“Was it possible to have a good death in our current medical system?”
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How Plate Tectonics Revolutionized Our Understanding of Earth
“And how scientist Tanya Atwater was at the center of it all.”
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The Backcountry Rescue Squad at America’s Busiest National Park
“In the Great Smoky Mountains, an auxiliary team of élite outdoorsmen answers the call when park-goers’ hikes, climbs, and rafting adventures go wrong.”
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“We’re Too Close to the Debris”
“When SpaceX CEO Elon Musk chose a remote Texas outpost on the Gulf Coast to develop his company’s ambitious Starship, he put the 400-foot rocket on a collision course with the commercial airline industry.”
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The Persimmon Tree at Stand Five
“My Japanese-American grandma spent her final years on a hunting preserve in Alabama. She taught me how to be comfortable as an anomaly in the South.”
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A Lone Louisiana Lawyer’s Fight against Trump’s Deportations
“Louisiana is home to a higher concentration of migrant detention centers than almost anywhere else in the country. Many in the region don’t seem to mind too much. Lawyer Christopher Kinnison, though, is an exception.”
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Meet the Oldest Rock in the West
“Wyoming’s 3.5 billion-year-old geologic history reminds us that Earth is ever-changing.”
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A Vintage Watch Broke Auction Records. Then the Rumours Started.
“As demand for luxury watches has rocketed, the business has become beset by skulduggery.”