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How Three Bros in Their Thirties Turned Their Animal Obsession into a Binge-Worthy Podcast
“Nearly half a million listeners download ‘Tooth and Claw’ each month. Can the show also help save the animals it profiles?”
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How the Yurok Tribe Is Bringing Back the California Condor
“The reintroduction of the long-lived, highly social birds has offered insight into the importance of parenting in the species.”
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I’ve Seen How the Neo-Nazi Movement Is Escalating. You Should Worry.
“After he committed to unmasking extremist groups in North Carolina and beyond, reporter Jordan Green got a first-hand look at how a movement known as ‘militant accelerationism’ operates.”
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These Turtles Fly South for Winter
“Saving each flight’s worth of little lives involves approximately five vans, 1,600 kilometers, four organizations, and 50 people. Without this monumental collaboration across North America’s Eastern Seaboard, other efforts to save the Kemp’s ridley sea turtle from extinction might be futile.”
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How to Think About the Sublime
“An exquisite mix of fear and awe, pleasure and pain, the sublime stretches the imagination and reveals the limits of reason.”
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The Last of the Fungus
“A young scientist’s quest to transform a dying way of life.”
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What Happens Once We Spot the Asteroid That Will Hit Earth?
“This year, the alert system for defending the planet against incoming space rocks was activated for the first time. It won’t be the last.”
