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Elena Conis on The Origins of the Fight Against DDT

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Some Notes on Time, Memory, and the Artifacts We Leave Behind

Some Notes on Time, Memory, and the Artifacts We Leave Behind

Kristin Keane: “I cannot keep the arrow from moving forward.”

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Why We Should Care About Saving Coral Reefs

Why We Should Care About Saving Coral Reefs

Juli Berwald on Public and Investor Interest in Coral Reef Conservation

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How—and Why—Did Cultural Tastes for Spicy Food Develop?

How—and Why—Did Cultural Tastes for Spicy Food Develop?

Moshe Hoffman and Erez Yoeli Explore the Functions of Seemingly Random Preferences

By Erez Yoeli and Moshe Hoffman | April 7, 2022

Can a Machine Tell Us Who to Love?

Can a Machine Tell Us Who to Love?

Stephanie Cacioppo on the Neuroscience of That “Secondhand Emotion”

By Stephanie Cacioppo | April 6, 2022

Humpback Whales Are Recovering! And Other Surprising Pieces of Good News

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Some Unlikely and Hopeful Infographics From David McCandless

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