That's Bad)

Linda Geddes on the Science of Rest

By Linda Geddes | October 9, 2019

What Are the Actual Chances of Being Buried Alive?

What Are the Actual Chances of Being Buried Alive?

Caitlin Doughty Has Your Important Facts For Surviving Daily Life

By Caitlin Doughty | October 9, 2019

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The Crisis Beneath Our Feet:
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Are Civilization and Income Inequality Inextricably Intertwined?

Are Civilization and Income Inequality Inextricably Intertwined?

Christopher Ryan on the Transition from Hunter-Gather Societies to So-Called Civilization

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If You Existed in Multiple Universes, How Would You Act In This One?

If You Existed in Multiple Universes, How Would You Act In This One?

Lessons in Morality from Quantum Physics!

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The Octopus: An Alien Among Us

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Michael S. A. Graziano on the Evolution of Animal Consciousness

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Animals Are Basically... Millennials?

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It Turns Out Nature's Way Involves a Lot of Living With Your Parents

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In Search of Hysteria: The Man Who Thought He Could Define Madness

In Search of Hysteria: The Man Who Thought He Could Define Madness

On Jean-Martin Charcot, Dark Star of 19th-Century Neurology

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Vanishing Bees Should Not Be the New Normal

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Can Humans Read Animals' Minds?

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