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“Inside the movement to take ‘control of human evolution.'”
“In a checklist of responses to a large-scale disaster, victim identification comes low down the pecking order.”
“…a writer strives to constellate, to make sense of seemingly disparate and unrelated notes or events.”
Growing up in Los Angeles as a Latino child interested in science, Miguel Ordeñana didn’t really have any role models to look up to. Now, as a wildlife biologist, his research on P-22, the famous mountain lion of Griffith Park, is important and inspiring. Ordeñana is an advocate for landscape connectivity and a more inclusive […]
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Recommending notable stories by Kori Suzuki, D. Watkins, Mike Scalise, Emily Polk, and Vassi Chamberlain.
“Kids and senior citizens alike rally to rescue beloved young seabirds that have lost their bearings.”
