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My Road Trip With the Do-Gooding Cactus Smugglers
“Can poaching ever be ethical?”
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The Eider Keepers
“An age-old tradition in Norway illuminates the bonds between wild ducks, wild places, and the people who care for both.”
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Why Make Art in the Dark?
“New research transports us back to the shadowy firelight of ancient caves, imagining the minds and feelings of the artists.”
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Museum of Color
“From ochre to lapis lazuli, Stephanie Krzywonos opens a door into the entangled histories of our most iconic pigments, revealing how colors hold stories of both lightness and darkness.”
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This Week: Rituals, Emoji, and a Cold Case
“Ritual is an urge and an act; it’s an aesthetic gesture. As an adult I established the habit of turning my attention to those subtle seasonal details and recording them. I was loving and honoring the land, but this practice still left something undone. A certain clarity, maybe formality. Something like a frame around a […]
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How Much Would You Pay to Save Your Cat’s Life?
“For $15,000, you can get your pet a new kidney.”
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200 Cats, 200 Dogs, One Lab: The Secrets of The Pet Food Industry
“Pet food is a £120bn industry, with vast resources spent on working out how best to nourish and delight our beloved charges. But how do we know if we’re getting it right?”
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The Autocrat of English Usage
“Henry W. Fowler believed he knew how sentences should read—and his judgments have shaped The New Yorker’s style for a century.”
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The Waning Reign of the Wetland Architect We Barely Know (Hint: Not a Beaver)
“The sight of a whiskered nose held just above the water, a small bow wave preceding it, never ceased to lift my spirits.”
